据烃加工新闻2月8日消息称，据两名知情人士透露，印度最大的炼油商印度石油公司(IOC)将在2022年从伊拉克增加11.5%的原油采购，至每天39万桶，这在一定程度上是为了弥补来自墨西哥的供应缺口和可能来自科威特的供应削减。

伊拉克是印度最大的石油供应国，随着另一家炼油商印度斯坦石油公司也将从这个中东国家购买更多原油，伊拉克在该国的市场份额将会上升。

印度是世界第三大石油进口国。

消息人士称，由于墨西哥在开设一家新炼油厂的同时限制石油供应，IOC已转向从伊拉克购买更多石油。

消息人士称，印度炼油商还预计，从4月开始的下一财年，科威特的石油供应可能会减少，因为科威特计划今年投产日产61.5万桶的Al-Zour炼油厂。

去年，科威特最初与印度炼油厂签署了一份为期9个月的石油供应合同，但后来由于Al-Zour炼油厂的投产延迟，将合同延长了3个月，至2022年3月。

朱佳妮 摘译自 烃加工新闻

原文如下：

India's top refiner raises Iraq oil supplies to offset Mexico cuts

Indian Oil Corp. (IOC), the country's top refiner, will increase crude purchases from Iraq by 11.5% in 2022 to 390,000 bpd, partly to make up for a shortfall from Mexico and a possible supply cut from Kuwait, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Iraq is the top supplier of oil to India and its market share there is set to rise as another refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp. will also buy more crude from the Middle Eastern nation.

India is the world's third biggest oil importer.

IOC has resorted to buying higher volumes from Iraq as Mexico is curbing supplies as it opens a new refinery, sources said.

Indian refiners also expect oil supplies from Kuwait could be cut in the next fiscal year starting in April as Kuwait aims to start its 615,000 bpd Al-Zour refinery this year, the sources said.

Last year, Kuwait had initially signed a nine-month oil supply contract with Indian refiners but later extended it by three months to March 2022 due to a delay in the commissioning of Al-Zour refinery.