据国外媒体9月1日世宗报道,韩国政府一名高级官员31日表示,当对德黑兰制裁被取消时,韩国将考虑增加其伊朗原油和凝析油的进口量。
最近陪同韩国代表团访问伊朗寻求油气和建筑领域可能协议的韩国财政部副部长宇泰熙指出,自从对伊朗实施制裁以来,韩国的伊朗原油进口量大幅减少。
他说:“伊朗原油具有很好的质量,而伊朗的凝析油是我们能够很好利用的一种原油。我们将考虑增加伊朗原油和凝固析油的进口量。当然,增加进口量只有在制裁被取消以后才能成为可能。”
伊朗石油部长赞加内在韩国代表团结束访问以后说,一旦与大国签署的核协议为减轻国际对伊朗制裁扫清了道路,首尔同意增加其伊朗原油购买量。但他没有详细说明协议的细节。
根据路透社对韩国国家石油公司上周公布的工业数据的计算,韩国今年前7个月伊朗原油日进口量同比减少了11%至11.1665万桶。
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S Korea may hike Iran oil imports once sanctions lifted
World Petroleum News
SEJONG, September 01,2015
South Korea will consider increasing its imports of Iranian crude oil and condensate when sanctions on Tehran are lifted, a senior government official said.
Woo Tae-hee, deputy minister for trade, who was part of a recent South Korean delegation to Iran seeking possible deals in the oil, gas and construction sectors noted there had been a sharp fall in imports of Iranian oil since the sanctions were imposed.
"Iranian crude has good quality, and its condensate is one we can utilise well," Woo said. "We will consider increasing imports of Iranian oil, which however will only be possible when the sanctions are lifted since they are still present."
Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said after the delegation's visit that Seoul agreed to increase its purchases of Iranian oil once a nuclear deal with world powers cleared the way for an easing of international sanctions on Tehran. He did not elaborate the details of the agreement.
South Korea's Iranian oil imports fell 11 per cent to 111,665 barrels per day in the first seven months of this year from the same period of last year, according to Reuters calculation based upon industry data from state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) last week.