据道琼斯墨西哥城4月27日消息,墨西哥国家石油公司一位高级官员表示,虽然墨国油向美国商务部正式提出的用墨西哥重质原油交换美国轻质石油的许可申请时间已经过去了8个月时间,但是墨国油确信美国商务部会批准该许可,墨国油并没有去寻找替代卖家。
墨国油希望从美国获得来自于页岩构造区的高达10万桶/天的轻质低硫石油,主要目的是令该公司运营长达数十年的老炼油厂提高效率。通过将美国轻质石油与墨西哥重质石油进行调合,墨国油旗下炼油厂可以生产出更多的柴油和汽油,同时减少低价值产品的产量,如燃料油。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
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DJ Pemex Official Says Mexico Is Confident of U.S.'s Approval on Oil Swap
By Laurence Iliff
MEXICO CITY--It has been eight months since national oil firm Petrleos Mexicanos applied for a permit to buy U.S. light oil in a swap for Mexico's heavier blend, but the company says it is confident it will get U.S. Commerce Department approval and isn't looking to alternative sellers, a senior Pemex official said.
Pemex wants as much as 100,000 barrels a day of the light, sweet oil from U.S. production in shale-rock formations in order to make its decades-old refineries more efficient. By mixing light oil with Mexico's heavier oil, the company's refineries will produce more diesel and gasoline per barrel and less lower-value products such as fuel oil.