据油价网12月10日消息：路透社援引熟悉沙特动向的未具名消息人士的话称，沙特阿拉伯将向亚洲多数买家提供合同规定的全部石油供应量。
这将是沙特连续第四个月全量供应，这表明原油供应暂时充足。
此前，沙特阿拉伯有时会通知买家，它将无法供应全部合同量，这影响了国际油价，因为这意味着供应可能过于紧张，无法实现全面出口。
然而，今年10月，沙特表示，它准备向亚洲的某些买家提供额外的数量，同时履行与其余买家的全部合同义务。
就在新冠病毒变种的消息传出几天后，沙特提高了石油的官方售价，这立即对国际基准石油价格造成了压力。这种信心的信号可能有助于稳定价格。对亚洲买家来说，旗舰阿拉伯轻质原油价格上涨0.60美元，使其相对于迪拜/阿曼的价差升水至每桶3.30美元。美国买家的提价区间为每桶0.40至0.60美元。
有趣的是，尽管欧佩克在最近的一次会议上决定继续增加40万桶/天的成员国总产量，但价格还是出现了上涨。这表明沙特要么对近期的原油需求非常有信心，要么试图通过表现出这种信心来稳定价格。
与此同时，彭博社本周早些时候报道称，亚洲买家对沙特石油的兴趣不大，没有人要求1月份增加石油产量。交易员表示，在沙特阿拉伯的一些欧佩克成员国宣布他们自己的1月份官方售价后，现货市场也将很快活跃起来。
冯娟 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
Saudi Arabia Will Supply Full Volumes To Asia
Saudi Arabia will supply full contracted oil volumes to most of its buyers in Asia, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the Kingdom’s moves.
This will be the fourth month in a row during which Saudi Arabia has supplied full volumes, which suggests that crude oil supply is sufficient for the time being.
Previously, Saudi Arabia has on occasion notified buyers it would not be able to supply full contractual volumes, which has affected international oil prices because of the implication supply might be too tight for full exports.
Yet in October, the Kingdom said it was ready to supply additional volumes to certain buyers in Asia, all while fulfilling its full contractual obligation with the rest of them.
The Kingdom raised its official selling prices for oil just days after the news broke there was a new coronavirus variant out there, which immediately weighed on international benchmarks. This signal of confidence may have served to help stabilize prices. The hike for the flagship Arab Light was $0.60 for Asian buyers, which brought its premium to the Dubai/Oman spread to $3.30 per barrel. The price raise for U.S. buyers was between $0.40 and $0.60 per barrel across grades.
The price hikes interestingly came despite a decision at the latest OPEC+ meeting to keep adding 400,000 bpd to members’ combined production despite the Omicron scare. This suggests that Saudi Arabia is either very confident about demand for crude oil in the near future, or it is trying to stabilize prices by displaying this confidence.
Bloomberg meanwhile reported earlier this week that Asian buyers’ appetite for Saudi oil was moderate, with no one asking for additional volumes for January. December orders were also for regular volumes without additional cargo requests. According to traders, the spot market will also liven up soon after some of Saudi Arabia’s fellow OPEC members announce their own official selling prices for January.
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