據9月23日MENAFN消息：利用沙特阿拉伯和阿聯酋等主要產油國的低油價，印度充實了戰略原油儲備，以滿足緊急時期的能源需求，并在此過程中節省了6.851億美元。

該公司在4月和5月以每桶19美元的平均價格購買原油，以補充其儲備。當時油價跌至歷史低點，而美國原油期貨市場價格跌至負水平。

由國家出資的石油儲備旨在應對短期供應中斷，并將滿足印度9.5天的石油需求。

當政府決定利用原油價格低的優勢時，該國已經擁有533萬噸總儲油量的一半。

由印度戰略石油儲備有限公司(ISPRL)管理的印度在維沙卡帕特南(133萬噸)，芒格魯(150萬噸)和帕杜爾(250萬噸)的三個石油儲備裝置目前已滿。

另一個650萬噸的工廠即將在卡納塔克邦的帕杜爾和賈布爾的昌迪科霍建成。

在拉賈斯坦邦的比卡內爾和古吉拉特邦的拉杰科特的另外兩個設施將很快開工。完工后，這些設施將容納足夠的石油，以滿足一個月以上的國內需求。

石油部還要求ISPRL確定新的地點，以便增加存儲設施，確保90-100天的石油儲備隨時用于緊急情況。

較低的油價可以為大型戰略石油儲備能力帶來更多好處，因為這可以為國庫節省大量資金。

ISPRL已與阿布扎比國家石油公司(ADNOC)簽署了諒解備忘錄，以租賃其250萬噸帕杜爾工廠的一半。去年，它與沙特阿美公司簽署了一份備忘錄，以租用Padur SPR的四分之一。

ISPRL已經將Mangaluru倉庫150萬噸產能的一半租借給了ADNOC。該公司還在其103萬噸的Vizag設施中注入了來自另一個歐佩克產油國伊拉克的巴士拉石油。

馮娟 摘譯自 MENAFN

原文如下：

India tops up strategic reserves with cheaper crude, saves over $685M

Taking advantage of low prices in major oil-producing centres in Saudi Arabia and UAE, India has filled up its strategic crude oil reserves to meet its energy needs in times of emergency and saved a neat $685.11 million in the process.

It bought crude oil at an average price of $19 per barrel to fill its reserves in April and May when prices reached an all-time low while the US oil touched negative price levels in futures market.

The state-funded reserves are meant to tide over short-term supply disruptions and will take care of India's oil needs for 9.5 days.

The country was already holding half of its total 5.33 million tonnes oil reserves capacity when the government decided to take advantage of the low crude prices.

India's three petroleum reserve caverns at Visakhapatnam (1.33MT), Mangaluru (1.5MT) and Padur (2.5MT), managed by India Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL), are now full.

Another 6.5MT facility is coming up at Padur in Karnataka, and Chandikhole in Jajpur.

Work on two more facility at Bikaner in Rajasthan and Rajkot in Gujarat will be initiated soon. When complete, these facilities will hold enough oil to meet domestic requirements for over a month.

The oil ministry has also told the ISPRL to identify new sites so that the storage facility is increased to ensure oil stock of 90-100 days for use in an emergency at all times.

A large strategic oil reserve capacity can benefit even more from lower oil prices as these lead to huge savings for the exchequer.

The ISPRL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for the lease of half of its 2.5 million tonnes Padur facility. Last year, it signed an MoU with Saudi Aramco for the lease of a quarter of Padur SPR.

The ISPRL has already leased half of the 1.5 million tonne capacity in Mangaluru storage to ADNOC. It has also filled its 1.03 million tonne Vizag facility with Basra oil from another OPEC producer, Iraq.