-- 根據彭博社週二報道，沙烏地阿美公司已將其位於朱艾邁（Juaymah）的關鍵液化石油氣出口碼頭的液化石油氣運輸暫停期限延長至5月底。 報道指出，據知情人士透露，這家國有能源巨頭近日通知國際買家，此前因管道基礎設施故障而暫停的丙烷和丁烷的交付將繼續暫停一個月。 這次中斷源自於2月23日發生的一起事故，當時連接碼頭裝卸泊位的輸氣管道部分棧橋坍塌。 該公司尚未回覆的置評請求。 儘管沙特阿美最初將這起事故描述為結構性故障，並未報告洩漏或人員傷亡，但長時間的停駛加劇了全球能源市場的擔憂。 朱艾邁碼頭是全球第七大液化石油氣出口樞紐，通常每月向印度、中國、日本和韓國的主要工業買家輸送平均45萬噸液化石油氣。 由於朱艾瑪煉油廠2025年約60%的出口產品原本計劃銷往印度，沙烏地阿拉伯供應的持續中斷迫使亞洲煉油廠轉向美國西海岸和西非尋求成本更高的替代來源。 （市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊據信來自可靠管道，但可能包含傳聞和推測。準確性無法保證。）
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