据ICIS网站2月24日消息 亚洲主要的石化市场已经创下多年来的新高，这是由于冬季风暴导致的美国产量中断，以及节后中国市场的活跃推动了原油的强劲上涨。
周三，亚洲石化生产的主要原料石脑油价格接近600美元/吨（日本关口成本加运费），该关口前一天被突破，创下2019年12月以来的最高价格。
韩国午盘时，苯价格保持在846美元/吨的离岸价，两天内上涨超过6%。
尽管周三行业数据显示上周美国原油库存意外上升，强劲上涨势头有所停顿，但油价仍维持在近一年来的最高水平。
午盘，布伦特原油下跌34美分，至65.03美元/桶；美国WTI原油下跌53美分，收于61.14美元/桶。
对美国生产缓慢恢复的担忧推动原油价格在本周早些时候上涨。
上周，美国德克萨斯州和其他产油州的石油和天然气生产因极地寒流而停产，影响了美国炼油厂总产能的20%左右（约570万桶/日）。
自今年年初以来，随着COVID-19疫苗在全球的推广，对需求的普遍乐观使油价飙升了25%以上。
在对二甲苯（PX）市场，由于下游精对苯二甲酸（PTA）市场走强，原油价格大幅上涨，亚洲价格在本周创下新高，达到840美元/吨以上。
中国5月精对苯二甲酸期货合约周二上涨3.07%。
随着传统需求旺季的临近，亚洲下游聚酯市场有所好转，为对二甲苯市场增添了看涨基调。
在异构体级混合二甲苯（MX）市场，由于上游价格坚挺和中国国内市场强劲，区域价格也出现反弹。
2月23日韩国市场的现货混合二甲苯离岸价比前一天上涨了20多美元/吨。
王磊 摘译自 ICIS
原文如下：
Asia petrochemicals at multi-year highs on strong crude, bullish China markets
Key petrochemical markets in Asia have hit multi-year highs, driven up by strong crude gains following winter storm-related US output disruptions, and robust post-holiday activity in China.
Naphtha - the main feedstock for Asian petrochemical production - was trading on Wednesday near the $600/tonne CFR (cost & freight) Japan mark, which was breached the previous day to hit its highest price since December 2019.
Benzene remained at $846/tonne FOB (free on board) Korea at midday, after gaining by more than 6% over two days.
Oil prices remained at their highest in nearly a year, despite a pause in the strong uptrend on Wednesday as industry data showed an unexpected rise in US crude inventories last week.
At midday, Brent crude was down by 34 cents at $65.03/bbl while US WTI crude fell by 53 cents to $61.14/bbl.
Concerns about slow restoration of US production had driven up crude prices early in the week.
Oil and natural gas production shut-ins in Texas and other producing states in the US was crippled by an arctic blast last week, affecting some 20% of total US refinery capacity or about 5.7m bbl/day.
Since the start of the year, oil prices have surged by more than 25% on general optimism over demand amid global rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines.
China’s May PTA futures contract spiked by 3.07% on Tuesday.
Downstream polyester markets in Asia have improved with the approach of the traditional peak demand season, adding to the bullish tone for the PX market.
In the isomer-grade mixed xylenes (MX) market, regional prices also rallied on the back of firm upstream prices and a strong China domestic market.
Spot MX prices in the FOB (free on board) Korea market on 23 February rose by more than $20/tonne from the previous day.
