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| 2018-12-03 来源： 中国石化新闻网 |
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中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社伦敦报道，石油巨头和贸易公司可以首次开始在基于区块链的实时平台上敲定原油交易, 此举可能会给市场带来革命性的变化。 近年来，大宗商品交易公司也试行了类似的计划，因为在利润微薄的环境下，区块链技术有可能大幅削减成本。 总部位于伦敦的平台Vakt是首个上线的平台，平台股东贡沃集团表示，该平台于周三推出, 不过当天没有进行交易。 作为加密货币比特币背后的平台，区块链被许多人视为解决贸易和结算效率低下的方法，也是提高透明度和降低欺诈风险的一种方法。 Vakt是2017年由一个财团创建的，该财团包括石油巨头英国石油公司、皇家荷兰壳牌、挪威国家石油公司、全球能源贸易公司摩科瑞能源集团、科赫供应与贸易集团以及贡沃集团。 这些公司最初将是Vakt的唯一用户，但平台将在明年1月开放。 荷兰银行、荷兰国际集团、法国兴业银行是该平台的其他股东。 Vakt将过去的大量文件数字化并集中在一起，这些文件是参与每项交易的所有各方共享的。它将与今年早些时候推出的另一个平台（总部位于日内瓦的komgo）相连接，该平台将提供包括数字信用证在内的融资。 詹晓晶摘自路透社 原文如下： Blockchain platform goes live for North Sea crude oil trading Oil majors and trading firms can start finalizing crude oil deals on a live blockchain-based platform for the first time, in a move that could revolutionize the market. Commodities trading firms have piloted similar schemes in recent years as blockchain technology has the potential to drastically cut costs in an environment of razor-thin profit margins. London-based platform Vakt is the first of these to go live, with shareholder Gunvor Group saying it was rolled out on Wednesday, although no trades took place that day. Blockchain, the platform behind cryptocurrency Bitcoin, is viewed by many as a solution to trade and settlement inefficiencies, as well as a way to improve transparency and reduce the risk of fraud. Vakt was created in 2017 by a consortium that includes oil majors BP (BP.L) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.AS), Norway’s Equinor, global energy trading firms Mercuria Energy Group and Koch Supply and Trading, as well as Gunvor. These firms will initially be the only users of Vakt but access will be opened up in January next year. Banks ABN Amro, ING and Societe Generale are other shareholders. Vakt digitizes and centralizes what was previously a mountain of a paperwork shared between all the parties involved in each deal. It will be linked to another platform launched earlier this year, Geneva-based komgo, which will provide financing including digital letters of credit.
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