中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社4月19日加拉加斯报道，严重依赖美国原油来经营其位于库拉索岛上的炼油厂的委内瑞拉国家石油公司（委国油/PDVSA）日前取消了4月份和5月份进口美国原油的计划，这是因为卖方要求在交货前付款。

据知情人士透露，价格是正确的，但双方不能在支付条件上达成一致。委国油通常会在原油货物交付以后付款或用石油产品和原油支付。委国油曾计划为库拉索岛上的伊斯拉炼油厂购买350万桶西德克萨斯中质原油和Domestic低硫混合原油。

知情人士说，由于委国油因故障和缺乏维护时下正在努力提高原油加工水平以及委内瑞拉3月份原油产量同比下降了三分之一，供应商越来越要求用现金提前支付。

由于委内瑞拉原油产量因缺乏投资、3位数通货膨胀以及人道主义危机大幅下降，以前加工委内瑞拉轻质原油的伊斯拉炼油厂转向进口供应品。根据美国能源信息署和彭博新闻社汇编的数据，去年，伊斯拉炼油厂进口的所有原油来自美国，平均日进口1.5万桶。

李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社

原文如下：

PDVSA Cancels Plans to import US Crude Oil Amid Cash Crunch

Petroleos de Venezuela SA, which relies heavily on U.S. oil to run its refinery in the island of Curacao, canceled plans to import American grades in April and May as sellers demanded payment ahead of delivery.

The price was right, but parties couldn't agree on the payment conditions, according to people familiar with the situation. PDVSA typically offers to pay after cargo delivery or makes the payment with oil products and crude. PDVSA was planning to buy 3.5 million barrels of West Texas Intermediate and Domestic Sweet Blend for its Isla refinery in Curacao.

As PDVSA refineries are struggling to raise oil-processing due to breakdowns and lack of maintenance, and the country's oil production fell by a third from a year earlier in March, suppliers are increasingly demanding payment upfront and in cash, the people said.

The Isla refinery, which used to process Venezuelan light oils, switched to imported supplies as production in Venezuela slumped amid lack of investments, triple-digit inflation and a humanitarian crisis. In 2017, all of Isla's imported oil came from the U.S., or 15,000 barrels daily, according to the Energy Information Administration and data compiled by Bloomberg.