據世界石油網站4月12日報道 由于疫情抑制了燃料需求，世界原油過剩，就連中東主要的石油貿易中心也沒有儲存多余石油的空間。

阿聯酋富查伊拉的終端運營商表示，他們拒絕了貿易商和煉油商要求儲存原油和精煉產品的請求，而一年前他們有足夠的空間。港口的1400萬桶商業原油儲存能力只是沙特阿拉伯和阿布扎比為其國有石油公司提供的一小部分。

如果沒有油輪租賃，貿易商作為媒人的角色將面臨昂貴的限制，他們將這里的特定供應與那里愿意購買的買家聯系起來。全球石油供過于求，使得交易更難平衡市場失衡，而今年原油價格大跌約一半，更是雪上加霜。

阿聯酋國家開發銀行駐迪拜的市場經濟高級主管愛德華·貝爾表示：“如果油輪沒有被租賃或封鎖，那么交易員需要推遲原油的購買。反過來，這可能迫使生產關閉。”

存儲需求是全球能源供應鏈中一個不起眼但必不可少的環節，目前處于多年來的最高水平。從新加坡到俄克拉荷馬州的庫欣，油罐里堆滿了原油、汽油和其他產品，其中最重要的莫過于富查伊拉，這是世界上最高產的產油區的運輸通道。

富查伊拉石油終端FZC的商業經理馬萊克·阿齊茲說：“目前的容量肯定不夠。”

即使沙特阿拉伯、俄羅斯和其他產油國達成一項暫定協議，每天至少減產1000萬桶，也無法緩解富查伊拉的庫存緊張。雖然這樣的削減將部分抵消原油需求的減少，但Trafigura集團認為，隨著各國延長對疫情封鎖，石油使用量每天將下降多達3500萬桶，約為全球正常產量的三分之一。

王磊 摘譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

Oil glut closes Middle East’s largest crude terminal

With the coronavirus choking fuel demand and the world awash in surplus crude, even the Middle East’s main oil-trading hub has run out of room to store unwanted barrels.

Terminal operators at Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates say they’re turning down requests from traders and refiners to store crude and refined products, whereas a year ago they had ample space. The port’s 14 million barrels of commercial crude-storage capacity is just a fraction of what Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi provide for their state oil companies.

Without tanks to lease, traders face costly constraints on their role as matchmakers who link a specific supply here with a willing buyer there. The global oil glut is making it harder for traders to even out imbalances in the market, and the plunge in crude, down about half this year, is making matters worse.

“If tanks are leased or blocked, then traders need to push back on taking crude,” said Edward Bell, senior director for market economics at Emirates NBD PJSC in Dubai. That, in turn, could “force production shut-ins.”

Demand for storage, an unglamorous but essential link in the global energy supply chain, is at its highest in years. From Singapore to Cushing, Oklahoma, tanks are brimming with crude, gasoline and other products, nowhere moreso than in Fujairah, a gateway for shipments from the world’s most prolific oil-producing region.

“The current capacity isn’t enough, for sure,” said Malek Azizi, commercial manager at Fujairah Oil Terminal FZC.

Even a tentative deal between Saudi Arabia, Russia and other producers to trim output by at least 10 million barrels a day won’t ease the storage crunch at Fujairah. While such a cut would partly offset lost crude demand, Trafigura Group sees oil use plunging by as much as 35 million barrels daily -- roughly a third of normal global output -- as countries prolong lockdowns over the coronavirus.