美国科珀斯克里斯蒂原油出口贸易繁荣

原标题：美国科珀斯克里斯蒂原油出口贸易繁荣

中国石化新闻网讯 据海事新闻1月15日消息称，最近几周，得克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂的美国原油出口飙升至创纪录水平，经常超过休斯顿和得克萨斯州博蒙特等中心城市，原因是基础设施增加速度快于预期。

根据船务跟踪公司Clipper的数据，去年12月下旬，科珀斯克里斯蒂的基础设施建设热潮推动当地原油出口量创下了159万桶/天的周记录，比是去年前8个月的两倍多，也高于休斯顿2019年创下的136万桶/天的峰值。

巨大的资金流表明，对可能阻碍美国出口的瓶颈的担忧并没有成为现实。

Uplift能源战略公司高级策略师John Zanner表示：“这些(出口)数据确实令人震惊，有时候，科珀斯克里斯蒂的出口量每周占从美国运出的所有原油出口的一半以上。”

根据美国能源信息署的数据，截至12月27日的一周，美国原油总出口量的四周平均值达到了创纪录的372万桶/天。

分析人士曾预计，随着去年三条新管道的开通，二叠纪盆地的原油瓶颈将转移到墨西哥湾沿岸。预计从美国最大油田流出的新石油将超过科珀斯克里斯蒂的出口能力，并拖累地区油价。

但据市场情报提供商Genscape的数据，在去年科珀斯克里斯蒂增加了将近200万桶/天的进口管道能力和500万桶存储能力之后，开采的原油都被运输和存储。

分析师预计，随着从二叠纪盆地到美国墨西哥湾沿岸的三条新管道在2020年上半年开始全面运营，石油流量将进一步上升。这些管道由EPIC中游公司、Plains 全美管道公司和菲利普斯66合资公司拥有。

截止1月3日当周，科珀斯克里斯蒂地区还在建设1800万桶的储油能力。

曹海斌 摘译自 海事新闻

原文如下：

Corpus Christi Crude Exports Boom

U.S. crude exports from Corpus Christi, Texas, have surged to a record in recent weeks, often surpassing hubs such as Houston and Beaumont, Texas, thanks to faster-than-expected infrastructure additions.

The infrastructure boom at Corpus Christi helped push crude exports there to a weekly record of 1.59 million barrels per day (bpd) in late December, more than doubling levels that held for the first eight months of last year, and above Houston's 2019 peak of 1.36 million bpd, according to vessel-tracking firm Clipper Data.

The heavy flows suggest that fears of a bottleneck that would impede U.S. exports have not materialized.

"Those (export) numbers are truly astonishing, and at times, Corpus volumes have accounted for more than half of all crude exports moving out of the U.S. on a weekly basis," said John Zanner, senior strategist at Uplift Energy Strategy.

The four-week average of overall U.S. crude exports reached a record 3.72 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Analysts had expected a crude bottleneck in the Permian Basin to shift to the Gulf Coast as three new pipelines opened last year. New flows out of the nation's biggest oil field were expected to overwhelm export capacity in Corpus Christi and weigh on regional prices.

But the rush of crude has been absorbed following last year's addition of almost 2 million bpd of inbound pipeline capacity and 5 million barrels of storage capacity in Corpus Christi, according to market intelligence provider Genscape.

Analysts expect flows to rise further as three new pipelines from the Permian Basin to the U.S. Gulf Coast begin full service in the first half of 2020. The lines are owned by EPIC Midstream, Plains All American Pipeline LP and Phillips 66 Partners LP.

Another 18 million barrels of storage capacity were under construction in the Corpus Christi area in the week to Jan. 3.