據今日油價網站5月5日消息 路透社對亞洲煉油商的調查顯示，在印度需求下降和迪拜基準油價走弱的跡象下，沙特阿拉伯可能會在6月份下調其亞洲原油價格，這將是沙特今年首次降價。

　　路透社調查的亞洲煉油商消息人士稱，全球最大的石油出口國沙特阿拉伯預計將在6月將其亞洲旗艦阿拉伯輕質原油的官方售價（OSP）平均下調0.28美元/桶。

　　預計的降價如果實現，將是沙特阿拉伯2021年首次向亞洲降價。沙特上一次將原油價格下調至其最重要的市場是在2020年12月。

　　路透社調查顯示，全球第三大石油進口國印度需求的不確定性，以及中東迪拜基準油價近兩個月來最疲弱的價格結構，預計將成為沙特油價下調的關鍵原因。

　　了解初步數據的官員告訴彭博社，印度4月份的汽油銷售是自2020年8月以來最為疲軟。據初步估計，4月份國內使用量最大的燃料（柴油）的日均銷量跌至去年10月以來的最低水平。

　　印度對柴油、汽油和噴氣燃料的需求預計將在未來幾天甚至幾周內進一步下降，沒有跡象表明該國第二輪疫情浪潮將在幾天內達到峰值。

　　此外，上周迪拜基準指數小幅上揚，顯示市場并不緊張。包括沙特阿拉伯在內的中東石油出口國對亞洲的石油定價低于阿曼/迪拜的平均水平。

　　上個月，沙特將5月份面向亞洲買家的原油價格上調了0.40美元/桶，阿拉伯輕質原油價格高于阿曼/迪拜平均水平1.80美元/桶。

　　王磊 摘譯自 今日油價

　　原文如下：

　　Saudis Set To Cut Oil Prices To Asia For First Time This Year

　　Saudi Arabia is likely to reduce the price of its crude oil for Asia in June in what will be the Kingdom’s first price cut this year amid signs of declining demand in India and weakening Dubai benchmark, according to a Reuters survey of Asian refiners.

　　Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, is expected to cut its official selling price (OSP) for the flagship Arab Light grade for Asia in June by an average of $0.28 per barrel, according to sources at Asian refiners Reuters has polled.

　　The expected price cut, if it materializes, would be the first time Saudi Arabia has reduced prices to Asia in 2021. The last time the Saudis lowered the price of crude to their most important market was in December 2020.

　　Uncertainty over demand in the world’s third-largest oil importer, India, as well as the weakest price structure at the Middle Eastern Dubai benchmark in nearly two months, are expected to be the key reasons for a reduction in the Saudi oil prices, according to the Reuters survey.

　　Sales of gasoline in India were the weakest in April since August 2020, officials with knowledge of preliminary data told Bloomberg. Average daily sales of diesel, the most used fuel in the country, slumped in April to the lowest level since last October, according to the preliminary estimates.

　　India’s demand for diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel is expected to further decline in the coming days and probably weeks, with no sign that the second COVID wave in the country would peak within days.

　　In addition, last week, the Dubai benchmark flipped to a slight contango, signaling not-so-tight market. Middle Eastern oil exporters, including Saudi Arabia, price their oil going to Asia off the Oman/Dubai average.

　　Last month, the Saudis raised their crude oil prices for Asian buyers in May by $0.40 per barrel, with the Arab Light pegged at $1.80 a barrel above the Oman/Dubai average.