據(jù)石油新聞7月30日倫敦報道，英國政府有關(guān)部門7月30日在倫敦公布的統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)顯示，今年前5個月英國北海上游石油產(chǎn)量同比下降了5%，下降到了每日111萬桶，而國內(nèi)外需求下滑意味著英國5月份石油出口連續(xù)第二個月超過了進(jìn)口。

英國商業(yè)、能源和工業(yè)戰(zhàn)略部表示，今年前5個月，英國原油產(chǎn)量比去年同期下降了4%，下降到了每日101萬桶，而液化天然氣產(chǎn)量下降了13%，下降到了每日9.6萬桶。

統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)顯示，英國5月份月度石油日產(chǎn)量為108萬桶，略低于4月份，4月份的石油產(chǎn)量從3月份每日103萬桶的全年低點反彈。當(dāng)時，英國上游石油行業(yè)正努力應(yīng)對海上工人中疑似新冠病毒感染的情況，因此英國在3月中旬將海上員工人數(shù)降至最低水平，很可能不情愿把石油產(chǎn)量推至最高水平。

自2014年以來，英國的原油產(chǎn)量一直在回升，但仍低于世紀(jì)之交水平的一半。

在貿(mào)易方面，英國5月份出口了263萬噸原油和天然氣液體，比進(jìn)口多了74.5萬噸，這是連續(xù)第二個月出現(xiàn)凈出口的異常情況。

受新冠病毒疫情封鎖措施的影響，英國5月份煉油廠總原油加工量比去年同期下降了24%，下降到了369萬噸。

李峻 編譯自 石油新聞

原文如下：

UK North Sea oil output drops 5% in five months to May

UK upstream oil production fell 5% over the first five months of 2020 to 1.11 million b/d, while a demand slump meant exports outstripped imports for a second month in a row in May, government data showed July 30.

Crude production was down 4% on the year in the first five months, at 1.01 million b/d, with NGL production down 13% at 96,000 b/d, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy said.

May's monthly oil output, at 1.08 million b/d, was down slightly from April, when it recovered from a low point for the year of 1.03 million b/d in March. The UK's upstream oil industry was grappling at the time with how to respond to suspected coronavirus among offshore workers, resulting in a move to minimal workforce levels in mid-March, and a likely reluctance to push production to the maximum.

UK crude production has been recovering since 2014, but remains below half of levels at the turn of the millennium.

On the trade front, exports of crude and NGLs at 2.63 million mt exceeded imports by 745,000 mt in May, unusually the second month in a row of net exports.

Total refinery intake was down 24% on the year in May, amid coronavirus lockdown measures, at 3.69 million mt.