???? 據能源世界網3月21日報道，受印度原油價格上漲和燃料需求減弱影響，印度2月份原油加工量降至4個月來最低水平，從前一個月創下的近一年高點回落。

????根據周五公布的臨時數據顯示，2月份原油產量同比下降8.8%，至487萬桶/日(1862萬噸)。月吞吐量下降5.6%。由于2020年2月有29天，百分比有所變化。

????由于零售價格上漲抑制了需求，該國2月份的燃油消耗量也降至5個月低點。

????由于油價上漲，印度國有煉油廠一直計劃在5月份將從沙特阿拉伯的石油進口量削減約四分之一。

????Refinitiv分析師Ehsan Ul Haq表示，相對較高的油價減緩了石油加工速度。并補充道，印度最近決定減少對中東原油的依賴，這將促進進口和加工，因為隨著經濟從封鎖的影響中復蘇，煉油廠將需要更多的原油。

????根據政府數據顯示，印度煉油廠2月份的平均開工率為97.13%，低于去年同期的110.7%和1月份的102.8%。

????通過技術改造，煉油廠可以以高于其通常產能的速度運行。

????根據數據顯示，印度最大的煉油商印度石油公司(IOC)上月以100.8%的產能運營其直屬工廠。

????擁有全球最大煉油綜合設施的信實集團2月份的產能為93.2%。

????根據數據顯示，按年度計算，原油產量不變，為61萬桶/天（合232萬噸），而天然氣產量下降1.4%，至23.1億立方米。

????郝芬 譯自 能源世界網

????原文如下：

????India's crude oil throughput hits four-month low in February

????India's crude oil processing fell to its lowest in four months in February, retreating from a near one-year high hit in the prior month hurt by higher crude prices and weaker fuel demand in the country.

????Crude oil throughput in February dropped 8.8% year-on-year to 4.87 million barrels per day (18.62 million tonnes), provisional government data showed on Friday.

????On a monthly basis throughput fell 5.6%. There is a variation in percentage change as February 2020 had 29 days.

????Fuel consumption in the country also fell to a five-month low in February as higher retail prices dented demand.

????Indian state refiners have been planning to cut oil imports from Saudi Arabia by about a quarter in May due to rising oil prices.

????"Relatively high prices have slowed oil processing," Refinitiv analyst Ehsan Ul Haq said, adding "India's recent decision to wean off Middle East crude will boost imports and processing as refiners will need more crude oil as the economy recovers from the impact of lockdowns."

????Indian refiners operated at an average rate of 97.13% of capacity in February, down from 110.7% in the same month last year and from January's 102.8%, the government data showed.

????Refineries can operate at more than their usual capacity through technical alterations.

????The country's largest refiner, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) , last month operated its directly owned plants at 100.8% capacity, the data showed.

????Reliance, owner of the world's biggest refining complex, operated its plants at 93.2% capacity in February.

????On an annual basis, crude oil production was unchanged at 610,000 barrels per day (2.32 million tonnes), while natural gas output fell 1.4% to 2.31 billion cubic metres, the data showed.