彭博社：美国炼油企业仍需要进口中东石油|中东_顺水财经_顺水网

原标题：彭博社：美国炼油企业仍需要进口中东石油

中国石化新闻网讯 据彭博新闻社2020年1月9日报道，美国表示，美国不再需要中东的石油，但是美国的炼油厂时下仍然使用中东生产的这种石油。

得益于页岩产量的激增，美国去年把从波斯湾进口的石油数量降到了30年来的最低水平。不过，中东原油仍占美国原油进口量的10%以上。随着美国的能源增长引擎二叠纪盆地的石油产量创下新纪录，美国对中东原油日渐减少依赖的趋势将不会逆转。

在美国钻井公司所称的“页岩革命”之前，美国墨西哥湾沿岸的炼油厂投资数百万美元，加工来自中东和拉丁美洲相对便宜的重质原油。与此同时，由于页岩油比波斯湾供应的石油更轻，含硫量更低，这种原油对大多数美国炼油厂来说并不理想。

李峻 编译自 彭博社

原文如下：

The US Still Needs Some Middle East Oil

USA President said during an address from the White House Wednesday that the U.S. no longer needs oil from the Middle East, but American refineries still use the kind of oil that region produces.

Thanks to booming shale production, the U.S. reduced shipments from the Persian Gulf to a 30-year low last year. Still, Middle East crude makes up more than 10% of U.S. imports. With new oil production records being set in the Permian Basin, the country’s energy growth engine, America’s thinning reliance on Middle East crude isn’t about to reverse course.

Before the “shale revolution,” as American drillers call it, Gulf coast refiners invested millions of dollars to process relatively cheap heavy oil from the Middle East and Latin America. At the same time, shale oil is much lighter and lower in sulfur compared with supply from the Persian Gulf, and not ideal for most American refineries.

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