据普氏能源资讯2019年5月8日东京报道，一位知情人士周三在东京说，日本伊藤忠商事株式会社日前已开始从其拥有权益的伊拉克巨型油田西古尔纳-1油田出售原油。他补充说，伊藤忠商事株式会社将根据经济条件继续选择船运到日本和其他目的地。
伊藤忠商事株式会社官员还证实，该公司已开始销售西古尔纳-1油田的原油。伊藤忠商事株式会社在去年3月从壳牌公司收购了西古尔纳-1油田的19.6%股份。
消息人士称，伊藤忠商事株式会社迄今尚未向日本出售其持有的任何伊拉克权益油，而该公司将保留选择权。
这位消息人士补充称：“这是一种没有目的地的货物，所以只要价格合适，(它)可以去任何地方。”
西古尔纳-1油田位于伊拉克南部巴士拉西北50公里(31英里)处，由埃克森美孚公司担任作业者的西古尔纳-1油田日产量大约为50万桶。
李峻 编译自 Platts
原文如下：
Japan's Itochu starts selling equity crude from Iraq's West Qurna 1
Itochu has started selling small amounts of Iraqi crude oil from its equity participation in the giant West Qurna 1 oil field, a source familiar with the matter said Itochu officials also confirmed that it had started marketing crude from West Qurna 1, in which it acquired Shell's 19.6% stake in March 2018.
So far Itochu has not sold any of its equity Iraqi crude to Japan, and the company will keep its options open, the source said.
"It is a [destination]-free cargo so [it] can go anywhere as long as the price is good," the source added.
Located in southern Iraq 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Basra, the ExxonMobil-operated West Qurna 1 field produces around 500,000 b/d.
