據石化新聞2020年3月23日新加坡報道，業內消息人士表示，由于油價在疲軟的基本面壓力下暴跌，印尼國有的印尼國家石油公司（印尼國油）利用該地區的低價汽油已經調整了其4月份的汽油采購進口策略。

記者看到的招標文件顯示，上周五晚些時候，該地區最大的汽油買家印尼國油發出了一份將在3月24日截止的進口汽油招標書。然而，印尼國油已決定在固定價格的基礎上招標其所需的汽油貨物，從而偏離了其傳統的在浮動價格基礎上的招標。

印尼國油通常購買辛烷值等于或低于92的汽油貨物，其價格與普氏新加坡92 辛烷值汽油評估平均值或Argus新加坡92 辛烷值汽油評估平均值的一個月平均值存在差異。

一位新加坡交易商表示：“考慮到目前的市場形勢，印尼國油可能會設法獲得廉價的汽油貨物。如果他們按浮動價格進口汽油，他們將在4月晚些時候面臨任何價格急劇復蘇的風險。”

印尼國油進口汽油的這一變化發生在汽車燃料價格暴跌之際。由于疫情的加速蔓延和原油價格暴跌，汽車燃料價格受到了沉重打擊。

李峻 編譯自 石化新聞

原文如下：

Indonesia's Pertamina switches import strategies amid cheap gasoline cargoes

Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina has adjusted its gasoline purchase strategies for April cargoes, taking advantage of cheap barrels in the region as prices buckle under the weight of weak fundamentals, industry sources told this week.

Late Friday, the region's largest buyer of gasoline issued a tender, closing March 24, seeking a total 1.2 million barrels of 92 RON gasoline in four separate parcels of various sizes for April, according to tender documents seen.

However, the company has decided to bid for cargoes on a fixed price basis, deviating from its traditional practice of bidding on a floating price basis.

Pertamina typically buys gasoline cargoes, with octane equal or below 92 RON, at a differential to either the whole month average of the Mean of Platts Singapore 92 RON gasoline assessments or Mean of Argus Singapore 92 RON gasoline assessments.

"They are likely trying to secure cheap cargoes given the current market situation. If they do a floating price, they will be exposed to any sharp recovery later in April," one Singapore-trader said.

The change comes amid plunging motor fuel prices, which has been hard hit by the accelerating spread of the coronavirus and falling crude values.