据12月20日KBS World Radio报道，由于新冠肺炎疫情的影响，韩国主要炼油公司今年恐怕会出现历史以来最大的赤字。截至第三季度末，SK Innovation、GS Caltex、S-Oil和现代石油银行的亏损总额达到4.8万亿韩元。
SK Innovation受到的打击最大，亏损额达到2.24万亿韩元，其次是S-Oil，亏损约1.18万亿韩元。
由于疫情降低了全球的石油需求，炼油公司正面临严重的危机。在严峻的市场环境下，这四家公司10月份的工厂开工率为71.6%，低于1月份的83.8%。
王佳晶 摘译自 KBS World Radio
原文如下：
S. Korea's Oil Refinery Companies Likely to Post Biggest Deficit due to COVID-19
South Korea's major oil refinery companies are feared to post the biggest deficit this year due to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The combined deficit of SK Innovation, GS Caltex, S-Oil and Hyundai Oilbank came to four-point-eight trillion won as of the end of the third quarter.
SK Innovation was hit hardest with its deficit reaching two-point-24 trillion won, followed by S-Oil with The oil refinery firms are facing a serious crisis as the pandemic pulled down oil demand around the world.
With the grim market condition, factories of the four companies were operating at 71-point-six percent capacity in October, down from 83-point-eight percent in January.