據(jù)今日油價(jià)6月26日?qǐng)?bào)道，全球知名評(píng)級(jí)機(jī)構(gòu)和阿格斯媒體(Argus Media)推出新的美國(guó)原油定價(jià)基準(zhǔn)，或?qū)⑷〈鞯驴怂_斯中質(zhì)原油的基準(zhǔn)。

實(shí)際上，WTI作為一個(gè)基準(zhǔn)與它運(yùn)送到俄克拉荷馬州庫(kù)欣(Cushing)的石油儲(chǔ)藏中心有關(guān)。美國(guó)墨西哥灣沿岸的石油運(yùn)輸僅以德克薩斯州、路易斯安那州和北達(dá)科他州生產(chǎn)的原油為基礎(chǔ)，作為對(duì)西德克薩斯中質(zhì)原油的溢價(jià)或折扣報(bào)價(jià)。然而，由于頁(yè)巖油的繁榮，這使得美國(guó)再次成為原油出口國(guó)，而庫(kù)欣的重要性有所下降。

Argus Media美洲主管Euan Craik對(duì)路透表示："交易員現(xiàn)在可以選擇代表整個(gè)墨西哥灣市場(chǎng)的新基準(zhǔn)。"

根據(jù)這份報(bào)告，Argus基準(zhǔn)將包括墨西哥灣沿岸七個(gè)地點(diǎn)的石油儲(chǔ)量，包括麥哲倫中流合作伙伴(Magellan Midstream Partners)運(yùn)營(yíng)的東休斯頓終端、企業(yè)產(chǎn)品合作伙伴(Enterprise Products Partners)擁有的三個(gè)終端，以及位于休斯頓、西布魯克(Seabrook)和德克薩斯城(Texas City)的三個(gè)海上設(shè)施。稍后，還有兩個(gè)地點(diǎn)將被添加到名單中，包括科珀斯克里斯蒂終端和德克薩斯州的Nederland。

被稱(chēng)為Platts American Gulf Coast Select，簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng)AGS的基準(zhǔn)原油，將以二疊紀(jì)盆地生產(chǎn)的輕質(zhì)低硫原油為基礎(chǔ)，通過(guò)管道輸送到墨西哥灣沿岸。多年來(lái)，庫(kù)欣一直未能在這個(gè)市場(chǎng)上代表原油的經(jīng)濟(jì)性。市場(chǎng)參與者呼吁建立一個(gè)正確反映墨西哥灣沿岸實(shí)體市場(chǎng)核心的基準(zhǔn)，而不是內(nèi)陸金融價(jià)值。

新的基準(zhǔn)將力求使美國(guó)出口石油與布倫特原油處于更平等的地位。目前全球逾50%的石油出口都使用布倫特原油定價(jià)。

王佳晶 摘譯自 今日油價(jià)

原文如下：

U.S. Gulf Coast Crude Oil Gets Its Own Benchmark

One International Renowned Rating Agency and Argus Media will today launch new benchmarks for pricing U.S. crude oil that is being exported to replace the West Texas Intermediate benchmark.

WTI serves as a basis, but it is, in fact, linked to oil delivered to the Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub.

Reuters reports that oil shipments from the U.S. Gulf Coast are only quoted as a premium or discount to West Texas Intermediate, based on crudes produced in Texas, Louisiana, and North Dakota. Yet Cushing has declined in importance thanks to the shale oil boom, which has made the United States an exporter of crude once again.

“Traders will now have the option of a new benchmark that will represent the totality of the Gulf Coast market,” the head of Americas at Argus Media, Euan Craik, told Reuters.

The Argus benchmark, according to the report, will include oil stored at seven locations along the Gulf Coast, including the East Houston terminal operated by Magellan Midstream Partners, three terminals that are property of Enterprise Products Partners, and three offshore facilities in Houston, Seabrook, and Texas City. At a later point, two more locations will be added to the list, including the Corpus Christi terminal and Nederland in Texas.

Platts’ benchmark, dubbed Platts American Gulf Coast Select, or AGS, will be based on light sweet crude produced in the Permian basin and transported by pipeline to the Gulf Coast.

“Cushing has for several years failed to represent the economics of crude oil in this market. Market participants have called for a benchmark that correctly reflects the core of the physical market in the Gulf Coast, rather than a landlocked financial value,” the Americas editorial director of Platts, Richard Swann, told Reuters.

The new benchmarks will seek to put U.S. oil for export on a more equal footing with Brent crude, which is currently used for the pricing of more than 50 percent of the oil exported around the world.