石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯1月22日报道称，近年来，韩国炼油商的大部分轻质低硫原油需求一直依赖于美国，但随着从尼日利亚和阿尔及利亚进口中质馏分油趋势急剧上升，这些公司可能会对其他采购方案保持开放。 凭借具有竞争力的价格标签，不断增加的产量和改善的石油基础设施， Eagle Ford，WTI Midland和Bakken等美国等级自2017年第二季度以来迅速成为韩国最受欢迎的轻质低硫炼油厂原料等级。 然而，随着亚洲第四大石油消费国在去年下半年成功扩大了在非洲的采购选择，韩国炼油商未来可能未必会严重依赖美国的轻质低硫原油供应。 自2018年第二季度末以来，阿尔及利亚的旗舰产品Saharan混合油和尼日利亚的Escravos凝析油以及Agbami原油尤其吸引了大量韩国买家的兴趣。 根据最新的海关数据，韩国12月从尼日利亚进口了107万桶原油，这意味着从这个西非供应国进口的原油在2018年全年达到882万桶，而在2017年则为零。 韩国国家石油公司的最新数据显示，韩国在2018年1月至11月期间还从阿尔及利亚进口了1514万桶原油，比2017年同期的656万桶增加了两倍多。 徐蕾 摘译自 普氏能源资讯 原文如下： South Korea expands light sweet crude import options in Africa South Korean refiners have been relying on the US for the bulk of their light sweet crude requirements in recent years, but the companies will likely keep other procurement options wide open as well, with imports of middle distillate-rich grades from Nigeria and Algeria trending sharply higher. Armed with competitive price tags, rising production volumes and improving oil infrastructure, US grades including Eagle Ford, WTI Midland and Bakken quickly became South Korea’s favorite light sweet refinery feedstock grades since Q2 2017. However, South Korean refiners may not necessarily depend heavily on the US for light sweet crude supply going forward as Asia’s fourth biggest oil consumer successfully expanded its procurement options in Africa during the second-half of last year. Algeria’s flagship Saharan Blend and Nigeria’s Escravos condensate and Agbami crude especially attracted plenty of South Korean buyers’ interest since late Q2 2018. South Korea imported 1.07 million barrels from Nigeria in December, according to latest customs data, which means imports from the West African supplier reached 8.82 million barrels for the full year 2018, compared with none in 2017. South Korea had also imported 15.14 million barrels of crude from Algeria over January-November 2018, more than a two-fold rise from 6.56 million barrels received during the same period in 2017, latest data from Korea National Oil Corp. showed.
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