沙特阿拉伯提高11月旗舰原油官方售价

据油价网利雅得报道，如果沙特官方石油销售价格行动有任何迹象的话，那就是石油市场可能正在回升——通常情况下都是如此。

据彭博社报道，沙特阿拉伯日前提高了11月份其旗舰原油阿拉伯轻质原油的官方售价。

沙特阿拉伯提高其出口到最多利润市场的阿拉伯轻质原油的官方售价是一个信号，表明市场可能正在抬头，或者至少是沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美）认为它正在抬头，因为亚洲炼油市场在9月最后一周有所上涨。

据路透社报道，由于冬季来临前需求有所回升，亚洲炼油企业的燃油利润市场已达到数月来的最高水平。不过，与通常的利润率相比，利润率仍然低迷，第4季度亚洲航空燃油需求预计将比去年同期减少70万桶/天

预计亚洲今年冬季供暖季节将提振成品油需求(尽管是暂时性的)，并最终提振原油需求。

长期以来，交易商们一直在关注这个全球最大石油出口国的定价行动，并前往亚洲寻找未来动向的迹象。其他中东原油出口国通常也会效仿沙特阿美的做法。

沙特阿美下调了11月份运往地中海地区的原油价格，这表明该地区的原油价格可能即将走软。

沙特阿美曾在9月和10月削减了其出口亚洲原油的官方售价，但市场重燃的看涨情绪改变了沙特的想法。

李峻 编译自 油价网

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia Boosts Prices Of Flagship Crude Oil Blend

Oil markets might be looking up, if Saudi’s official oil selling price actions are any indication—and they usually are.

Saudi Arabia has raised the official selling price of its Arab Light crude oil sold to Asia for the month of November, according to Bloomberg.

Saudi Arabia’s price hike of its flagship crude grade to its most prolific market is a sign that the market might be looking up—or at least that Aramco thinks it is looking up, as Asia refining markets increased over the last week of September.

Asian refineries’ profit markets for jet fuel, in particular, have reached their highest levels in months, according to Reuters, as demand picks up in the runup to the winter months. Margins are still depressed, however, compared to usual margins, with Asian jet fuel demand expected to be 700,000 bpd lower in the fourth quarter than this time last year

It is this winter heating season in Asia that is expected to bolster, albeit temporarily, demand for refined products and, ultimately crude oil.

Traders have long followed the world’s largest oil exporter’s pricing actions to Asia for indications of what’s to come. Other Middle Eastern crude exporters also typically follow Aramco’s lead.

Aramco is lowering November prices for crude headed to the Mediterranean region, suggesting a softening might be on the horizon there.

Aramco cut its OSP for Asia for the months of September and October, but renewed bullishness in the markets have changed minds in Riyadh.