中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社5月14日孟买报道，由于亚洲第三大经济体加快了工业活动的步伐以及卡车和公共汽车销售量飙升，印度4月份石油消费量大幅增加了4.5%。

根据印度石油部石油规划和分析部门的统计数据，印度4月份总石油需求量从一年前的1690万吨扩大到了1770万吨，这是印度石油需求量连续第八个月增长。

统计数据显示，4月份，占印度石油消费量大约40%的柴油需求量增加了2.7%至720万吨。汽油消费量增加了大约9.3%至230万吨。液化石油气消费量增加了13%至190万吨。石油焦需求量下降了0.7%至220万吨。

印度的工业和经济增长在最近的几个月里有所回升。核心行业的工业产值在3月份增加了4.1%。根据印度汽车制造商协会，3月份客运和商业运输车辆的销售量也大涨。4月份包括运动型多用途车在内的客运车辆的销售量增加了7.5%，而卡车和公共汽车的销售量大幅增加了76%。

李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社

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India's oil demand surges for eighth straight month in April

India’s oil consumption surged 4.5% in April as industrial activity gathered pace in Asia’s third-largest economy and sales of trucks and buses soared.

The nation’s total oil demand expanded to 17.7 million tons in the month from 16.9 million a year ago, rising for eight straight months, according to the oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell.

Demand for diesel, which accounts for about 40% of India’s oil consumption, increased 2.7% to 7.2 million tons.

Gasoline consumption was about 9.3% higher at 2.3 million tons Liquefied petroleum gas usage gained 13% to 1.9 million tons Demand for petroleum coke shrunk 0.7% to 2.2 million tons

India’s industrial and economic growth has picked up in recent months. Core sector industrial production rose 4.1% in March. Sales of passenger and commercial transport vehicles also surged in April. Passenger vehicle sales, including sport-utility vehicles, rose 7.5% during the month, while those of trucks and buses climbed 76%, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.