据今日油价网站1月19日消息 路透社周二援引贸易来源的数据报道，全球第三大石油进口国和消费国印度的原油进口在2020年12月飙升至近三年来的最高水平，印度的燃料需求创下11个月来的最高水平。
路透社获得的数据显示，印度2020年12月原油进口量与11月相比猛增29%，与2019年12月相比猛增11.6%，达到500多万桶/日。
与此同时，印度石油部本月早些时候发布的临时数据显示，印度12月份燃料需求连续第四个月增长，达到2020年2月以来的最高水平。
燃料消耗仍比疫情前低2%，但经济活动和交通运输的反弹导致印度燃料需求连续四个月上升。
印度从7月份表现最差的需求市场转变为11月份增长最快的燃料需求市场之一。中国需求强劲、疫苗研发和推广取得进展也支撑了油价。
由于COVID-19对消费者的影响，印度的燃料需求得到了提振。人们避免乘坐公共交通工具，更喜欢乘坐舒适的汽车，与其他人相对隔离，这进一步刺激了私人车辆对汽油和柴油的需求。
印度最大的炼油商和燃料零售商印度石油公司（IOC）12月表示，由于所有石油产品的消费量几乎已达到危机前的水平，印度石油公司在2020年11月将其炼油厂的原油吞吐量提高到100%。
尽管第四季度燃料消耗出现反弹，但由于Covid-19大流行，印度整个2020年的原油需求在20多年来首次下降。
据路透社估计，2020年印度原油年进口量平均为404万桶/日，为5年来最低。
王磊 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
India’s December Oil imports Jump To Highest Level In Three Years
Crude oil imports in the world’s third-largest oil importer and consumer, India, surged in December 2020 to their highest in almost three years, Reuters reported India’s crude oil imports jumped by 29 percent in December 2020 compared to November and by 11.6 percent compared to December 2019, to more than 5 million barrels per day (bpd), according to the data obtained by Reuters.
At the same time, provisional data from India’s Petroleum Ministry showed earlier this month that fuel demand in India posted its fourth consecutive monthly rise in December, to the highest since February 2020.
Fuel consumption was still 2 percent below the levels seen before the pandemic, but the rebound in economic activity and transportation resulted in four straight months of rising fuel demand in India.
India turned from the worst-performing demand market in July into India’s fuel demand has been boosted by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) increased crude oil throughput of its refineries to 100 percent in November 2020, as consumption of all petroleum products has almost reached pre-Covid levels, the country’s biggest refiner and fuel retailer said in December.
Despite the fourth-quarter rebound in fuel consumption, India’s crude oil demand for the whole of 2020 fell for the first time in more than 20 years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Reuters estimates, India’s annual crude oil imports averaged 4.04 million bpd in 2020, the lowest in five years.
