據路透社7月30日報道，荷蘭皇家殼牌公司(Royal Dutch Shell)首席執行官范伯登(Ben van Beurden)周四表示，全球石油需求可能永遠無法恢復到冠狀病毒疫情爆發前的水平。

范伯登在該公司公布第二季度獲利大幅下滑后對記者表示:"如果需求要完全復蘇，那也需要很長的時間。"

殼牌預計，到2020年底，航空燃料消耗水平將恢復到危機前的50%。并指出，航空業正在走下坡路，并且在未來一段時間內將繼續低迷。

王佳晶 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Oil demand may never recover from COVID-19 crisis, says Shell CEO

Global oil demand might never return to levels seen before the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said on Thursday.

“Demand will take a long time to recover if it recovers at all,” van Beurden told reporters after the Anglo-Dutch energy company reported a sharp drop in second-quarter profit.

Shell expects aviation fuel consumption to recover to 50% of pre-crisis levels by the end of 2020, he said.

“The aviation sector is down and will remain down for some time to come.”