据哈特能源3月20日消息，维多集团（Vitol）去年3月19日公布的交易量增加，巩固了其作为全球最大石油交易商的地位。该公司还表示，预计石油需求增长将在2034年左右达到顶峰。

尽管全球都在努力减少因使用石油而产生的碳排放，但预计需求增长开始下降的时间比此前预测的晚。维托尔董事长Ian Taylor在2017年末表示，他预计石油需求增长将在2028年至2030年间达到峰值。

维多在一份声明中表示：“我们预计未来15年石油需求将继续增长，但随着电动汽车销量的明显增加，此后需求增长将开始受到冲击，并补充称该公司一直在投资于更环保的可再生能源。”

总部位于伦敦的维多集团还表示，去年公司原油和成品油交易量增至每日740万桶，高于2017年的每日720万桶。

该公司在一份声明中表示，去年的石油总产量为3.57亿吨，略高于前年的3.49亿吨。

程张翔    编译自    哈特能源

原文如下：

Vitol Extends Oil Demand Growth Peak Estimate To 2034

Hartenergy 20 March 2019

Vitol reported higher traded volumes last year on March 19, cementing its position as the world's largest oil trader, and said it expected oil demand growth to peak by around 2034.

The estimate for demand growth to begin falling is later than before, despite global efforts to reduce carbon emissions from using oil. Vitol's chairman Ian Taylor said in late 2017 he saw oil demand growth peaking by 2028-2030.

"We anticipate that oil demand will continue to grow for the next 15 years, even with a marked increase in the sales of electric vehicles, but that demand growth will begin to be impacted thereafter," Vitol said in a statement, adding that it has been investing in greener, renewable energies.

Vitol, which is run out of London, also said its traded crude and products volumes rose to 7.4 million barrels per day (MMbbl/d) last year, up from 7.2 MMbbl/d in 2017.

Total oil volume was 357 million tonnes (mt), up slightly from 349 mt the previous year, it said in a statement.