据ICIS-MRC网站5月21日莫斯科报道，据路透社援引印度最大的炼油商印度石油公司(Indian Oil Corp：IOC)董事长声明报道称，由于第二波新冠疫情打击了燃料需求，该公司已将原油加工量占总产能的比例从4月份的96%降至84%。
根据周一公布的初步数据显示，由于抑制新冠疫情的封锁打击了工业活动和消费，印度国有炼油企业5月上半月的国内轻油和汽油销量较上月下降了五分之一。
该公司总裁SM Vaidya表示，需求被破坏了，这也反映在炼油厂的运营上……燃料需求何时会恢复正常是一个非常难以回答的问题。他把恢复的希望寄托在国家预防流感的疫苗接种上。
该公司和其子公司金奈石油(Chennai Petroleum)控制着印度500万桶/天的炼油能力的三分之一。
Vaidya称，去年5月，这家国有炼油企业平均运营率为67%。
尽管如此，原油价格的飙升推动了IOC库存增加和精炼毛利率(GRM)的增长，帮助该公司在截至3月31日的季度实现了878.1亿印度卢比(约合12亿美元)的净利润，而去年同期为亏损518.5亿卢比。根据Refinitiv IBES的数据显示，分析师原本预计利润为550.6亿卢比。
郝芬 译自 ICIS-MRC
原文如下：
Indian Oil reduces crude processing to 84% as COVID-19 pandemic hits fuel demand
Indian Oil Corp, India's top refiner, has cut crude processing to average at 84% of overall capacity from 96% in April as a devastating second wave of COVID-19 dented fuel demand, reported Reuters with reference to the company's chairman statement.
Domestic sales of gasoil and gasoline by Indian state refiners plunged by a fifth in the first half of May from a month earlier, preliminary data showed on Monday, as lockdowns to curb COVID-19 cases hit industrial activities and consumption.
"Demand destruction is there, which has also reflected in refinery runs... When it (fuel demand) will return to normalcy is a very difficult question to answer," Chairman SM Vaidya said, pinning recovery hopes on the country's vaccination drive against the pandemic.
The company, along with subsidiary Chennai Petroleum, controls about a third of India's 5 million-barrels-per-day (bpd) refining capacity.
In May last year, the state-owned refiner was operating its plants at an average 67%, Vaidya said.
Still, a surge in crude prices boosted inventory gains and gross refined margins (GRMs) at IOC, helping it report a net profit of 87.81 billion Indian rupees (USD1.20 billion) for the quarter ended March 31, against a loss of 51.85 billion rupees a year ago. Analysts were expecting a profit of 55.06 billion rupees, according to Refinitiv IBES data.
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