據《亞洲潤滑油周刊》9月11日消息，克萊恩咨詢公司（Kline & Co.）在9月9日舉行的一次網絡研討會上預測，新冠病毒疫情將使今年全球一般工業用油和潤滑脂的需求減少13%。

克萊恩公司估計，2021年到2024年，液壓油、工業齒輪油、渦輪和循環油、壓縮機和制冷油以及潤滑脂的需求將以年均3%的速度增長，但在此期間不會恢復到2019年的水平。

克萊恩公司能源實踐業務項目經理David Tsui在網絡研討會上表示，為遏制新冠病毒而實施的經濟封鎖措施已經擾亂了潤滑油市場，而不同地區采取此類措施的時間錯開又放大了這種影響。例如，中國首先被關閉，然后是歐洲。

張春曉 摘譯自 亞洲潤滑油周刊

原文如下：

Industrial Lubes Roughed up by Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic will reduce global demand volumes for general industrial oils and greases by 13% this year, consultancy Kline & Co. forecasted during a webinar Wednesday.

The firm estimates that demand for those products – hydraulic fluids, industrial gear oils, turbine and circulating oils, compressor and refrigeration oils, and greases – will grow at a compound annual rate of 3% from 2021 through 2024 but not return to the 2019 level within that time period.

Lubricant markets have been disrupted by economic lockdown measures imposed to contain the virus, and the impact was amplified by the staggered timing of such measures in different regions, David Tsui, a project manager in Kline’s energy practice, said during the online event. “For instance, China was shut down first, then followed by Europe. The way it spread out, it dragged out the overall shutdown.”