沙特今年将首次下调对亚洲油价|亚洲_新浪财经

原标题：沙特今年将首次下调对亚洲油价

　　中国石化新闻网讯据今日油价网站5月5日消息路透社对亚洲炼油商的调查显示，在印度需求下降和迪拜基准油价走弱的迹象下，沙特阿拉伯可能会在6月份下调其亚洲原油价格，这将是沙特今年首次降价。

　　路透社调查的亚洲炼油商消息人士称，全球最大的石油出口国沙特阿拉伯预计将在6月将其亚洲旗舰阿拉伯轻质原油的官方售价（OSP）平均下调0.28美元/桶。

　　预计的降价如果实现，将是沙特阿拉伯2021年首次向亚洲降价。沙特上一次将原油价格下调至其最重要的市场是在2020年12月。

　　路透社调查显示，全球第三大石油进口国印度需求的不确定性，以及中东迪拜基准油价近两个月来最疲弱的价格结构，预计将成为沙特油价下调的关键原因。

　　了解初步数据的官员告诉彭博社，印度4月份的汽油销售是自2020年8月以来最为疲软。据初步估计，4月份国内使用量最大的燃料（柴油）的日均销量跌至去年10月以来的最低水平。

　　印度对柴油、汽油和喷气燃料的需求预计将在未来几天甚至几周内进一步下降，没有迹象表明该国第二轮疫情浪潮将在几天内达到峰值。

　　此外，上周迪拜基准指数小幅上扬，显示市场并不紧张。包括沙特阿拉伯在内的中东石油出口国对亚洲的石油定价低于阿曼/迪拜的平均水平。

　　上个月，沙特将5月份面向亚洲买家的原油价格上调了0.40美元/桶，阿拉伯轻质原油价格高于阿曼/迪拜平均水平1.80美元/桶。

　　王磊摘译自今日油价

　　原文如下：

　　Saudis Set To Cut Oil Prices To Asia For First Time This Year

　　Saudi Arabia is likely to reduce the price of its crude oil for Asia in June in what will be the Kingdom’s first price cut this year amid signs of declining demand in India and weakening Dubai benchmark, according to a Reuters survey of Asian refiners.

　　Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, is expected to cut its official selling price (OSP) for the flagship Arab Light grade for Asia in June by an average of $0.28 per barrel, according to sources at Asian refiners Reuters has polled.

　　The expected price cut, if it materializes, would be the first time Saudi Arabia has reduced prices to Asia in 2021. The last time the Saudis lowered the price of crude to their most important market was in December 2020.

　　Uncertainty over demand in the world’s third-largest oil importer, India, as well as the weakest price structure at the Middle Eastern Dubai benchmark in nearly two months, are expected to be the key reasons for a reduction in the Saudi oil prices, according to the Reuters survey.

　　Sales of gasoline in India were the weakest in April since August 2020, officials with knowledge of preliminary data told Bloomberg. Average daily sales of diesel, the most used fuel in the country, slumped in April to the lowest level since last October, according to the preliminary estimates.

　　India’s demand for diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel is expected to further decline in the coming days and probably weeks, with no sign that the second COVID wave in the country would peak within days.

　　In addition, last week, the Dubai benchmark flipped to a slight contango, signaling not-so-tight market. Middle Eastern oil exporters, including Saudi Arabia, price their oil going to Asia off the Oman/Dubai average.

　　Last month, the Saudis raised their crude oil prices for Asian buyers in May by $0.40 per barrel, with the Arab Light pegged at $1.80 a barrel above the Oman/Dubai average.