Thailand plans to actively purchase spot crude cargoes over the coming months to top up its overall feedstock intake to accommodate rising refinery run rates, as Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy expects domestic fuel demand to rapidly increase with its tourism industry poised to make a recovery. Thailand imported 2.34 million b/d of crude oil in March, jumping almost threefold from 773,000 b/d received in the same month a year earlier and more than double the 970,000 b/d imported in February, the latest data from the Thai customs department showed. The country's condensate imports in the month also surged, rising to 119,233 b/d from 35,962 b/d a year earlier.
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