据石油新闻2020年9月28日首尔报道，由于韩国国内炼油企业因国内燃料消费低迷对轻质低硫原油的需求有所减少，韩国8月份从美国进口的原油数量再次大幅下降，而这个亚洲石油消费国准备在未来的几个月里进一步减少北美的原油进口量。
韩国国家石油公司(KNOC) 9月28日发布的统计数据显示，韩国8月份从美国进口了445万桶原油，比去年同期下降了59.7%。韩国8月份从美国进口的原油数量也比7月份的524.4万桶下降了15.1%。
韩国8月份美国原油进口量减少标志着韩国美国原油进口量连续第5个月下降，6月份的同比降幅为40.8%，5月份的同比降幅为35.7%。
韩国炼油企业购买的大多数美国原油都是轻质低硫原油，包括WTI和鹰福特原油，但由于韩国国内燃料需求低迷，尤其是汽油和航空煤油需求低迷，韩国这些炼油企业不愿大量购买轻质和中质高馏分油含量的炼油原料。
据估计，韩国第3季度从美国进口的原油大约为1500万桶，比去年同期下降61%。根据标准普尔全球普氏能源资讯的调查，韩国主要炼油商SK创新公司、S-Oil公司、GS Caltex公司和现代炼油公司的原料贸易经理表示，韩国准备在第4季度进一步削减美国原油购买量至1300万桶左右。
李峻 编译自 石油新闻
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South Korea US crude imports set to fall further amid weak gasoline, jet fuel demand
South Korea's crude oil imports from the US tumbled South Korea imported 4.45 million barrels of crude from the US in August, down 59.7% from a year earlier, according to data released by Korea National Oil Corp. The cutback in US crude imports in August marks the fourth consecutive monthly decline after registering a drop of 40.8% in June and a 35.7% fall in May Majority of US crude that South Korean refiners purchase consist of light sweet grades including WTI and Eagle Ford, but these companies are reluctant to buy high volumes of the light and middle distillate-rich refinery feedstock due to dismal domestic fuel demand, especially gasoline and jet fuel.
South Korea's US crude imports are estimated at around 15 million barrels in the third quarter, down 61% from the same period last year. The country is poised to further reduce US crude purchases in Q4 to around 13 million barrels, according to feedstock trading managers at major South Korean refiners SK Innovation, S-Oil Corp, GS Caltex and Hyundai Oilbank surveyed by S&P Global Platts.
