美國原油裝載成本下降有望吸引更多亞洲買家
中國石化新聞網訊 據普氏能源資訊3月8日新加坡報道，由于位于美國墨西哥灣的幾個裝載終端在今后的幾年里將處理大型重油油輪，除了有競爭性的現貨價格指標以外，從美國到亞洲的更低運輸成本可能向亞洲的煉油企業提供繼續購買美國原油的更多理由。
業內消息人士稱，由于物流成本可能被大幅削減，上個月在路易斯安州海上石油港口（LOOP）的超大型油輪（VLCC）成功原油裝載作業將進一步提高亞洲終端用戶對美國原油的興趣。
殼牌公司負責原油貿易和供應的副總裁夸特梅因日前在新加坡舉行的標普全球普氏能源資訊亞洲煉油峰會上表示，殼牌公司負責LOOP終端的原油裝載，而新的物流選項將為美國——亞洲原油流動成為“新的常態”奠定基調。
美國國務院副首席經濟師丹尼爾·安也在這次會議上說，此外，位于美國墨西哥灣的各種原油裝載終端在未來幾年里的更多升級前景也將吸引大量亞洲買家的興趣。
李峻 編譯自 普氏能源資訊
原文如下：
Cheaper US crude loading logistics likely to lure more Asian buyers
Apart from competitive spot price indications, lower cost of oil transportation from the US Gulf Coast to the Far East could provide Asian refiners with more reason to shop for US crude oil going forward, as a few loading terminals in the USGC expect to handle large dirty tankers in the coming years.
The successful VLCC crude loading operation at the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port last month would further boost Asian end-users' interest in US crude as logistics costs could be cut significantly, industry sources said.
Shell was responsible for the recent VLCC loading of crude at the LOOP terminal and the new logistics option will set the tone for US-Asia crude flows to become the "new normal," Mark Quartermain, vice president of crude trading and supply at the oil major said at the S&P Global Platts Asian Refining Summit in Singapore Thursday.
In addition, the outlook for more upgrades in various crude loading terminals in the USGC over the coming years would also draw plenty of Asian buyers' interest, Daniel Ahn, deputy chief economist at the US Department of State, said on the sidelines of the Platts event.
