据路透社7月30日报道，荷兰皇家壳牌公司(Royal Dutch Shell)首席执行官范伯登(Ben van Beurden)周四表示，全球石油需求可能永远无法恢复到冠状病毒疫情爆发前的水平。

范伯登在该公司公布第二季度获利大幅下滑后对记者表示:"如果需求要完全复苏，那也需要很长的时间。"

壳牌预计，到2020年底，航空燃料消耗水平将恢复到危机前的50%。并指出，航空业正在走下坡路，并且在未来一段时间内将继续低迷。

王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Oil demand may never recover from COVID-19 crisis, says Shell CEO

Global oil demand might never return to levels seen before the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said on Thursday.

“Demand will take a long time to recover if it recovers at all,” van Beurden told reporters after the Anglo-Dutch energy company reported a sharp drop in second-quarter profit.

Shell expects aviation fuel consumption to recover to 50% of pre-crisis levels by the end of 2020, he said.

“The aviation sector is down and will remain down for some time to come.”