據油氣新聞6月16日消息稱，澳大利亞能源部長安格斯?泰勒(Angus Taylor)周一表示，澳大利亞將通過發展目前有限的國內儲存設施，增加其境外應急石油儲備，以提高其燃料儲備能力。

今年4月，該國表示將斥資9400萬澳元（6400萬美元）購買原油，建立應急石油儲備，儲存在美國戰略石油儲備中。澳大利亞和美國本月初完成了這項交易。

為了滿足國際能源機構(IEA)的燃料安全規定，澳大利亞一直在與該國的四家煉油廠就在本國境內而不是在美國境內儲存燃料進行談判。

泰勒說，聯邦政府將與當地煉油廠合作，以確定潛在的國內儲存項目。

這位部長說，由于疫情導致航空業停飛，澳大利亞所有煉油廠將被暫時允許從過剩的航空燃料供應中生產柴油。

泰勒說：“這將緩解煉油廠目前因疫情導致燃料產品需求下降而感受到的儲存壓力。”

IEA成員國被要求必須持有相當于90天石油凈進口量的緊急石油儲備。政府數據顯示，截至今年3月，按標準定義，澳大利亞的石油凈進口量為56天，包括前往澳大利亞的石油在內，凈進口量為75天。

曹海斌 摘譯自 油氣新聞

原文如下：

Australia aims to expand onshore fuel storage capacity, in talks with refiners

Australia will seek to bolster its fuel storage capacity by developing currently limited domestic storage facilities to add to emergency oil stockpiles stored beyond its borders, Energy Minister Angus Taylor said on Monday.

In April, the country said it would spend A$94 million ($64 million) to build an emergency oil stockpile by buying crude to store in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to take advantage of a slump in oil prices. Australia and the United States finalised the deal early this month.

Australia has been in talks with the country’s four refiners about storing fuel within its borders, rather than in the United States, to meet the International Energy Agency (IEA) fuel security rules.

Taylor said the federal government will work with local refiners to identify potential domestic storage projects.

The minister said all Australian refineries would be temporarily allowed to produce diesel from the excess jet fuel supplies due to the grounding of the airline industry from the new coronavirus crisis.

“This will ease the storage pressures currently being felt by refineries from the drop in demand for fuel products as a result of COVID-19,” Taylor said.

IEA member countries are required to hold emergency oil stocks equivalent to 90 days of net oil imports. As of March, Australia held 56 days of net imports by the standard definition and 75 days’ worth including oil en-route to Australia, according to government data.