據《美洲潤滑油周刊》4月6日消息，美國一家政府機構上周報告稱，與去年同期相比，1月份美國基礎油產量下降了10%以上，比2020年1月下降了8%。

美國能源情報署(EIA)的數據顯示，1月份美國煉油商的基礎油產量為460萬桶，而去年1月份和2020年同期分別為520萬桶和500萬桶。1月份的產量較去年12月的530萬桶下降了13%。

就過去幾年的1月份產量而言，460萬桶是自2013年1月份以來的最低水平。

1月份美國石蠟基基礎油產量同比下降11%至390萬桶，也比2020年同期減少了8%。這是自去年3月的370萬桶以來的最低水平，也是自那以后石蠟基基礎油產量首次降至400萬桶以下。

1月份美國石蠟基基礎油產量為390萬桶，是自2013年1月的370萬桶以來的1月份最低水平。1月份環烷基基礎油產量同比下降10%至71.6萬桶，比2020年同期低5%。不過，今年1月的產量較去年12月的66.5萬桶增長了8%，去年12月環烷基基礎油產量是月度最低的。

龐曉華 摘譯自 《美洲潤滑油周刊》

原文如下：

U.S. base Oil Production Declines

United States base oil output declined more than 10% in January, compared to the same month last year, and was down 8% from January 2020, a U.S. government agency reported last week.

Refiners produced 4.6 million barrels in January, compared with 5.2 million barrels last January and 5 million in the same month of 2020, according to U.S. Energy Information Agency data. Sequentially, January’s volume was down 13% from 5.3 million barrels in December last year.

In terms of January production in past years, 4.6 million barrels was the lowest total since the same amount in January 2013.

Production of paraffinic base oils in the U.S. declined 11% to 3.9 million barrels in January and was also 8% less than in the same month in 2020. The January total was the lowest since 3.7 million barrels in March last year and marked the first time since then that paraffinic production had fallen below 4 million barrels.

The January paraffinic production of 3.9 million barrels was the lowest for the month since 3.7 million barrels in January 2013. Naphthenic base oil production declined 10% to 716,000 barrels in January and was 5% below the volume in the same month in 2020. However, this year’s January volume was up 8% from 665,000 barrels in December, which had the lowest monthly naphthenic production last year.