加拿大原油价格在寒流中下跌

据今日油价网站1月15日消息 由于加拿大西部的一场寒流，加拿大Western Canadian Select（WCS）原油价格正在下降，低于20度的温度让原油冻结，使其粘度降低，运输困难。

但这并不是加拿大因寒冷而面临的唯一石油问题。彭博社周三报道称，由于寒冷，炼油厂已经中断，由于产能限制无法通过管道运输的油桶必须通过铁路运输，火车在寒冷的天气也会行驶相对缓慢。

截至周二，每桶WCS的价格已从10天前的40.77美元跌至35.33美元，虽然部分下跌与本周因地缘政治紧张局势缓解和其他贸易因素可能不会像市场所希望的那样推动石油需求增长而下跌的其他油价一致，但WCS与WTI之间的价差已经扩大，从1月6日的22.50美元/桶扩大到周二的22.90美元/桶。

加拿大已经限制了生产，以缩小两个基准价格之间的差距，尽管随着去年两个基准之间的差距开始缩小，加拿大已经放宽了其中一些生产限制。

加拿大的大部分石油出口都流向了美国，其重质、含硫原油在美国海湾沿岸的炼油厂找到了一个有意愿的市场，这些炼油厂通常将WCS的价格定为WTI差价，因为它们对该级别的购买力较强。

如果加拿大的石油产量不符合其在寒冷地区出口石油的能力下降，寒冷地区的重油必须与额外的凝析油混合，以保持其流动，那么WTI和WCS之间的价差将继续扩大。

王磊 摘译自 今日油价

原文如下：

Canadian Crude Prices Sink align="justify">The price of Western Canadian Select oil is falling thanks to a brutal cold snap in Western Canada, where temperatures less than 20 below are literally freezing Canada’s oil, making it less viscous and difficult to transport.

But that’s not the align="justify">The price of a barrel of WCS has fallen to $35.33 as of Tuesday, from $40.77 just ten days ago. While some of the fall is in line with other oil prices that have fallen this week align="justify">Already Canada has restricted production to shrink the gap between the two benchmarks, although it has eased some of these production restrictions as the gap between the two began to shrink last year.

Most of Canada’s oil exports make their way to the United States, with its heavy, sour crude finding a willing market in the US Gulf Coast refineries, which typically set the price of the WCS to WTI differential due to their strong buying power for the grade.

If Canada’s oil production does not fall in line with its falling ability to export its oil in the cold—where the cold and heavy oil must be mixed with extra condensate to keep it flowing—the gap between WTI and WCS will continue to widen.