据世界石油网9月3日伦敦报道，交易商和船舶经纪商表示，由于买家利用亚洲和欧洲两个地区之间过去至少7年来的最大季节性价差在转到更清洁船用燃料前建立库存，他们预计届时将有更多的亚洲轻油运往欧洲。

交易商和船舶经纪商表示，由于新的炼油产能投产和炼油厂维修季节结束，特别是来自中国和印度的产能增加，亚洲轻油供应预计在未来几个月里还将进一步增加。

一名新加坡交易商表示：“东西方轻油套利窗口正在打开，而这些数字现在看来是可行的。”这名新加坡交易商因没有获得与媒体对话的授权而拒绝透露姓名。

由于国际海事组织(IMO)的新规定，全球对轻油的需求预计将上升。新规定将迫使托运人降低船用燃料中的硫含量来对抗污染。一种方法就是改用低硫轻油。

李峻 编译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Europe set to buy more Asian gasoil as shippers switch to cleaner fuels

More Asian gasoil is expected to head to Europe as buyers take advantage of the biggest seasonal price gap between the two regions in at least seven years to build up stocks ahead of a switch to cleaner marine fuels, traders and ship brokers said.

Asian supplies are also expected to swell further in coming months as new refining capacities and the completion of refinery maintenance season add more barrels, especially from China and India, they said.

“The East-West gasoil arbitrage window is opening up, and the numbers look workable now,” a Singapore-based trader said, declining to be identified as she was not authorized to speak with media.

Global demand for gasoil is expected to rise due to new regulations from the International Maritime Organization that will force shippers to reduce the sulfur content in fuels burned in ships to combat pollution. One way to do so is to switch to low-sulfur gasoil.