据彭博新闻社2023年5月19日报道，阿联酋最大的石油生产商阿布扎比国家石油公司（Adnoc）时下正在对外探索销售一种更重质的新原油等级的想法，Adnoc正在改造其交易原油品种的方式，以实现利润最大化。
知情人士说，Adnoc最早可能在明年年底前推出这种混合原油，后者将很可能来自几个海上油田。新原油等级可能以其中一个海上油田的名字命名为Ghasha，一旦这些海上油田开发提高产量，Adnoc就会引入这种新的更重质的原油等级。
因涉及保密而要求匿名采访的知情人士说，Adnoc时下正在评估这种新品种原油等级的市场需求，并试图确定是否有足够的流量来支持这一计划。Adnoc拒绝置评。
该公司通过淘汰较重的原油，创造新的原油等级可以帮助确保Adnoc其他海上原油的质量。知情人士说，此举还可以填补一个不像阿联酋其他混合原油那样轻质的原油市场。他们说，Adnoc也可能决定不继续使用新的原油等级。在这种情况下，它将与现有的一个原油等级混合。
作为欧佩克第三大产油国，阿联酋利用其石油财富在该地区建立了一个商业、休闲和交通中心。Adnoc正斥资数十亿美元，将其原油日产能提高约四分之一到2027年达到500万桶，同时扩大其天然气和化工行业，并寻求减少这些业务碳足迹的方法。
据彭博新闻社报道，自2021年以来，Adnoc已允许其旗舰穆尔班原油在阿布扎比交易所自由交易，并希望以同样的方式交易上扎库姆油田所产等级的原油。穆尔班原油的日产量约为200万桶，来自阿布扎比的陆上油田，而上扎库姆原油则是在海上油田与达斯和乌姆鲁鲁原油一起生产，这些原油的产量较小。
Adnoc时下正在寻求将穆尔班原油作为一个与布伦特原油同等重要的基准。
李峻 译自 彭博新闻社
原文如下：
Adnoc Explores Introducing New Heavier Crude Grade
The biggest oil producer in the United Arab Emirates is exploring the idea of selling a new, heavier crude grade as the company revamps the way it trades barrels in an effort to maximize profit.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. could introduce the blend — which would likely come from several offshore deposits — toward the end of next year at the earliest, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The new grade may be named Ghasha after one of the offshore fields and would be introduced once those developments ramp up output.
The company is gauging market demand for the new variant and trying to determine if there is sufficient flow to warrant it, said the people, asking not to be identified when discussing confidential deliberations. Adnoc declined to comment.
Creating the new grade could help ensure the quality of Adnoc’s other offshore crudes by weeding out heavier barrels. It could also fill a market niche for crude that’s not as light as the UAE’s other oil blends, according to the people. The company may also decide not to go ahead with the new grade, they said. In that case, it would be mixed with one of the existing grades.
The UAE, the third-largest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has used its oil wealth to build a business, leisure and transport hub in the region. Adnoc is spending billions to boost crude production capacity by about a quarter, to 5 million barrels a day by 2027, as it expands its natural gas and chemicals industry and looks for ways to make those businesses less polluting.
Adnoc has allowed its flagship Murban crude to be freely traded on an exchange in Abu Dhabi since 2021 and wants to have the Upper Zakum grade bought and sold in the same way, Bloomberg has reported. Murban, with capacity of about 2 million barrels daily, comes from Abu Dhabi’s onshore fields, while Upper Zakum is produced at offshore fields along with Das and Umm Lulu crudes, which are pumped in smaller quantities.
The company is seeking to have Murban trade as a benchmark, alongside Brent.
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