据路透社纽约7月26日消息，马拉松石油公司计划在第三季度“最大化”加工美国原油，以利用美国主要的页岩油生产区的输送瓶颈导致的国内原油价格低迷的赢利时机。
该公司在二季度业绩电话会议上表示，今年第三季度公司195万桶/日加工量中的约32%的原油将是美国原油，而去年同期的这一比例仅为23%。
三季度公司在美国中西部的炼油厂的美国原油加工比例将从去年同期的38%大幅提高至53%。
由于产量超过了管道输送能力，美国和加拿大的生产商被迫以低于全球价格的价格出售原油。
唐绍红 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Marathon Petroleum plans to 'maximize' U.S. crude input
Marathon Petroleum Corp plans to “maximize” input of U.S. crude in the third quarter, taking advantage of bottlenecks in key shale plays that have weakened domestic prices.
The company said during an earnings call that about 32 percent of its total throughput of 1.95 million barrels per day will be crude linked to the U.S. benchmark price, up from 23 percent during the same stretch last year.
Input of U.S. crude at the company’s Midwest refineries is expected to jump to 53 percent of total throughput in the third quarter, up from 38 percent last year.
U.S. and Canadian producers have been forced to sell crude at a discount versus global prices as production has outpaced pipeline capacity.
