據(jù)鉆機地帶7月15日報道，歐洲六年來首次超過亞洲成為美國石油的最大消費商。

根據(jù)美國人口普查局的最新數(shù)據(jù)顯示，今年1月到5月，歐洲平均獲得約2.131億桶原油，而亞洲獲得1.911億桶。根據(jù)數(shù)據(jù)顯示，在同樣的5個月期間，亞洲原油產量上一次落后于歐洲是在2016年，當時美國取消了原油出口禁令。

Energy Aspects全球原油分析師克里斯托弗海恩斯（Christopher Haines）在電子郵件中表示，這些貿易流模式可能會持續(xù)下去。美國原油產量正在增長，但增長速度還不足以滿足亞洲和歐洲的需求。此外，中東地區(qū)向歐洲輸送的天然氣量似乎也受到了限制。

該地區(qū)最大的產油國沙特阿拉伯和阿聯(lián)酋已經在努力履行歐佩克+協(xié)議下的產量承諾。其他供應國一直在努力應對政治動蕩，這限制了出口。

咨詢公司ESA I 的上游分析師Elisabeth Murphy表示，所有人都將關注OPEC如何在未來一年提高產能，以及能重新獲得多少市場份額。

郝芬 譯自 鉆機地帶

原文如下:

Europe Becomes Top Market for USA Crude

Europe has surpassed Asia to become the top consumer of American oil for the first time in six years. 

From January to May this year, Europe took an average of about 213.1 million barrels of crude while Asia received 191.1 million barrels, according to the latest available US Census Bureau data. The last time Asia’s volumes fell behind Europe for the same five-month period was in 2016, when the US reversed its crude export ban, data show.

Christopher Haines, global crude analyst for Energy Aspects, said by email:US crude production is growing but not fast enough to accommodate the needs of both Asia and Europe. Additionally, the Middle East appears to be constrained in how much more it can send to Europe. 

The region’s largest producers, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are already struggling to meet their OPEC+ production commitments to the OPEC+ agreement. Other suppliers, have been grappling with political unrest that has limited exports. 

“All eyes will be on how OPEC manages to increase its capacity for higher production in the year ahead and how much market share it can regain,” said Elisabeth Murphy, an upstream analyst for consultant ESAI.