據油價網利雅得報道，如果沙特官方石油銷售價格行動有任何跡象的話，那就是石油市場可能正在回升——通常情況下都是如此。

據彭博社報道，沙特阿拉伯日前提高了11月份其旗艦原油阿拉伯輕質原油的官方售價。

沙特阿拉伯提高其出口到最多利潤市場的阿拉伯輕質原油的官方售價是一個信號，表明市場可能正在抬頭，或者至少是沙特阿拉伯國家石油公司（沙特阿美）認為它正在抬頭，因為亞洲煉油市場在9月最后一周有所上漲。

據路透社報道，由于冬季來臨前需求有所回升，亞洲煉油企業的燃油利潤市場已達到數月來的最高水平。不過，與通常的利潤率相比，利潤率仍然低迷，第4季度亞洲航空燃油需求預計將比去年同期減少70萬桶/天

預計亞洲今年冬季供暖季節將提振成品油需求(盡管是暫時性的)，并最終提振原油需求。

長期以來，交易商們一直在關注這個全球最大石油出口國的定價行動，并前往亞洲尋找未來動向的跡象。其他中東原油出口國通常也會效仿沙特阿美的做法。

沙特阿美下調了11月份運往地中海地區的原油價格，這表明該地區的原油價格可能即將走軟。

沙特阿美曾在9月和10月削減了其出口亞洲原油的官方售價，但市場重燃的看漲情緒改變了沙特的想法。

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia Boosts Prices Of Flagship Crude Oil Blend

Oil markets might be looking up, if Saudi’s official oil selling price actions are any indication—and they usually are.

Saudi Arabia has raised the official selling price of its Arab Light crude oil sold to Asia for the month of November, according to Bloomberg.

Saudi Arabia’s price hike of its flagship crude grade to its most prolific market is a sign that the market might be looking up—or at least that Aramco thinks it is looking up, as Asia refining markets increased over the last week of September.

Asian refineries’ profit markets for jet fuel, in particular, have reached their highest levels in months, according to Reuters, as demand picks up in the runup to the winter months. Margins are still depressed, however, compared to usual margins, with Asian jet fuel demand expected to be 700,000 bpd lower in the fourth quarter than this time last year

It is this winter heating season in Asia that is expected to bolster, albeit temporarily, demand for refined products and, ultimately crude oil.

Traders have long followed the world’s largest oil exporter’s pricing actions to Asia for indications of what’s to come. Other Middle Eastern crude exporters also typically follow Aramco’s lead.

Aramco is lowering November prices for crude headed to the Mediterranean region, suggesting a softening might be on the horizon there.

Aramco cut its OSP for Asia for the months of September and October, but renewed bullishness in the markets have changed minds in Riyadh.