印度石油公司购买其第一批伊拉克巴士拉中质油

    中国石化新闻网讯 据烃加工新闻1月7日消息称，据Refinitiv Eikon的船舶跟踪数据和知情人士透露，印度最大炼油商印度石油公司(IOC)已装载了第一批伊拉克新引进的巴士拉中质原油货物。

    数据显示，IOC将货物装载到Minerva Kalypso上，这是一艘suezmax型号船舶，于1月4日离开伊拉克南部巴士拉港。

    预计该船将于1月14日左右到达印度东南部的金奈港口，供印度石油公司子公司金奈石油公司（CPCL）使用。

    伊拉克国家石油营销公司(SOMO)于今年1月推出了新的含硫原油等级，将现有的巴士拉轻质原油分为两个等级，以提供更好的质量稳定性。

    消息人士说：“从今年起，IOC将获得巴士拉轻质、中质和重质三个等级的原油，这还取决于供应商的供货情况。” 他还补充说，100万桶巴士拉中质原油将供应CPCL。

    与印度金奈石油公司一起，IOC控制着印度500万桶/天炼油产能的三分之一。

    该公司在一份声明中说：“ CPCL一直在从伊拉克采购巴士拉轻质原油和巴士拉重质原油，而巴士拉中质原油是最近首次采购，这是SOMO供应商首次将这种级别的原油引入市场。”

    今年1月，欧佩克及其盟国同意将石油日产量提高50万桶，伊拉克通过引进巴士拉中质原油增加了原油出口。

    朱佳妮 摘译自 烃加工新闻

    原文如下：

    India's IOC buys its first cargo of Iraqi Basra Medium oil

    Indian Oil Corp (IOC) , the country's top refiner, has loaded its first cargo of Iraq's newly introduced Basra Medium crude grade, according to ship tracking data from Refinitiv Eikon and a source with knowledge of the matter.

    IOC loaded the cargo onto Minerva Kalypso, a suezmax-sized vessel, which left Iraq's southern port of Basra on Jan. 4, the data showed.

    The ship is expected to arrive at Chennai port in southeastern India for IOC's subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corp (CPCL) around Jan. 14.

    Iraq's state oil marketing company (SOMO) launched the new sour crude grade in January by splitting existing Basra Light production into two grades to provide better quality stability.

    "From this year IOC will get all three grades - Basra Light, Basra Medium and Basra Heavy - depending on the availability with the supplier," the source said, adding that the 1 million barrels of Basra Medium crude would go to CPCL.

    Along with Chennai Petroleum, IOC controls about a third of the 5 million bpd of refining capacity in India.

    "CPCL has been procuring Basra Light and Basra Heavy crude oil from Iraq and Basra Medium was procured recently for the first time, this is after the introduction of this grade by SOMO supplier to the market for the first time," the company said in a statement to Reuters.

    Iraq has increased crude exports by introducing Basra Medium after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies agreed to raise output by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January.