日本将从私人储备中释放600万桶石油

据Borneo Bulletin 4月17日消息，工业部周五表示，将从私人持有的储备中释放600万桶石油，作为其对国际能源署第二轮协调释放贡献的一部分，稳定原油价格。

从4月16日至10月8日，日本将允许当地炼油厂将其私人储备中的强制性库存水平降低3天，使其国内需求量降至63天，从而释放出相当于国内消费量约3天的石油。

日本本月早些时候表示，作为国际能源署牵头的第二轮协调释放的一部分，它将从国家储备中释放创纪录的1500万桶石油。

该部一位官员表示，剩余的900万桶石油将从国家石油储备中释放，具体方法和时间等细节将在稍后决定。

日本在1月底持有约4.7亿桶石油储备，即236天的国内消费量，包括国家储备、当地炼油厂储罐持有的私人储备以及与生产国的联合原油储存计划。

本月早些时候，国际能源署成员国同意从库存中提取6000万桶石油，而华盛顿在3月下旬宣布释放1.8亿桶石油，旨在降低油价。

祝精燕 摘译自 Borneo Bulletin

原文如下：

Japan to release six million barrels of oil from private reserves

The Industry Ministry said on Friday it will release six million barrels of oil from privately held reserves as part of its contribution to a second round of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) coordinated release to calm crude oil prices.

Japan will release the petroleum, equivalent to about three days of domestic consumption, by allowing local refiners to lower their mandatory stockpile level in private reserves by three days, to 63 days of domestic demand, from April 16 and October 8.

Japan said earlier this month it would release a record 15 million barrels of oil from national reserves as part of a second round of the coordinated release led by the IEA.

The remaining nine million barrels of oil will be released from state petroleum reserves, with details such as the method to be used and timing to be decided later, an official at the ministry said.

Japan held around 470 million barrels of petroleum reserves at the end of January, or 236 days of domestic consumption, comprising state reserves, private reserves held by local refiners’ tanks and a joint crude oil storage plan with producing countries.

Earlier this month, IEA states agreed to tap 60 million barrels of oil from storage, on top of a 180-million-barrel release announced by Washington in late March aimed at cooling prices.