据livement网站8月3号新德里报道,因全球供应过剩导致了廉价替代品出现,印度国有石油公司(IOC)正在加紧从美国购买原油,并将在本月招标第二批货。
印度国有石油公司已经达成协议,上个月进口160万桶原油从美国交货在十月第一周的帕拉炼油厂在奥里萨邦的首次购买美国原油由印度国有炼油企业。
印度国有石油公司上月签署了一项协议,将从美国进口160万桶原油,在10月的第一周交付给位于奥里萨邦的帕迪普炼油厂,这是印度一家首次购买美国原油的国营炼油商。
在布伦特原油(作为西方世界买家参考价格的基准原油)和迪拜(作为东方国家的基准价格)之间的价差缩小后,购买美国原油对印度炼油商变得具有吸引力了。
但为了从美国进口原油,炼油商必须获得运输部的特别许可。印度只允许印度航空公司进口原油(买家安排船只运送石油)。
蔡小全 编译自 livemint.com
原文如下:
IOC steps up crude oil import from US
New Delhi: State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is stepping up purchase of crude oil from the US and will tender for a second cargo this month as it looks at cheaper alternatives that have emerged due to a global supply glut.
IOC had sealed a deal last month to import 1.6 million barrels of crude from the US for delivery in the first week of October to its Paradip refinery in Odisha—the first ever such purchase of US crude by an Indian state-run refiner.
Buying US crude has become attractive for Indian refiners after the differential between Brent (the benchmark crude or marker crude that serves as a reference price for buyers in western world) and Dubai (which serves as a benchmark for countries in the east) has narrowed.
But for importing crude from the US, the refiners have to take special permission from the shipping ministry. India allows import of crude oil only on Indian carriers (the buyer arranging for ships to ferry the oil).