據6月15日Oil Monster消息：韓國海關數據顯示，5月韓國從美國進口原油956,686噸，即226,210桶/天，為2018年11月以來的最低水平。與去年同期的143萬噸相比下降了33.2%。上個月，美國成為韓國第三大原油供應國，僅次于沙特和科威特。

韓國是世界第五大原油進口國，自2019年5月，韓國對美國的原油進口急劇增加。

數據顯示，韓國5月從其最大原油供應國沙特進口原油392萬噸，即926,078桶/天，較去年同期的339萬噸增加15.5%。

總體而言，韓國5月份原油進口總量為1057萬噸，即250萬桶/天，較去年同期的1127萬噸下降6.2%。

韓國兩家煉油商SK能源和現代石油銀行在4月和5月進行了維護，從而削減了該國對進口原油的需求。

今年前5個月，韓國進口原油5691萬噸，即274萬桶/天，比2019年同期的6117萬噸下降7.0%。

該國最終的原油進口數據來自國營的韓國國家石油公司，將于本月晚些時候發布。

馮娟 摘譯自 Oil Monster

原文如下：

South Korea’s May U.S. Crude Imports Fall to Lowest Since Nov 2018

South Korea’s U.S. crude oil imports fell in May to their lowest since November 2018 as some refiners conducted maintenance amid a demand slowdown as fuel use was hit by the coronavirus pandemic, customs data showed on Monday.

In May, U.S. crude imports were 956,686 tonnes, or 226,210 barrels per day (bpd), according to the customs data. That was down 33.2% from 1.43 million tonnes a year earlier. The United States ranked as South Korea’s No.3 crude supplier after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait last month.

South Korea, the world’s fifth-largest crude importer, has sharply increased U.S. crude imports in May 2019 .

South Korea’s crude imports from Saudi Arabia, its top crude supplier, were 3.92 million tonnes in May, or 926,078 bpd, up 15.5% from 3.39 million tonnes a year earlier, the data showed.

Overall, South Korea’s May crude imports totalled 10.57 million tonnes of crude oil, or 2.50 million bpd, down 6.2% from 11.27 million tonnes in the same month last year.

Two South Korean refiners, SK Energy and Hyundai Oilbank, conducted maintenance over April and May that cut into the country’s need for imported crude oil.

In the first five months of the year, South Korea imported 56.91 million tonnes of crude oil, or 2.74 million bpd, down 7.0% from 61.17 million tonnes in the same period of 2019.

The country’s final crude oil imports data from state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) is due later this month.