据路透社9月11日新德里报道，印度8月份的燃料需求比去年同期增长了2.8%。

石油部石油规划与分析小组的数据显示，代表石油需求的燃料消耗总量为1704万吨。

汽油销售较上年同期增长8.9%，至257万吨。

罐装气或液化石油气销量增长13.0%，至240万吨，同时石脑油销量激增3.7%，至115万吨。

用于筑路的沥青销量增长23.8%，而8月份燃油使用量则小幅下降15.9%。

沈韩晔 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

India's fuel demand rose 2.8 percent year-on-year in August

India's fuel demand rose 2.8 percent in August compared with the same month last year.

Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 17.04 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 8.9 percent higher from a year earlier at 2.57 million tonnes.

Cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales increased 13.0 percent to 2.40 million tonnes, while naphtha sales surged 3.7 percent to 1.15 million tonnes.

Sales of bitumen, used for making roads, were 23.8 percent up, while fuel oil use edged lower 15.9 percent in August.