据美国油价网8月29日报道，路透周一公布的一项对炼油商的调查显示，全球最大的原油出口国沙特阿拉伯10月将大幅下调亚洲旗舰级原油的价格，因其燃料需求低迷，且来自其他地区的原油竞争加剧。

为大多数中东石油出口国指导定价趋势的沙特阿拉伯通常在每月5号左右公布下一个月的价格，作为一项政策，它不会对价格变动发表评论。沙特通常在月度OPEC+会议后设定下个月的官方售价（OSPs）。该组织的下一次会议定于9月5日举行。

沙特将旗舰产品阿拉伯轻质原油的价格上调0.5美元，至每桶9.80美元，创下了对阿曼/迪拜基准原油的历史最高溢价。

根据路透周一调查的五名炼油消息人士，沙特阿拉伯可能将10月份运往亚洲的阿拉伯轻质原油价格平均下调4.50美元/桶。炼油商预计，阿拉伯轻质原油10月份的价格将较阿曼/迪拜的价格高出3.85至6.30美元/桶。

预期溢价远低于中东基准有两个原因。第一个是担心需求不会强劲，同时担心经济放缓。另一个原因是与迪拜挂钩的原油和与布伦特挂钩的原油之间的价差不断缩小，这抑制了对与迪拜基准原油挂钩的原油的需求。迪拜基准原油是中东原油运往亚洲的定价基准。

此外，一位炼油消息人士对路透表示，对西非和美国廉价原油的需求也可能缓解亚洲原油市场的紧张状况。

另一位消息人士称，由于欧洲需求低迷，一些原本运往西方的沙特原油现在正回到亚洲。

黎泱 编译自 美国油价网

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia Expected To Slash Oil Prices To Asia

Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude oil exporter, is expected to slash the price of its flagship grade to Asia for October amid lackluster fuel demand and increased competition from crude from other regions, a Reuters survey of refiners showed on Monday.  

Saudi Arabia, which sets the pricing trend for most Middle Eastern oil exporters, typically announces its prices for the following month around the fifth of each month, and as a policy, it doesn’t comment on the price movements. The Kingdom usually sets the official selling prices (OSPs) for the following month after the monthly OPEC+ meeting. The group’s next meeting is scheduled for September 5. 

Saudi oil for September to Asia is being set at a record-high premium over the Dubai/Oman benchmark as the Kingdom raised the price of its flagship Arab Light grade by $0.50 a barrel to a record high of $9.80 per barrel over Oman/Dubai. 

According to five refining sources Reuters polled on Monday, Saudi Arabia could slash the Arab Light prices to its key market Asia by an average of $4.50 a barrel for October loadings. The refiners expect the Arab Light’s October price to be between $3.85 and $6.30 per barrel over Oman/Dubai. 

There are two reasons for the expectations of much lower premiums over the Middle Eastern benchmarks. The first one is the fear that demand would not be strong with concerns of economic slowdown. The other one is the narrowing spread between Dubai-linked and Brent-linked cargoes, which has curbed demand for cargoes linked to the Dubai benchmark, off which Middle Eastern crudes are priced for loadings to Asia. 

Moreover, demand for cheaper crudes from West Africa and the U.S. could have also eased the perceived tightness on the Asian crude market, a refining source told Reuters. 

Another source said that some Saudi crude originally sent west is now returning to Asia because of lackluster European demand.