据能源世界网3月21日报道，受印度原油价格上涨和燃料需求减弱影响，印度2月份原油加工量降至4个月来最低水平，从前一个月创下的近一年高点回落。
根据周五公布的临时数据显示，2月份原油产量同比下降8.8%，至487万桶/日(1862万吨)。月吞吐量下降5.6%。由于2020年2月有29天，百分比有所变化。
由于零售价格上涨抑制了需求，该国2月份的燃油消耗量也降至5个月低点。
由于油价上涨，印度国有炼油厂一直计划在5月份将从沙特阿拉伯的石油进口量削减约四分之一。
Refinitiv分析师Ehsan Ul Haq表示，相对较高的油价减缓了石油加工速度。并补充道，印度最近决定减少对中东原油的依赖，这将促进进口和加工，因为随着经济从封锁的影响中复苏，炼油厂将需要更多的原油。
根据政府数据显示，印度炼油厂2月份的平均开工率为97.13%，低于去年同期的110.7%和1月份的102.8%。
通过技术改造，炼油厂可以以高于其通常产能的速度运行。
根据数据显示，印度最大的炼油商印度石油公司(IOC)上月以100.8%的产能运营其直属工厂。
拥有全球最大炼油综合设施的信实集团2月份的产能为93.2%。
根据数据显示，按年度计算，原油产量不变，为61万桶/天（合232万吨），而天然气产量下降1.4%，至23.1亿立方米。
郝芬 译自 能源世界网
原文如下：
India's crude oil throughput hits four-month low in February
India's crude oil processing fell to its lowest in four months in February, retreating from a near Crude oil throughput in February dropped 8.8% year-on-year to 4.87 million barrels per day (18.62 million tonnes), provisional government data showed On a monthly basis throughput fell 5.6%. There is a variation in percentage change as February 2020 had 29 days.
Fuel consumption in the country also fell to a five-month low in February as higher retail prices dented demand.
Indian state refiners have been planning to cut oil imports from Saudi Arabia by about a quarter in May due to rising oil prices.
"Relatively high prices have slowed oil processing," Refinitiv analyst Ehsan Ul Haq said, adding "India's recent decision to wean off Middle East crude will boost imports and processing as refiners will need more crude oil as the economy recovers from the impact of lockdowns."
Indian refiners operated at an average rate of 97.13% of capacity in February, down from 110.7% in the same month last year and from January's 102.8%, the government data showed.
Refineries can operate at more than their usual capacity through technical alterations.
The country's largest refiner, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) , last month operated its directly owned plants at 100.8% capacity, the data showed.
Reliance, owner of the world's biggest refining complex, operated its plants at 93.2% capacity in February.
On an annual basis, crude oil production was unchanged at 610,000 barrels per day (2.32 million tonnes), while natural gas output fell 1.4% to 2.31 billion cubic metres, the data showed.