据今日油价网站2月2日消息 美国从路易斯安那州的海上超级油轮港口出口的石油在一月份跃升到创纪录的水平，因为亚洲买家正在囤积美国原油，以应对疫情后的燃料消耗反弹。
据彭博社搜集的船只追踪数据显示，8艘船只从路易斯安那州近海石油港口（LOOP）启航，该港口是美国唯一可以满载超级油轮的设施，向韩国和印度运送近1500万桶原油。这是前一个月成交量的两倍，也是LOOP的历史最高值。
随着市场从去年有史以来最严重的崩盘中反弹，亚洲炼油商的需求为美国石油提供了主要支撑。亚洲比世界其他地区更快地从这场流行病中恢复过来，这有助于恢复对原油的需求，并推动美国基准油价今年迄今上涨13%。
今年1月，美国向亚洲出口的海湾原油总量增至近5100万桶。
亚洲炼油商还面临着欧佩克及其盟友恢复部分产量的不确定性。LOOP接收了墨西哥湾生产的大部分高硫原油，包括Mars Blend原油，一种可以替代中东石油生产的区域性含硫基准原油。
Kpler原油市场分析师Emmanuel Belostrino说：“LOOP的大部分出口很可能是Mars Blend原油。”
根据路易斯安那州的数据，11月份Mars Blend原油的日产量估计超过50万桶。
今年1月从LOOP起航的油轮大多是超大型原油运输船（VLCCs），每艘都能运载200万桶石油。
LOOP是Marathon Pipe Line、Valero Terminalling and Distribution和荷兰皇家壳牌公司的合资单位，后者是墨西哥湾的主要生产商。
王磊 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
U.S. oil exports to Asia hit new record in January
American oil exports from Louisiana’s offshore supertanker port jumped to a record in January as Asian buyers are stocking up U.S. crude for a post-pandemic rebound in fuel consumption.
Eight vessels set sail from the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the nation’s only facility that can fully load supertankers, carrying nearly 15 million barrels of crude to South Korea and India, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s double the previous month’s volume and an all-time high for LOOP, as the terminal is known.
Asian-refiner demand has provided major support to U.S. oil as the market rebounds from its worst-ever crash last year. Asia has recovered faster from the pandemic than the rest of the world, helping revive demand for crude and boost U.S. benchmark prices 13% so far this year.
Total U.S. Gulf crude outflows to Asia rose to nearly 51 million barrels in January.
Asian refiners also face uncertainty in the return of some production from OPEC and its allies. LOOP receives the bulk of the high-sulfur crudes produced in the Gulf of Mexico, including Mars Blend, a regional sour benchmark that can replace oil produced in the Middle East.
“It is likely most of the exports from LOOP were Mars Blend,” said Emmanuel Belostrino, a Kpler crude market analyst
In November, Mars Blend crude output was estimated at over half-a-million barrels a day, according to Louisiana state data.
Most of the tankers that set sail from LOOP in January were very large crude carriers, or VLCCs, each capable of carrying up to 2 million barrels of oil.
LOOP is a joint venture of Marathon Pipe Line LLC, Valero Terminalling and Distribution Co. and a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which is a major producer in the Gulf of Mexico.
