据石油新闻7月30日伦敦报道，英国政府有关部门7月30日在伦敦公布的统计数据显示，今年前5个月英国北海上游石油产量同比下降了5%，下降到了每日111万桶，而国内外需求下滑意味着英国5月份石油出口连续第二个月超过了进口。

英国商业、能源和工业战略部表示，今年前5个月，英国原油产量比去年同期下降了4%，下降到了每日101万桶，而液化天然气产量下降了13%，下降到了每日9.6万桶。

统计数据显示，英国5月份月度石油日产量为108万桶，略低于4月份，4月份的石油产量从3月份每日103万桶的全年低点反弹。当时，英国上游石油行业正努力应对海上工人中疑似新冠病毒感染的情况，因此英国在3月中旬将海上员工人数降至最低水平，很可能不情愿把石油产量推至最高水平。

自2014年以来，英国的原油产量一直在回升，但仍低于世纪之交水平的一半。

在贸易方面，英国5月份出口了263万吨原油和天然气液体，比进口多了74.5万吨，这是连续第二个月出现净出口的异常情况。

受新冠病毒疫情封锁措施的影响，英国5月份炼油厂总原油加工量比去年同期下降了24%，下降到了369万吨。

李峻 编译自 石油新闻

原文如下：

UK North Sea oil output drops 5% in five months to May

UK upstream oil production fell 5% over the first five months of 2020 to 1.11 million b/d, while a demand slump meant exports outstripped imports for a second month in a row in May, government data showed July 30.

Crude production was down 4% on the year in the first five months, at 1.01 million b/d, with NGL production down 13% at 96,000 b/d, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy said.

May's monthly oil output, at 1.08 million b/d, was down slightly from April, when it recovered from a low point for the year of 1.03 million b/d in March. The UK's upstream oil industry was grappling at the time with how to respond to suspected coronavirus among offshore workers, resulting in a move to minimal workforce levels in mid-March, and a likely reluctance to push production to the maximum.

UK crude production has been recovering since 2014, but remains below half of levels at the turn of the millennium.

On the trade front, exports of crude and NGLs at 2.63 million mt exceeded imports by 745,000 mt in May, unusually the second month in a row of net exports.

Total refinery intake was down 24% on the year in May, amid coronavirus lockdown measures, at 3.69 million mt.