2030年前印度计划将炼油能力提高77%

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社新德里2月9日消息，全球第三大石油消费国和进口国印度的炼油商们已草拟计划2030年前将印度的炼油能力提高77%达到约880万桶/日，以满足该国日益增长的燃料需求。

据印度石油和天然气部编制和发布的一份报告显示，印度炼油扩能计划将确保2035年前该国的柴油和汽油供应充裕。

印度正成为全球炼油燃料消费增长的主要驱动力之一，因为印度经济的扩张和工业活动的不断增长，导致基础设施的改善，并刺激了商业和零售消费者的能源使用量。

印度石油部的报告称，如果当前的消费模式继续下去的话，印度的燃料需求可能会从去年的约1.94亿吨增加到2030年的3.35亿吨，到2040年将达到4.72亿吨。

报告称，基于印度炼油商向政府提交的炼油扩能计划，到2035年印度的汽油产量仍将保持过剩，不过到2040年将供应短缺。

该报告显示，到2035年之前，印度的柴油仍将保持过剩，2035年之后国内需求将超过供应。

该报告还预计2030年前印度汽油、柴油和航煤需求将以年均5%或更高的速度增长。

张春晓 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

India plans to raise refining capacity by 77 percent by 2030

Refiners in India, the world’s third-biggest oil consumer and importer, have drawn up plans to raise their capacity by 77 percent to about 8.8 MMbpd by 2030 to meet the country’s rising fuel demand.

India’s refining expansion plan will ensure the nation’s surplus production of diesel and gasoline will last till 2035, according to a report prepared and released by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

India is emerging as one of the key global drivers for refined fuels consumption as its economic expansion and rising industrial activity yields infrastructure improvements and increased energy access for commercial and retail consumers.

If current patterns of use continue, India’s fuel demand could rise to as much as 335 million tonnes by 2030, and 472 million tonnes by 2040, from about 194 million tonnes last year, the oil ministry’s report says.

On the basis of expansion plans submitted by refiners to the government, gasoline production will remain in surplus up to 2035, turning into a deficit in 2040, according to the report.

Diesel will remain in surplus until about 2035, beyond which domestic demand will overtake supply, the report said.

The report also forecast a growth of 5 percent or more each year in India’s gasoline, diesel and jet fuel demand to 2030.