据路透社9月27日报道，挪威国家石油公司(Equinor)一名官员周一表示，自2017年以来，该公司向亚洲供应的原油数量增加了一倍多，尽管受到新冠肺炎疫情的冲击，2020年向亚洲的出口量仍同比增长30%。
挪国油负责原油交易和炼油厂优化的副总裁西蒙·詹姆斯(Simon James)在2021年年度亚太石油大会（APPEC）上的预先录制演讲中表示，该公司去年向客户供应了2.1亿桶原油，比前一年增长了30%。
詹姆斯表示，这些供应来自美国、英国、巴西、西非和俄罗斯，说明亚洲市场对该公司有多么重要。他补充称，“亚洲作为一个整体，将继续成为决定全球市场走向的引擎，它需要来自大西洋盆地的石油”。
此外，截至今年5月，挪国油于2019年10月开始生产的Johan Sverdrup的产能已增至53.5万桶/日。该油田的第二阶段开发工作预计将在明年第四季度进行，研究表明，油田的全部产能可以提高到每天约75.5万桶。
王佳晶 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
APPEC: Equinor more than doubles crude oil volumes to Asia since 2017
Equinor has more than doubled its crude oil volumes supplied to Asia since 2017, with last year seeing a 30% growth year align="justify"> The company supplied more than 210 million barrels of crude oil delivered to its customers last year, up 30% from the previous year, said Simon James, vice president for Equinor's crude trading and refinery optimization, said in a pre-recorded speech for the annual APPEC 2021 conference.
The volumes were supplied from the United States, Britain, Brazil, West Africa and Russia, and illustrate how important Asia is to the firm, James said.
"Asia as a whole will continue to be the engine that sets global market direction needing oil from the Atlantic basin," he added.
Meanwhile, the company's Johan Sverdrup which started oil production in October 2019 has increased to 535,000 barrels per day (bpd) as of May, this year, James said.
Phase two of the field is expected in the fourth quarter of next year with studies showing full field capacity can rise to about 755,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, he added.