中国石化新闻网讯 据彭博新闻社2023年2月6日报道，沙特阿拉伯日前出人意料地提高了其主要亚洲市场的油价，同时也提高了其美国和欧洲客户的油价。
尽管原油价格今年下跌了大约7%，但美国和欧洲的加息与人们对需求反弹的乐观情绪背道而驰。
国家控股的沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美）提高了将于3月份运往亚洲的大部分原油的价格。沙特阿美的旗舰产品阿拉伯轻质原油每桶被上调2美元，比该地区基准价格每桶高出20美分。
这是自去年9月以来该等级原油的首次上调，与彭博新闻社对交易商和炼油商的调查相悖，彭博新闻社此前调查曾预测每桶下调20美分。
沙特阿拉伯王国将面向欧洲买家的所有原油价格每桶上调2美元，将面向美国买家的大部分原油价格每桶上调30美分。
最近几天，许多欧佩克成员国都对亚洲大国表示乐观。亚洲大国可能是决定今年油价走势的最大因素。
欧佩克秘书长日前表示，他对这个国家的需求更为乐观。科威特国家能源公司负责人对彭博新闻社记者表示，这个世界最大的原油进口国的消费量已经在上升，而且“不是死猫式反弹”。
高盛集团以低库存和生产商低备用产能为由，预计随着亚洲大国全面重新开放经济，布伦特原油价格将在今年第三季度回升至每桶100美元上方。摩根士丹利也有类似的预测。
不过，沙特阿拉伯能源大臣萨勒曼王子周六表示，沙特阿拉伯将对提高原油产量持谨慎态度。
“我亲眼所见才会相信，然后才会采取行动”，萨勒曼王子如是说，他指的是全球原油需求上升。
沙特阿拉伯是世界上最大的原油出口国。沙特阿美向亚洲出口的原油约有60%是通过长期合同销售的，其定价每月都会进行审核。亚洲大国、日本、韩国和印度是沙特阿拉伯原油最大的买家。
沙特阿拉伯的调价举动往往会受到伊拉克和科威特等波斯湾产油国的密切关注。
李峻 编译自 彭博新闻社
原文如下：
Saudi Arabia Unexpectedly Raises Oil Prices for Next Month
Saudi Arabia unexpectedly raised oil prices for its main market of Asia, while also lifting those for US and European customers.
The moves came despite crude prices having fallen about 7% this year, as rising interest rates in the US and Europe counter optimism about a rebound in the demand of the biggest country in Asia following the ending of coronavirus lockdowns.
State-controlled Saudi Aramco increased most prices for crude that will be shipped to Asia in March. The company’s flagship Arab Light grade was lifted to $2 a barrel above the regional benchmark, 20 cents more than the price for this month.
It’s the first increase for the grade since September and goes against a Bloomberg survey of traders and refiners, which predicted a cut of 20 cents.
The kingdom raised all prices for European buyers by $2 a barrel, and most of those for the US by 30 cents.
Many OPEC members have sounded bullish about the biggest country in Asia — perhaps the single-biggest factor determining oil-price moves this year — in recent days.
The group’s secretary-general, Haitham al-Ghais, said he was more upbeat>Goldman Sachs Group Inc., citing low stockpiles and spare capacity among producers, sees Brent rising back above $100 a barrel in the third quarter as the biggest country in Asia fully reopens its economy. Morgan Stanley has a similar forecast.
Still, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman,>“I will believe it when I see it and then take action,” Prince Abdulaziz said, referring to higher oil demand globally.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s biggest oil exporter. It sells about 60% of its crude shipments to Asia under long-term contracts, pricing for which is reviewed each month. The biggest country in Asia, Japan, South Korea and India are the biggest buyers.
Its moves tend to be closely followed by other Persian Gulf producers such as Iraq and Kuwait.