据油价网2021年4月14日伦敦报道，炼油商对Argus表示，沙特阿拉伯国有石油巨头、全球最大石油出口公司沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美/Aramco）将只满足来自欧洲和地中海地区的部分将在5月份装船的原油提名。
Argus表示，虽然3家欧洲炼油企业已获得全部提名，但另外3家欧洲炼油企业在5月份将获得低于他们提名的原油装载量。
在欧洲市场上，沙特阿拉伯尤其正在与俄罗斯的乌拉尔等级原油竞争市场份额。
4月早些时候，沙特阿美提高了对其最重要的出口亚洲市场的原油官方售价，但小幅降低了其对欧洲和美国出口的原油的官方售价。
交易商本周对彭博社表示，尽管沙特阿美略微下调了5月份销往欧洲的旗舰阿拉伯轻质原油的价格，但俄罗斯乌拉尔混合原油对欧洲买家来说更具吸引力，因为其价格处于一年来的最低水平。
虽然并非所有欧洲客户都能得到他们所要求的原油量，但沙特阿美将满足包括印度在内的所有亚洲客户的要求。
印度5月份对沙特阿拉伯的原油需求减少，这符合其寻求替代能源的新政策，因为印度对沙特和欧佩克+通过减产把油价保持在相对较高水平的管理原油的做法感到不满。
沙特在5月份将增加原油产量，这既是欧佩克+在7月前把集体产量逐步提高100多万/天的协议的一部分，也是沙特阿拉伯逐步扭转在2至4月保持的单边额外日减100万桶石油产量计划的一部分。
一些分析师表示，中东地区不断增加的石油产量正在使这种产自该地区的大宗商品比与布伦特原油相关的原油价格更便宜，这可能会引发一场新的价格战。
李峻 编译自 油价网
原文如下：
The Battle For European Oil Markets Is Heating Up
Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco, the world’s largest oil exporter, will meet only part of the nominations for crude from the European and Mediterranean regions for loading in May, refiners have told Argus.
While three refiners have been given all the nominations they had put through, three others will receive crude loading in May below the volumes they had nominated, Argus said.
Saudi Arabia is competing, among others, with Russia’s Urals grade in the European markets.
Earlier this month, Aramco lifted its official selling prices to its most important outlet, the Asian market, but lowered slightly the prices for its crude to Europe and the United States.
Although the Saudis made minor cuts to their prices for the flagship Arab Light grade for May to Europe, Urals crude looks more attractive to European buyers because it is at its lowest price in one year, traders told Bloomberg this week.
While not all European customers will get the crude volumes they had requested, Aramco is set to meet all the requests coming out of Asia, including India, officials notified by the Saudi firm of their requests told Bloomberg.
India has requested less crude from Saudi Arabia for May, in line with its new policy to seek alternatives as it is displeased with the Saudi and OPEC+ management of the oil market with production cuts to keep prices relatively high.
The Saudis will be ramping up their crude oil production in May, both as part of the OPEC+ agreement to gradually raise collective output by over 1 million bpd by July and as part of the gradual reversal of the unilateral extra 1-million-bpd cut Saudi Arabia kept for February, March, and April.
According to some analysts, rising Middle Eastern oil production is making the commodity that comes out of this region cheaper compared to Brent-linked grades, which may lead to a price war.
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