据美国彭博新闻社3月29日报道，全球最大的石油出口国沙特阿拉伯可能将其5月份出口亚洲的主要原油品种的定价提高到创纪录水平。 

彭博新闻社对5家炼油商和交易商进行的调查显示，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美）可能将其5月份运往亚洲的主要原油出口品种阿拉伯轻质原油的官方售价每桶上调5美元。 这将使两者之间的总价差比阿曼-迪拜基准原油价格每桶高出9.95美元，这将是自彭博新闻社2000年开始汇编该数据以来的最大价差。 

今年第一季度油价飙升至2008年以来的最高水平。此前，全球需求扩大和库存快速下降已经推高了油价。 但预计沙特阿拉伯主要原油品种的价格仍有可能上调，这将有助于为该地区其他品种的原油定下基调。 

全球基准布伦特原油期货价格3月28日扭转了盘中跌幅，交易价接近每桶113美元。 在最初阶段，油价飙升至近140美元，为2008年以来的最高水平。

官方销售价格(OSP)是相对于地区基准原油价格的溢价或折价，它决定签订长期合同的买家为货物支付多少钱。 这些差异可以表明潜在需求的强弱。

由于沙特阿美准备宣布销售价格，利雅得将与其他产油国一起参加本周举行的欧佩克+会议，为该联盟制定生产政策。 在会议召开之前，成员国们已经表示，他们仍然认为没有必要调整供应计划。

沙特阿美没有回复记者寻求置评的电子邮件。 这家国有企业通常在每月的前5天公布原油官方销售价格。

与布伦特原油和西得克萨斯中质原油等其他全球原油基准相比，作为亚洲原油基准之一的迪拜原油折价幅度相对较大。 交易商们说，这也使亚洲买家更愿意为与迪拜有关的波斯湾原油支付更高的价格。  

李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社

原文如下：

Saudis may hike oil price to record as war reroutes flows

Saudi Arabia, the largest oil exporter, will likely boost pricing of its main crude variety to a record.

Saudi Aramco may raise the official selling price of its key Arab Light crude by $5 a barrel to Asia for May-loading cargoes, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of five refiners and traders. That would increase the overall differential to $9.95 above the Oman-Dubai benchmark, which would be the widest since Bloomberg began compiling the data in 2000.

The expected hike in pricing for the key Saudi barrels -- which help to set the tone for other grades from the region.

Brent futures, the global benchmark, reversed intraday losses to trade near $113 a barrel on Tuesday. In the initial , prices rallied close to $140, the highest since 2008. 

Official selling prices, or OSPs, are the premiums or discounts to regional benchmarks for barrels, and they determine how much buyers with long-term contracts pay for cargoes. The differentials can indicate the strength or weakness of underlying demand.

As Saudi Aramco prepares to announce selling prices, Riyadh is set to join other producers including Russia at an OPEC+ meeting this week to set production policy for the alliance. Ahead of the gathering on Thursday, members have signaled they still see no need to adapt supply plans.

Aramco didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. The state-run company typically releases official prices in the first five days of the month.

The discount of Dubai oil, among Asia’s crude benchmarks, has stayed relatively wide compared with other global markers such as Brent and West Texas Intermediate. That also makes buyers more willing to pay up for Persian Gulf barrels linked to Dubai, according to traders.