据美国彭博新闻社2022年12月5日报道，沙特阿拉伯下调了其出口亚洲大部分原油的官方售价，这一迹象表明，亚洲地区的需求前景仍然脆弱。

国家控股的沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司(沙特阿美)将明年1月份向其主要出口市场亚洲销售的关键原油等级阿拉伯轻原油的官方售价每桶下调了2.20美元，比亚洲地区基准原油价格每桶高出2.20美元。根据彭博社的一项调查，这一举措符合炼油商和交易商对油价每桶下跌2.10美元的预测。

布伦特原油价格今年迄今已上涨了13%，接近每桶88美元。但随着交易商对全球经济放缓的担忧日益加剧，油价已从6月份的每桶120美元以上开始下跌。

沙特阿拉伯的邻国、同为欧佩克成员国的科威特周五表示，石油消费国明年不愿意增加原油进口量。 

就在沙特阿美做出这一决定的前一天，欧佩克+的23个产油国决定保持产量配额不变。  

尽管如此，沙特阿美原油的官方售价仍处于历史高位，突显出实物市场的紧张。实物市场是实际的原油买卖市场。

沙特阿拉伯根据长期合同向亚洲出售大部分原油，其定价每月都会被审核。日本、韩国和印度等是沙特阿拉伯原油的最大买家。 

李峻 编译自 彭博新闻社

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices for Asia

Saudi Arabia lowered most oil prices for Asia, in a sign the outlook for demand in the region remains fragile amid continued Covid lockdowns in China.

State-controlled Saudi Aramco cut its key Arab Light grade for January sales to Asia, its main market, by $2.20 to $3.25 a barrel above the regional benchmark. The move was in line with refiners and traders’ prediction of a drop of $2.10, according to a Bloomberg survey.

Brent crude’s up 13% this year to almost $88 a barrel. But it has fallen from more than $120 a barrel in June amid increasing concern among traders about a global economic slowdown.

Saudi Arabia’s neighbor and fellow OPEC member Kuwait on Friday said that oil customers were reluctant to boost imports next year.

Aramco’s decision came a day after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners -- a 23-nation group -- opted to keep output steady.

Still, Aramco’s official selling prices remain historically high, underscoring the tightness of the physical market, in which actual barrels are bought and sold.

Saudi Arabia sells most of its oil under long-term contracts to Asia, pricing for which is reviewed each month. Japan, South Korea and India are the biggest buyers.