中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯1月6日休斯敦报道,美国现货苯价格周五(6日)被评估在17个月高位的3.02美元/加仑(903美元/吨)FOB美国墨西哥湾沿岸。
标普全球普氏能源资讯的统计数据显示,美国现货苯价格定价上次达到这个水平是在2015年7月21日。
消息人士说,市场出现看涨情绪的原因是因为来自通常是美国最大苯出口地亚洲的低苯进口量。亚洲的苯定价对美国价格水平一直存在溢价。强劲的衍生物苯乙烯需求也是导致苯定价上涨的一个原因。
亚洲通常是通常苯净短缺美国的最大苯出口地,而套利自去年第四季度开始以来主要是封闭的。
美国的一名交易商说,套利只是还没有开放,而美国终究将需要这种正常的流量。
其间,由于供应紧张以及亚洲需求强劲,周五被评估在56.70美分/加仑(1250美元/吨)的美国苯乙烯依然坚挺。
美国苯上次看到高于3.02美元/加仑FOB美国墨西哥湾沿岸的定价是在2014年12月4日。
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原文如下:
Bullish sentiment leads US spot benzene to 17-month high
Houston (Platts)--6 Jan 2017
US spot benzene was assessed Friday at a 17-month high of $3.02/gal ($903/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast.
US pricing was last seen at this level on July 21, 2015, S&P Global Platts data showed.
The market was bullish because of low benzene imports from Asia, usually the largest exporter of benzene to the US, sources said. Asia pricing has been around or at a premium to US price levels. Strong derivative styrene demand was also a reason for higher benzene pricing, sources said.
Asia is typically the largest exporter of benzene to the usual net-short US, and that arbitrage has been mostly closed since the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2016.
"The arbitrage just hasn't been open and the US will eventually need that usual flow," a US trader source said.
Meanwhile, US styrene, assessed Friday at 56.70 cents/lb ($1,250/mt) FOB USG, has remained firm on tight supply and strong Asia demand.
US benzene was last seen higher than $3.02/gal FOB USG on December 4, 2014.