据普氏能源资讯8月28日新加坡报道，随着各种轻质低硫原油——例如美国各种等级原油、科威特超轻质原油以及俄罗斯远东ESPO混合原油——最近在亚洲吸引更多买家兴趣，由于竞争对手的等级原油构成竞争，阿布扎比的轻质低硫穆尔班原油在接下来的几个交易周期里在亚洲现货市场可能难以出售和面临激烈竞争。
由于面临来自那些在亚洲积极销售他们货物的美国原油供应商的激烈竞争，中东轻质低硫原油联合体本月面临巨大下行压力。
举例来说，国营印度石油公司（IOC）本月早些时候签署了首份美国定期原油协议购买600万桶美国原油，这批原油将在今年第四季度交付。
IOC的官员没有透露根据美国原油定期协议购买的正确原油等级，但驻新加坡的贸易消息人士表示，印度最终用户可能购买了轻质低硫等级原油组合，包括产自路易斯安那州的轻质低硫原油和WTI 米德兰原油。
此外，市场参与者表示，包括托克公司、挪威Equinor和沙特阿美贸易公司在内的多家交易公司最近几周一直在积极向东北亚和东南亚终端用户提供鹰福特原油和凝析油。
李峻 编译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
Abu Dhabi's Murban crude faces stiff competition in Asian market
Abu Dhabi's light sour Murban crude may struggle to sell in the Asian spot market over the next few trading cycles as many rival grades pose for competition, with various light sweet US grades, Kuwait's new Super Light and Far East Russian ESPO Blend attracting more buyer interest in Asia lately.
The light sour Middle Eastern crude complex has faced significant downside pressure this month amid strong competition from US crude suppliers actively marketing their cargoes in Asia.
State-run Indian Oil Corp. for IOC officials did not identify the exact crude grades bought under the US crude term deal, but trade sources based in Singapore said the Indian end-user could have bought a combination of light sweet grades including Light Louisiana Sweet and WTI Midland.
In addition, various trading firms including Trafigura, Equinor and Aramco Trading have been actively offering US Eagle Ford crude and condensate to both Northeast and Southeast Asian end-users in recent weeks, market participants said.
