6月印度原油生产加快复苏

据7月24日Oil Monster消息：印度6月原油生产步伐加快，至429万桶/天，较5月份增长10.9%，原因是疫情引发的限制措施进一步放松提振了燃料需求。

印度石油部数据显示，炼油商原油日产量在4月创下近20年来最大降幅，但5月回升至387万桶/天。6月燃料需求延续了4月份创下的13年低点，较上月增长11%。

数据表明，印度炼油商6月开工率约为总产能的85.4%。

该国最大的炼油企业印度石油公司的产能为97.3％。

国有炼油企业及其子公司的炼油产能约占该国500万桶/天炼油产能的65%，但目前其装机容量仅为88%。

全球最大炼油综合设施的运营商信实工业有限公司旗下炼油厂的产能约为83%。

印度石油部长达曼德拉·普拉丹上个月表示，除航空燃料外，9月至10月的燃油需求可能会恢复到正常水平。

但周三报告称，由于疫情反弹又重新加强封锁，该国炼油厂汽油和柴油销售均在7月上半月出现下滑。

与此同时，原油产量与去年同期相比下降6％，为253万吨（62万桶/天）。天然气产量下降11.9％，至23.2亿立方米。

冯娟 摘译自 Oil Monster

原文如下：

India’s Crude Processing Extends Recovery in June

India’s crude oil processing gathered pace in June, rising 10.9% from May to 4.29 million barrels per day, as further easing of coronavirus-led curbs lifted fuel demand.

Indian refiners’ crude processing posted its biggest drop in at least nearly two decades in April but rebounded to 3.87 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, data from the Petroleum Ministry showed.

Fuel demand in June extended its recovery from a 13-year low hit in April, rising 11% above the prior month.

Indian refiners operated at about 85.4% of their overall capacity in June, the data showed.

Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner operated its plants at 97.3% capacity.

State refiners, which along with their subsidiaries account for about 65% of the country’s 5 million bpd refining capacity, are operating at 88% of their installed capacity.

Reliance Industries Ltd, operator of the world’s biggest refining complex, operated its refineries at about 83% capacity.

India oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said last month fuel demand except jet fuel was likely recover to normal levels by September-October.

But India reported a record jump in coronavirus infections on Wednesday taking its total number of cases to 1.24 million, while data showed state refiners’ petrol and diesel sales declined in the first half of July due to renewed lockdowns.

“Localised movement restrictions to control the spread (of COVID-19) is likely to keep the (fuel) demand recovery in check over the near term in India ... We expect demand to remain lower on a year-on-year basis until Q1 2021,” Barclays Commodities Research said in a note on Thursday.

Crude oil production meanwhile was down 6% at 2.53 million tonnes (620,000 barrels per day) compared with a year ago.

Natural gas output declined 11.9% to 2.32 billion cubic metres.