印度石油寻求从美国进口2400万桶原油

据烃加工新闻6月7日消息称，招标文件显示，印度最大的炼油商印度石油公司（Indian Oil Corp）正寻求从美国购买2400万桶石油，在2020年10月至2021年3月期间交付，这是该公司实现供应多元化努力的一部分。

一位不愿透露姓名的知情人士表示，此举将帮助印度石油公司对冲中东生产商不可预测的定价波动。

文件显示，印度石油公司要求美国每月供应200万桶原油，并可选择每月再供应200万桶，用于东海岸的Paradip港口卸货。

亚洲炼油商曾预计，尽管炼油利润微弱，但国有石油巨头沙特阿美将上调7月份原油价格，以追踪中东基准价格的上涨，但亚洲买家的提价幅度超出了预期。

沙特周日提高了7月份所有目的地的原油销售价格。此前一天，以沙特为首的欧佩克及其盟友同意将创纪录的减产幅度延长至7月底。

对于亚洲买家来说，沙特阿美将阿拉伯轻质原油7月的官方售价上调至每桶0.20美元，较6月上涨6.10美元。

贸易和炼油厂消息人士周一对路透表示，其他中东产油国可能会效仿沙特阿美增加OSP。

消息人士称，更高的OSP将促使企业将石油供应多元化，从中东转向其他地区，并补充称印度石油公司希望在本财政年度增加对美国石油的年进口量。

曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工新闻

原文如下：

Indian Oil seeks up to 24 million barrels of U.S. crude to diversify imports

Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, is seeking to buy up to 24 million barrels of U.S. oil for delivery between October 2020 and March 2021, tender documents showed, as part of its efforts to diversify supply.

The move will help IOC to hedge against unpredictable pricing moves by Middle East producers, a source familiar with the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

IOC is requesting 2 million barrels of U.S. crude per month with the option of an additional 2 million barrels per month for discharge at the Paradip port on the east coast, the documents showed.

Asian refiners had anticipated state oil giant Saudi Aramco would raise July crude prices, despite weak refining margins, to track a jump in Middle East benchmarks, but the increase to Asian buyers was more than expected.

The producer on Sunday hiked the selling prices for its crude grades to all destinations for July, a day after OPEC, led by Riyadh, and its allies agreed to extend record output cuts to the end of July.

For Asian buyers, Aramco raised the July official selling price (OSP) for its Arab light crude to Asia to plus $0.20 a barrel, up $6.10 from June.

Other Middle East producers will likely follow Aramco in increasing OSPs, trade and refinery sources told Reuters on Monday.

Higher OSPs would push companies to diversify oil supply from the Middle East to other regions, the source said, adding IOC wants to increase its annual intake of U.S. oil in this fiscal year.