中国取代美国成全球头号原油进口国

    美国能源情报署（the U.S. Energy Information Administration）周一称，2013年9月，中国成为了全球原油和其他液体燃料的最大净进口国。

    根据《国际财经时报》(International Business Times，简称IBT)梅根•克拉克报道，今年中国的液体燃料需求预计将超过1100万桶/天。

    到2014年底，中国产量预计将较2011年增长5%，达到美国产量的1/3。

    IBT称，同期美国的石油和液体燃料产量预计将增长31%至1330万桶/天，增长主要来自需要水力压裂技术的致密油层。

    中国已取代美国成为全球最大的石油进口国。

    美国的需求约为1890万桶/天，低于2005年的峰值2080万桶/天。

    “根据美国能源情报署的数据，2005年至2013年美国的炼油产品出口增长了173%，降低了美国的石油和其他液体燃料的净进口数据，”IBT报道称。

    中国最大的原油进口国是沙特阿拉伯，它2013年供应了中国石油进口的19%。

    报告称，其他供应国包括伊拉克、阿曼、阿联酋、安哥拉、委内瑞拉和俄罗斯。

    此文最初刊登在Oil Patch Asia网站。

    China became the largest net importer of crude oil and other liquid fuels in the world in September 2013, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday.

    China’s demand for liquid fuels is expected to reach more than 11 million barrels per day this year, according to a report by Meagan Clark of the International Business Times.

    Chinese production is expected to grow by 5 percent from 2011 to the end of 2014, reaching one third of U.S. production.

    Petroleum and liquid fuels production in the U.S. is expected to grow by 31 percent in the same period, to 13.3 million barrels a day, primarily from tight oil plays that require hydraulic fracturing technology, the International Business Times said.

    China displaced the United States as the world’s biggest oil importer.

    U.S. demand is about 18.9 million barrels per day, down from peak consumption of 20.8 barrels a day in 2005.

    “American refined petroleum-product exports increased by 173 percent between 2005 and 2013, lowering total net U.S. imports of petroleum and other liquids, according to EIA,” the IBT report said.

    China’s largest crude oil supplier is Saudi Arabia, providing 19 percent of China’s oil imports in 2013.

    Other suppliers include Iraq, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Angola, Venezuela and Russia, the report said.