據(jù)石油新聞2020年9月24日倫敦報(bào)道，英國(guó)商業(yè)、能源和工業(yè)戰(zhàn)略部9月24日在倫敦公布的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)顯示，盡管面臨新冠肺炎疫情，但由于取消維護(hù)使得原油產(chǎn)量保持“相對(duì)穩(wěn)定”，7月份英國(guó)原油日產(chǎn)量同比僅下降了3%，為103萬(wàn)桶，前7個(gè)月下降了4%，為109萬(wàn)桶。

統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)還顯示，英國(guó)7月份的原油和天然氣液體出口量連續(xù)第4個(gè)月超過(guò)進(jìn)口量，但差距已經(jīng)縮小，出口僅比進(jìn)口多了4%，為285萬(wàn)噸。

縱然近幾年來(lái)北海原油產(chǎn)量的復(fù)蘇提振了貿(mào)易平衡，然而，英國(guó)連續(xù)幾個(gè)月的原油和天然氣液體出口量超過(guò)進(jìn)口量，這是極其不尋常的。

在包括產(chǎn)品在內(nèi)的整體石油貿(mào)易方面，英國(guó)的進(jìn)口依存度在7月份繼續(xù)增強(qiáng)，進(jìn)口量超過(guò)出口量55.3萬(wàn)噸，而在5月份英國(guó)成為了凈出口國(guó)。

英國(guó)商業(yè)、能源和工業(yè)戰(zhàn)略部強(qiáng)調(diào)了7月份英國(guó)煉油廠的需求復(fù)蘇，并指出，“本土”原油的使用量仍相對(duì)較高，這是受到了布倫特原油和西德克薩斯中質(zhì)原油價(jià)格差異較低的推動(dòng)。

英國(guó)煉油廠7月份對(duì)英國(guó)產(chǎn)原油和天然氣液體的消費(fèi)量同比增長(zhǎng)了10%，達(dá)到了82.8萬(wàn)噸。

李峻 編譯自 石油新聞

原文如下：

UK oil output dips 4% in Jan-July, import dependence resuming

UK oil production fell 3% on the year in July to 1.03 million b/d, and was 4% lower over the first seven months, at 1.09 million b/d, as cancelled maintenance kept volumes "comparatively stable," despite COVID-19, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy said Sept. 24.

The statistical release also showed the UK exported more crude and natural gas liquids than it imported for a fourth month in a row in July, albeit the difference narrowed, with exports exceeding imports by just 4%, at 2.85 million mt.

Such a run of months in which the UK exports more crude and NGLs than it imports is highly unusual, even though recovering North Sea output had boosted the balance of trade in recent years.

In terms of overall oil trade, including products, the UK's import dependence continued to reassert itself in July, with imports outstripping exports by 553,000 mt, after a brief flip in which the country became a net exporter in the month of May.

BEIS highlighted a recovery in demand at UK refineries in July, noting also the use of "indigenous" crude remaining comparatively high, boosted, it said, by low differentials between Brent and WTI crude pricing.

Consumption of UK-produced crude and NGLs by the country's refineries was up 10% on the year, at 828,000 mt.