中国石化新闻网讯 据烃加工网12月9日报道，印度11月份的燃料需求攀升至八个月高点，因节日和工业活动的回升提振了这个全球第三大石油消费国的销售。
根据印度石油部石油规划与分析小组（PPAC）的数据显示，代表石油需求的燃料消耗量比上月增长2.4%，11月同比增长10.2%，至1884万吨。Refinitiv分析师Ehsan Ul Haq称，节日季支撑了石油需求增长。并补充道，未来几个月需求增长可能会略有放缓，因为目前的扩张基数较低，但由于印度经济强劲，将继续看到较高的消费数字。
零售额总是在10月至11月期间达到高峰，当时正值这个拥有14亿人口的国家庆祝杜塞赫拉和排灯节。根据制造业采购经理指数（Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index）显示，印度11月的工厂活动以三个月来的最快速度增长至55.7家，而10月为55.3家。
根据PPAC的数据显示，占印度精炼燃料需求约五分之四的柴油销量较2021年增长了19.1%，至776万吨，而汽油销量增长了8.1%，至286万吨。Ul Haq表示，柴油需求的上升“表明经济强劲”，他指出，私人和公共交通需求都有所回升，农业部门的需求在季风季节后也有所复苏。
11月烹饪气或液化石油气(LPG)销量增长5.2%至247万吨，而石脑油销量下降18.2%至101万吨。用于筑路的沥青销量增长30.3%，燃料油销量小幅增长8.4%。
郝芬 译自 烃加工网
原文如下：
Indian fuel demand hits nearly 19 MMtpy in November
India's fuel demand climbed to an eight-month high in November, as festivals and a pick-up in industrial activity boosted sales in the world's No. 3 oil consumer.
Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, was 2.4% higher than the previous month, and rose 10.2% year-on-year to 18.84 MMt in November, according to the data from Indian oil ministry's Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC). "The festive season has been supporting oil demand growth," said Refinitiv analyst Ehsan Ul Haq. "Demand growth might slow slightly in the next few months as present expansion has been from a low base, but since the Indian economy is robust, we'll continue to see high consumption numbers," Ul Haq added.
Retail sales always peak during October-November, when the nation of 1.4 B celebrates major festivals of Dussehra and Diwali. India's factory activity in November expanded at its fastest pace in three months to 55.7, compared with 55.3 in October, showed the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index.
Sales of diesel, which account for about four-fifth of India's refined fuel demand, were up 19.1% from 2021 at 7.76 MMt, while sales of gasoline, or petrol, rose 8.1% at 2.86 MMt, the PPAC data showed. The rise in diesel demand "points to a strong economy," said Ul Haq, noting a pick-up in private as well as public transport demand along with a recovery in demand from the agricultural sector after the monsoon season.
Cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales increased 5.2% to 2.47 MMt, while naphtha sales fell 18.2% to 1.01 MMt. Sales of bitumen, used for making roads, rose 30.3% while fuel oil use edged up 8.4% in November.
