亚洲石脑油将继续保持稳定 利润率上升

据ICIS网站7月7日消息 亚洲石脑油市场将保持活跃，因为稳定的终端用户需求可能会维持现货货物溢价和价格，即使全球病例不断增加，燃料需求也会受到影响。

亚洲8月下旬交货的开放规格石脑油平均价格约为421.25美元/吨（成本加运费），与7月6日相比变化不大，此前价格较前一收盘价上涨4%。

ICIS数据显示，自3月初以来，现货价格创下4个月来的最高水平，超过400美元/吨（日本成本加运费）。

对用于生产烯烃的石化原料的健康需求有助于支撑整个市场的基本面。

此外，更强劲的下游利润为东北亚部分地区的终端用户提供了更大的动力，促使他们提货，尽管溢价比以前更为坚挺。

一位东北亚市场人士表示：“第三季度的需求应该会很好……大多数生产烯烃的裂解装置都在高位运行，利润率仍然不错。”

王磊 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

Asia naphtha poised to stay afloat on demand support; margins up

Asia naphtha markets are poised to stay buoyant on steady end-user demand that could keep spot cargo premiums and prices afloat, even as rising coronavirus cases in the world rattle fuel demand.

Open-specification naphtha prices for second-half August delivery averaged at around $421.25/tonne CFR (cost and freight) at noon session in Asia, little changed from 6 July after prices gained 4% from the previous close.

Spot prices are at their highest in four months at above $400/tonne CFR Japan, since early-March, ICIS data shows.

A healthy bout of demand for the petrochemical feedstock for producing olefins is helping to support market fundamentals as a whole.

Moreover, stronger downstream margins are providing greater incentive for end-users in parts of northeast Asia to come forward to pick up spot cargoes, albeit at firmer premiums than before.

“Demand should be good in the third quarter… most crackers making olefins are running high with margins still good,” said a northeast Asia market source.