據烴加工新聞6月30日消息稱，一位知情人士稱，該國最大的煉油商印度石油公司已首次購買圭亞那的 Liza 輕質低硫原油，以尋求原油采購的多元化。

　　根據Refinitiv的數據，這批100萬桶貨物將于7月4日左右由懸掛希臘國旗的油輪Militos駛往印度Paradip港，并將于8月8日左右抵達。

　　該消息人士稱，這將是一次“試運”，但沒有給出定價細節。該消息人士稱，印度正與圭亞那政府就國有煉油企業的長期石油供應合同進行談判。

　　IOC是印度第一家購買Liza石油的國有煉油商。國有的印度斯坦石油公司與鋼鐵大亨 LN Mittal的合資企業 HPCL-Mittal能源公司于 3 月購買了 100 萬桶 Liza 級原油。

　　IOC拒絕立即發表評論。

　　印度是世界第三大石油進口國和消費國，其石油需求的80%以上來自海外，嚴重依賴中東地區。

　　今年早些時候，在石油輸出國組織及其盟友（被稱為歐佩克+）未能放松供應限制，導致全球油價飆升后，印度要求國有煉油商加快原油來源的多樣化。

　　國有煉油企業——IOC、HPCL、巴拉特石油公司和芒格洛爾煉油和石化有限公司——共同控制了印度500萬桶/天煉油能力的五分之三。

　　朱佳妮 摘譯自 烴加工新聞

　　原文如下：

　　India's top refiner buys its first Guyanese oil

　　Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner, has made its first purchase of Guyana's Liza light sweet crude as it seeks to diversify its crude purchases, a source familiar with matter said.

　　The 1 million-barrel cargo will set sail around July 4 on Greece-flagged tanker Militos for India's Paradip port, where it is set to arrive around August 8, according to Refinitiv data.

　　This would be a 'trial cargo', the source said, without giving details of pricing. The source said that India is in talks with Guyana's government for a term oil supply contract for state refiners.

　　IOC is the first Indian state refiner to buy Liza oil. Private refiner HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd, a joint venture between state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL.NS) and steel tycoon L.N. Mittal, bought a million barrels of Liza grade in March.

　　IOC declined to immediately comment.

　　India, the world's third biggest oil importer and consumer, ships in more than 80% of its oil needs from overseas and relies heavily on the Middle East.

　　Earlier this year India asked state refiners to expedite the diversification of crude sources after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, also known as OPEC+ failed to ease supply curbs, leading to a spike in global oil prices.

　　The state refiners - IOC, HPCL, Bharat Petroleum and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd - together control about three-fifths of India's 5 million barrel per day refining capacity.