據普氏能源資訊2月6日休斯敦報道，原油貿易商周一（6日）說，由于不斷削弱的價格對東亞開啟了獨特的套利，來自加拿大東海岸的原油將進行一次史無前例的航行進入加勒比海地區并隨后駛向中國。

　　這次不同尋常的航行還得到了低迷的運費、布倫特原油對基準迪拜原油不斷縮小的溢價以及中東因歐佩克為首的減產而不斷萎縮供應的支持。

　　原油貿易商說，71萬桶API度為30.56和含硫量為0.28%的White Rose原油貨物和部分API度為36和含硫量為0.40%的Hibernia原油貨物將在2月中旬至下旬離開位于加拿大紐芬蘭島Whiffen Head的NTL終端。然而，現在尚不清楚哪些公司購買和出售這批原油貨物。

　　原油貿易商說，這些加拿大等級原油將先運往NuStar公司在位于荷屬圣尤斯坦帝斯的斯塔蒂亞終端，它們將在這個終端與一種未指明的拉丁美洲原油等級共同裝上一艘將駛往中國的輪船，很有可能是一艘超大型油輪。

　　根據熟悉拉丁美洲市場的業內消息人士說，加拿大東海岸原油將最有可能與委內瑞拉的超重含硫原油Merey原油一起裝上油輪。產自委內瑞拉奧里諾科帶的Merey原油API度為16以及含硫量為2.45%。1月份，委內瑞拉大約有366.8萬桶Merey原油從何塞終端運往荷屬圣尤斯坦帝斯，原油從那里大概分配給其他市場的買家。

　　李峻 編譯

　　原文如下：

　　China to take first cargo of Eastern Canadian crude: sources

　　Houston (Platts)--6 Feb 2017

　　Eastern Canadian crude will make a first-of-its-kind voyage into the Caribbean and on to China, as weakening prices have opened the unique arbitrage to East Asia, crude traders said Monday.

　　The unusual voyage is also supported by depressed shipping rates, Brents narrowing premium to benchmark Dubai and a shrinking Middle East supply due to OPEC-led production cuts.

　　Crude traders said a 710,000-barrel cargo of White Rose, 30.56 API and 0.28% sulfur, and a partial cargo of Hibernia, 36 API and 0.40% sulfur, will lift mid- to late February out of the NTL terminal in Whiffen Head, Newfoundland. Its unclear, however, which companies bought and sold the cargoes. Traders said the grades will first head to NuStars Statia Terminal in St. Eustatius, where they will be co-loaded with an unspecified Latin crude grade onto a ship bound for China, likely a VLCC.

　　The East Coast Canada barrels will most likely be co-loaded with a cargo of Venezuelan extra-heavy sour crude Merey, according to an industry source familiar with the Latin American markets. Produced in Venezuelas Orinoco Belt, Merey crude has a typical API gravity of 16 degrees and sulfur content of 2.45%. In January, about 3.668 million barrels of Venezuelan crude were shipped from Jose Terminal to St. Eustatius, from where they are presumably distributed to buyers in other markets.