据世界能源1月11日消息：SK Innovation、GS Caltex、S-Oil、现代Oilbank等公司去年从美国进口了1.123亿桶原油，比前一年增加了10%。因此，韩国去年成为亚洲最大的美国原油进口国。
韩国从美国进口原油始于2015年，当时进口总量为244.5万桶。 2019年进口量首次突破1亿桶。2016年至2019年，这四家韩国公司每年从中东进口的原油从9.262亿桶降至7.5256亿桶，2020年和2021年分别达到6.764亿桶和5.1513亿桶。
炼油企业正在增加从美国的进口，以实现供应来源多样化和更好的风险控制。此外，美国原油比中东原油便宜。上月，迪拜原油和WTI原油价格分别为每桶73.21美元和71.69美元。来自美国的原油运输也比来自中东的便宜，而且韩国政府还对非中东产原油实行税收优惠政策。
冯娟 摘译自 世界能源
原文如下：
Korea's imports of U.S. Crude Oil Considerably Increases Last Year
SK Innovation, GS Caltex, S-Oil and Hyundai Oilbank imported 112.3 million barrels of crude oil from the United States last year, up 10 percent from a year ago. As a result, South Korea became the biggest U.S. crude oil importer in Asia last year.
South Korea’s crude oil import from the United States started in 2015, when the imports totaled 2.445 million barrels. The volume exceeded 100 million barrels for the first time in 2019. On the other hand, the four South Korean companies’ annual crude oil imports from the Middle East fell from 926.2 million barrels to 752.56 million barrels from 2016 to 2019 and reached 676.4 million barrels and 515.13 million barrels in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
The oil refining companies are increasing their imports from the United States for supply source diversification and better risk control. In addition, the U.S. crude oil is cheaper than that from the Middle East. Last month, the Dubai crude and WTI prices were US$73.21 and US$71.69 per barrel, respectively. Crude oil transport from the United States is also cheaper than that from the Middle East and the South Korean government provides tax incentives for non-Middle East crude oil.
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