5月韩国进口美国原油量跌至2018年11月来最低

据6月15日Oil Monster消息：韩国海关数据显示，5月韩国从美国进口原油956,686吨，即226,210桶/天，为2018年11月以来的最低水平。与去年同期的143万吨相比下降了33.2%。上个月，美国成为韩国第三大原油供应国，仅次于沙特和科威特。

韩国是世界第五大原油进口国，自2019年5月，韩国对美国的原油进口急剧增加。

数据显示，韩国5月从其最大原油供应国沙特进口原油392万吨，即926,078桶/天，较去年同期的339万吨增加15.5%。

总体而言，韩国5月份原油进口总量为1057万吨，即250万桶/天，较去年同期的1127万吨下降6.2%。

韩国两家炼油商SK能源和现代石油银行在4月和5月进行了维护，从而削减了该国对进口原油的需求。

今年前5个月，韩国进口原油5691万吨，即274万桶/天，比2019年同期的6117万吨下降7.0%。

该国最终的原油进口数据来自国营的韩国国家石油公司，将于本月晚些时候发布。

冯娟 摘译自 Oil Monster

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South Korea’s May U.S. Crude Imports Fall to Lowest Since Nov 2018

South Korea’s U.S. crude oil imports fell in May to their lowest since November 2018 as some refiners conducted maintenance amid a demand slowdown as fuel use was hit by the coronavirus pandemic, customs data showed on Monday.

In May, U.S. crude imports were 956,686 tonnes, or 226,210 barrels per day (bpd), according to the customs data. That was down 33.2% from 1.43 million tonnes a year earlier. The United States ranked as South Korea’s No.3 crude supplier after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait last month.

South Korea, the world’s fifth-largest crude importer, has sharply increased U.S. crude imports in May 2019 .

South Korea’s crude imports from Saudi Arabia, its top crude supplier, were 3.92 million tonnes in May, or 926,078 bpd, up 15.5% from 3.39 million tonnes a year earlier, the data showed.

Overall, South Korea’s May crude imports totalled 10.57 million tonnes of crude oil, or 2.50 million bpd, down 6.2% from 11.27 million tonnes in the same month last year.

Two South Korean refiners, SK Energy and Hyundai Oilbank, conducted maintenance over April and May that cut into the country’s need for imported crude oil.

In the first five months of the year, South Korea imported 56.91 million tonnes of crude oil, or 2.74 million bpd, down 7.0% from 61.17 million tonnes in the same period of 2019.

The country’s final crude oil imports data from state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) is due later this month.