據世界石油5月7日倫敦報道，在沙特提高全球煉油商的價格后，石油價格上漲。

倫敦原油期貨上漲7.1%，超過每桶31美元，美國原油期貨上漲10%。國營的沙特阿美公司在今年早些時候通過提供原油價格的大幅折扣，發起了一場價格戰。該公司已經上調了6月份所有等級的原油價格。與此同時，沙特及其歐佩克伙伴正著手大幅減產，以重新平衡供過于求的市場。

荷蘭銀行(ABN Amro)高級能源經濟學家Hans van Cleef表示:“阿美石油公司提出的更高價格暗示需求回升，并暗示歐佩克+實際上已開始減產以平衡市場。”

5月1日，包括俄羅斯在內的歐佩克+聯盟開始實施每日近1000萬桶的減產措施。在此之前，由于需求受到疫情的打擊，石油庫存出現了創紀錄的增長。美國和中國都出現了消費復蘇的初步跡象，沙特阿美的定價是需求開始再次增長的最明確信號。

截至倫敦時間上午11點53分，布倫特7月份原油期貨結算價上漲1.77美元，至每桶31.49美元，漲幅6%。

西德克薩斯中質原油上漲8.6%，至每桶26.05美元。

對全球石油消費受到沖擊的預測各不相同，一些人估計每天消耗量將減少逾3,000萬桶，占需求的30%。盡管如此，最近幾天從波蘭到德國和佛羅里達州都有報告稱，燃料需求，尤其是汽油需求開始回升。

沙特石油定價方面的一些重大舉措是針對歐洲和地中海煉油廠的，這些煉油廠是俄羅斯原油的主要市場。上月，沙特和俄羅斯同意作為歐佩克+聯盟的成員再次合作，這似乎是對俄羅斯政府的認可。根據價格表，這些地區6月份的價格上漲了5.80美元至7.50美元。

瑞銀集團(UBS Group AG)大宗商品分析師 Giovanni Staunovo表示:“油價上漲表明，作為歐佩克協議的一部分，沙特阿拉伯不僅會減產，還將通過提高油價來減少原油出口。”

裘寅 編譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

Brent crude jumps as Saudis raise selling price worldwide

Oil jumped after Saudi Arabia raised prices for refiners globally.

Futures in London added as much as 7.1%, moving beyond $31 a barrel, while U.S. crude futures rose 10%. State-run Saudi Aramco, which earlier this year initiated a price war by offering massive discounts on crude, has raised prices on all the grades for June. The move comes as the kingdom and its OPEC+ partners embark on sharp production cuts in a bid to rebalance a glutted market.

“The higher prices by Aramco suggest a recovery of demand and a hint that OPEC+ actually started to cut production in their aim to balance the market,” said Hans van Cleef, senior energy economist at ABN Amro.

The OPEC+ coalition that includes Russia started implementing daily output cuts of almost 10 million barrels a day on May 1. The move follows a record build-up in inventories as demand was ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak that has seen oil tanks filling up globally. There have been tentative signs of a recovery in consumption in both the U.S. and China, and Aramco’s pricing is the clearest signal yet that demand is starting to grow again.

Brent for July settlement added $1.77, or 6% to $31.49 a barrel as of 11:53 a.m. London time.

West Texas Intermediate rose 8.6% to $26.05 a barrel.

Forecasts of the hit to global oil consumption have varied widely, with some estimates topping 30 million barrels a day, or 30% of demand. Still, in recent days there have been reports from Poland to Germany and Florida that demand for fuel -- particularly gasoline -- is starting to pick up.

Some of the biggest moves in Saudi oil pricing came for European and Mediterranean refineries, the main market for Russia crude, in what appears to be a nod to the Kremlin after Riyadh and Moscow agreed last month to work together again as part of the OPEC+ alliance. Prices in those regions were hiked by between $5.80 and $7.50 for June, according to the price list.

“The price increase suggests Saudi Arabia will not just cut their production as part of the OPEC deal, but also reduce their crude exports by making them more expensive,” said Giovanni Staunovo, commodity analyst at UBS Group AG.