-- Vortexa週四表示,儘管霍爾木茲海峽的封鎖導致每日約1800萬桶的石油供應中斷,但由於三項關鍵調整抵消了衝擊,油價仍維持在每桶110美元附近。 Vortexa首席經濟學家大衛韋奇表示,霍爾木茲海峽的封鎖已經持續了兩個月,但過去10天油價僅小幅上漲,因為市場正在重新平衡供需。 韋奇指出,供應、需求、流量和庫存方面的複雜變化幫助穩定了市場,這主要得益於三個關鍵因素:中國的石油奇蹟、MEG管道改道以及大西洋盆地石油供應的激增。 韋奇補充說,中國大幅削減了石油進口,3月12日進口量達到高峰1,660萬桶/日,之後至少下降了600萬桶/日,使其成為緩解供應壓力的最大貢獻者。 韋奇表示,同時,中國陸上原油庫存兩個月內增加了80萬桶/日,使過去14個月的庫存增加2.3億桶。 如果庫存開始下降,光是這些新增庫存就能彌補中東海灣原油供應的損失約2.5個月,凸顯了中國作為緩衝國的關鍵角色。 從中東海灣到延布、富查伊拉和傑伊漢等港口的管道改線,增加了約400萬桶/日的穩定供應,某些週的峰值甚至達到500萬桶/日。 同時,受原油、柴油、液化石油氣和石腦油出口的推動,4月份大西洋盆地和美洲的石油出口量較1月份增加了約500萬桶/日,較上年同期增加了400萬桶/日。 這些新增量中約有一半來自庫存,包括美國戰略石油儲備的釋放,其餘則來自產量的增加。 這三大因素抵消了來自中東海灣地區的大部分供應損失,但來自中國和大西洋盆地的支撐可能會減弱,未來幾週庫存下降將成為更明顯的供需平衡工具。 目前市場供應仍然充足,但如果霍爾木茲海峽重新開放的可能性仍然不大,不斷上升的調整成本以及亞洲對大西洋原油的預期需求可能會推高油價。
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