据经济时报1月19日消息：贸易消息人士的数据显示，随着炼油商提高产量以满足燃料需求的反弹，印度12月原油进口飙升至近三年来的最高水平，达到每天500多万桶。
印度年底原油供应热潮以及北亚买家冬季需求强劲，提振了油价，并加速了全球浮动储存的脱销。
作为全球第三大原油进口国和消费国，印度12月原油进口较上月增长约29%，较上年同期增长约11.6%，此前该国12月份的燃油消费连续第四个月增长，达到11个月以来的最高水平。
Refinitiv分析师Ehsan Ul Haq表示:“印度炼油产能利用率也接近满负荷，炼油商可能正在补充库存，预计冬季油价将上涨。”
“这预示着燃料需求的回升和炼油利润率的提高。”
然而，路透社数据显示，印度2020年原油进口量同比下降约十分之一，至404万桶/天，为五年来最低水平。
印度从石油输出国组织进口的份额，包括从沙特-科威特中立区的供应，在12月降至67%的历史低点。在截至今年3月的本财年前9个月，欧佩克在印度的平均份额约为74%。
尽管印度12月从中东、非洲和美国的石油进口较上月有所减少，但其对拉丁美洲和里海石油的进口略有增加。
去年12月，伊拉克仍是印度最大的石油供应国，其次是沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋。尼日利亚成为第四大供应国，而美国仅次于巴西，降至第六位。
冯娟 摘译自 经济时报
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source:https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/indias-oil-imports-at-near-3-year-high-in-december/articleshow/80348297.cms
India's oil imports at near 3 year high in December
India's crude oil imports in December soared to the highest levels in nearly three years to more than 5 million barrels per day (bpd) as its refiners cranked up output to meet a rebound in fuel demand, data from trade sources showed.
India's year-end rush for crude supplies coincided with stronger demand from north Asian buyers during winter, boosting prices and an accelerating de-stocking of floating storage globally.
December oil imports by India, the world's third biggest crude importer and consumer, were about 29% more than the previous month and about 11.6% higher than a year earlier, the data showed, after fuel consumption rose for a fourth straight month to an 11-month high in December.
"India's refinery utilisation rates are also nearing full capacity and probably refiners are replenishing inventory anticipating higher prices during winter," said Ehsan Ul Haq, analyst with Refinitiv.
"This is the harbinger of a recovery in fuel demand and improving refining margins."
However, India's annual crude imports declined by about a tenth in 2020 from the previous year to 4.04 million bpd, the lowest in five years, data compiled by Reuters showed.
The share of India's imports from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, including supplies from the Saudi-Kuwait Neutral Zone, fell to a record low of 67% in December. OPEC's average share for the first nine months of India's current fiscal year which ends in March was about 74%.
While India cut back imports from Middle Eastern, African and U.S. oil in December from the previous month, it marginally lifted its intake of Latin American and Caspian Sea oil.
In December, Iraq remained the top oil supplier to India followed by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Nigeria emerged as the fourth biggest supplier, pushing the United States down to the sixth position just after Brazil.
