据路透社休斯顿12月21日消息，交易商表示，周五美国原油对全球基准布伦特原油的折扣收窄至8月底以来最低，因为从因从俄克拉荷马州库欣至美国墨西哥湾沿岸的输油管道暗示2月将有新产能投产。
美国原油期货与布伦特原油之间的价差收窄至- 7.50美元/桶，周四则为8.47美元/桶。
Seaway Crude Pipeline LLC是Enterprise Products Partners LP和Enbridge Inc的合资企业，该公司上周五宣布，Seaway原油管道系统将迎来为期一个月的开放季节。交易员们表示，此举促使库欣原油需求增加。
两家公司表示，从2月份开始，扩建该系统可使从库欣到德克萨斯州墨西哥湾沿岸的出口能力增加10万桶/天。
一位市场参与者表示：“你将出口更多的桶，而不是进口更多的桶。”
两家公司表示，Seaway系统将原油输送到墨西哥湾的一个终端，并与连接休斯顿炼油厂、自由港和德克萨斯城的出口终端连接起来。
企业8月份表示，通过在Seaway 2生产线上添加减阻剂，将Seaway管道产能从85万桶/天扩大到95万桶/天左右。
交易商援引市场情报公司Genscape的数据称，美国原油期货交割点库欣的原油库存周二升至近4300万桶，较前一周增加近200万桶。
陈菲 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
U.S. crude's discount to Brent narrows U.S. crude’s discount to global benchmark Brent The spread between U.S. crude futures and Brent narrowed to as low as minus $7.50 per barrel, compared with an $8.47 discount Seaway Crude Pipeline LLC, a joint venture between Enterprise Products Partners LP and Enbridge Inc,Expanding the system could add 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) of increased takeaway capacity from Cushing to the Texas Gulf Coast, starting in February, the companies said.
“You’re going to export more barrels and not bring as much in,” The Seaway system carries crude to a Gulf Coast terminal and connects to other lines linked to oil refineries in Houston and export terminals in Freeport and Texas City, the companies said.
Enterprise in August said it would expand the Seaway pipeline capacity to about 950,000 bpd from 850,000 bpd by adding drag reducing agents to the Seaway 2 line.
Crude inventories at Cushing, the delivery point for U.S. crude futures, rose to almost 43 million barrels
