据路透社新加坡报道，周三，据知情人士透露，印尼国家石油公司Pertamina已经购买了其首批美国原油，该原油将于6月运抵一家炼油厂。
印尼是最进一个进口美国原油的亚洲国家，因为页岩产量的增长使美国能够向越来越多的亚洲和欧洲买家出口价格更具竞争力的轻质原油。
根据Refinitiv Eikon的数据显示，4月20日，在休斯顿码头，这批近 60万桶的WTI米德兰原油被装载上了一艘名为“中国黎明”号的阿芙拉型油船，这批货物将于6月7日运抵印尼芝拉扎港口。
该消息人士称，Pertamina在一次招标中购买了这批货物，因为美国石油的报价比非洲原油等级的报价更具竞争力。他补充说，此次收购还将使Pertamina能够实现原油供应的多样化，这样它就不必仅仅依赖当前的供应来源。
注：Aframax tanker即阿芙拉型油船，指载重量在8-10万吨级的油轮，该船型设计吃水一般控制在12.2米，设计载重量不超过8万载重吨，此船舶可以停靠大部分北美港口，并可获得最佳经济性，该型船最大载重量通过调整结构吃水获得，一般又被成为“运费型船”或“美国油轮船”。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
Indonesia's Pertamina buys first-ever U.S. crude oil cargo: source, data
Indonesia’s state-owned energy company Pertamina has bought its first-ever cargo of U.S. crude oil, which is set to arrive at one of its refineries in June, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
Indonesia is the latest Asian country to import U.S. crude as shale production growth enabled the United States to ship out more competitively-priced light oil to a growing number of buyers in Asia and Europe.
The shipment of close to 600,000 barrels of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Midland crude was loaded onto the Aframax tanker China Dawn on April 20 at the Enterprise Houston terminal, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed.
The cargo is scheduled to arrive at Cilacap on June 7, the data showed.
Pertamina purchased the cargo in a tender as the offer for the U.S. oil was more competitive than offers for African crude grades, the source said.
The purchase will also enable Pertamina to diversify its crude supplies so it doesn’t have to rely solely on current sources, he added.
