韩国2月进口美国原油创2017年来最大降幅

据原油新闻2020年3月17日新加坡报道，沙特阿美最近宣布的削减出口亚洲原油官方售价的最新举措可能会引发一场原油价格大战，美国原油供应商很有可能成为这场原油价格大战的受害者。由于美国西得克萨斯中质原油(WTI)对迪拜原油的折扣不断收窄，韩国正在迅速失去其对轻质低硫北美原油的兴趣。

韩国海关总署公布的最新统计数据显示，韩国炼油企业2月份从美国进口了1167万桶原油，比去年同期的1239万桶下降了5.8%，创下韩国自2017年8月开始定期进口美国原油以来的最大降幅。

韩国海关总署的统计数据还显示，科威特因此在2月份取代美国，成为了韩国仅次于沙特的第二大原油供应国。

由于WTI-迪拜基准价格价差不断缩小以及主要中东原油官方售价的最近大幅削减为韩国炼油商提供了比美国轻质低硫原油更青睐波斯湾等级原油的动力，亚洲最大的美国原油进口国韩国将进一步削减其从这个北美生产国购买原油。

李峻 编译自 原油新闻

原文如下：

S Korea may trim US crude imports as WTI loses competitive edge in OPEC+ price war

US crude suppliers could fall victim to the price war triggered by Saudi Aramco's latest move to slash official selling prices in Asia, with South Korea rapidly losing its appetite for light sweet North American grades amid WTI's narrowing discount against Dubai.

South Korean refiners imported 11.67 million barrels of US crude oil in February, down 5.8% from 12.39 million barrels received a year earlier, marking the biggest decline since the country began importing US crude>As a result, Kuwait overtook the US to be South Korea's second-biggest crude supplier in February behind Saudi Arabia, the customs data showed.

Asia's biggest US crude importer is poised to further trim its purchases from the North American producer as the narrowing WTI-Dubai benchmark price spreads and recent sharp cuts in major Middle Eastern crude official selling prices provide an impetus for South Korean refiners to favor Persian Gulf grades over light sweet US crude.