據ICIS網站7月7日消息 亞洲石腦油市場將保持活躍，因為穩定的終端用戶需求可能會維持現貨貨物溢價和價格，即使全球病例不斷增加，燃料需求也會受到影響。

亞洲8月下旬交貨的開放規格石腦油平均價格約為421.25美元/噸（成本加運費），與7月6日相比變化不大，此前價格較前一收盤價上漲4%。

ICIS數據顯示，自3月初以來，現貨價格創下4個月來的最高水平，超過400美元/噸（日本成本加運費）。

對用于生產烯烴的石化原料的健康需求有助于支撐整個市場的基本面。

此外，更強勁的下游利潤為東北亞部分地區的終端用戶提供了更大的動力，促使他們提貨，盡管溢價比以前更為堅挺。

一位東北亞市場人士表示：“第三季度的需求應該會很好……大多數生產烯烴的裂解裝置都在高位運行，利潤率仍然不錯。”

王磊 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：

Asia naphtha poised to stay afloat on demand support; margins up

Asia naphtha markets are poised to stay buoyant on steady end-user demand that could keep spot cargo premiums and prices afloat, even as rising coronavirus cases in the world rattle fuel demand.

Open-specification naphtha prices for second-half August delivery averaged at around $421.25/tonne CFR (cost and freight) at noon session in Asia, little changed from 6 July after prices gained 4% from the previous close.

Spot prices are at their highest in four months at above $400/tonne CFR Japan, since early-March, ICIS data shows.

A healthy bout of demand for the petrochemical feedstock for producing olefins is helping to support market fundamentals as a whole.

Moreover, stronger downstream margins are providing greater incentive for end-users in parts of northeast Asia to come forward to pick up spot cargoes, albeit at firmer premiums than before.

“Demand should be good in the third quarter… most crackers making olefins are running high with margins still good,” said a northeast Asia market source.