中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯1月5日消息,瑞士Petromatrix公司的Olivier Jakob表示,如果炼油利润维持健康,那么沙特阿美上调中国、日本和韩国原油价格的举动将不会减少需求。在评论沙特阿美上调远东地区客户油价的决定时,这位分析师表示,如果原油与柴油和汽油等炼油产品之间仍维持着较好的利润,那么这仅仅是增加了炼油商的原料价格,不会造成炼油厂产量的下降。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Raising Prices Will Not Diminish Far East Oil Demand
Raising prices for crude oil in China, Japan and South Korea will not diminish demand if refinery margins remain healthy, according to Olivier Jakob from the Switzerland-based Petromatrix. Commenting on Saudi Aramco's decision to raise prices for its crude to Far East customers, the analyst says that merely raising prices to refiners will not translate into lower production if there is still a decent margin between the crude oil and the refined products such as diesel and gasoline.