據烴加工新聞6月7日消息稱，招標文件顯示，印度最大的煉油商印度石油公司（Indian Oil Corp）正尋求從美國購買2400萬桶石油，在2020年10月至2021年3月期間交付，這是該公司實現供應多元化努力的一部分。

一位不愿透露姓名的知情人士表示，此舉將幫助印度石油公司對沖中東生產商不可預測的定價波動。

文件顯示，印度石油公司要求美國每月供應200萬桶原油，并可選擇每月再供應200萬桶，用于東海岸的Paradip港口卸貨。

亞洲煉油商曾預計，盡管煉油利潤微弱，但國有石油巨頭沙特阿美將上調7月份原油價格，以追蹤中東基準價格的上漲，但亞洲買家的提價幅度超出了預期。

沙特周日提高了7月份所有目的地的原油銷售價格。此前一天，以沙特為首的歐佩克及其盟友同意將創紀錄的減產幅度延長至7月底。

對于亞洲買家來說，沙特阿美將阿拉伯輕質原油7月的官方售價上調至每桶0.20美元，較6月上漲6.10美元。

貿易和煉油廠消息人士周一對路透表示，其他中東產油國可能會效仿沙特阿美增加OSP。

消息人士稱，更高的OSP將促使企業將石油供應多元化，從中東轉向其他地區，并補充稱印度石油公司希望在本財政年度增加對美國石油的年進口量。

曹海斌 摘譯自 烴加工新聞

原文如下：

Indian Oil seeks up to 24 million barrels of U.S. crude to diversify imports

Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, is seeking to buy up to 24 million barrels of U.S. oil for delivery between October 2020 and March 2021, tender documents showed, as part of its efforts to diversify supply.

The move will help IOC to hedge against unpredictable pricing moves by Middle East producers, a source familiar with the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

IOC is requesting 2 million barrels of U.S. crude per month with the option of an additional 2 million barrels per month for discharge at the Paradip port on the east coast, the documents showed.

Asian refiners had anticipated state oil giant Saudi Aramco would raise July crude prices, despite weak refining margins, to track a jump in Middle East benchmarks, but the increase to Asian buyers was more than expected.

The producer on Sunday hiked the selling prices for its crude grades to all destinations for July, a day after OPEC, led by Riyadh, and its allies agreed to extend record output cuts to the end of July.

For Asian buyers, Aramco raised the July official selling price (OSP) for its Arab light crude to Asia to plus $0.20 a barrel, up $6.10 from June.

Other Middle East producers will likely follow Aramco in increasing OSPs, trade and refinery sources told Reuters on Monday.

Higher OSPs would push companies to diversify oil supply from the Middle East to other regions, the source said, adding IOC wants to increase its annual intake of U.S. oil in this fiscal year.