据路透社新加坡报道，Equinor（挪威国家石油公司）高级管理人员表示，该公司已经开始出售来自北海两个新油田的原油，一个在英国水域，另一个在挪威领土上，预计2020年的日产量总和将达到近50万桶。
Equinor于8月中旬从Mariner油田开始生产，而Johan Sverdrup作为北海30多年来最大的发现，预计将于10月开始生产。
该公司官员告诉路透社，9月4日，开采出第一批来自Mariner油田的原油，并补充称，这批货物将供应给欧洲。
在近期举行的年度亚太石油会议(APPEC)间隙，Equinor原油交易和炼油优化副总裁西蒙·詹姆士表示，32万桶Mariner混合原油的售价低于布伦特。
他说，这种重酸原油的产量预计在短期内将达到每天7万桶的峰值，平均将达到每天5.5万桶左右。
詹姆士补充称，Mariner混合原油的API重力为15.2度，含硫1.1%，适用于具有二次装置的精炼厂，如焦化厂或渣油催化裂解装置。
他说，在欧洲以外，该等级原油也可以在中国和印度的炼油厂加工。
不过，Mariner混合原油的总酸数为4.1，这使得它成为一种高酸原油，只能由某些炼油厂处理。
他说，Equinor还通过招标程序出售了Johan Sverdrup的首批两批原油货物，以便在10月份装船。
他说：“这将是一种全球原油。”
他在谈到地中海市场时表示："我们认为它与俄罗斯乌拉尔原油竞争。很明显，它比乌拉尔原油重，但含硫量比乌拉尔原油低，所以这是一个机会，让精炼商仍然选择低硫的中型蒸馏装置。”
他说：“美国墨西哥湾沿岸地区一直存在石油需求，目前仍缺乏重型原油。此外，从印度到中国，整个亚洲地区都有明显的需求。”
Johan Sverdrup原油的API重力为27.2度，含硫0.82%。
詹姆士表示，除了销售北海的新等级原油外，Equinor还活跃在美国原油市场，目前它每天向亚洲和欧洲出口20万至30万桶原油，包括在挪威的炼油厂。
去年，该公司将其美国贸易团队从康涅狄格州迁往休斯顿，负责处理西德克萨斯中级原油、鹰滩、巴肯和玛氏原油的产品出口。
随着全球最大石油生产国的产量继续上升，他表示：“公司的目标是扩大业务规模。”
詹晓晶 摘自 路透社
原文如下：
Norway's Equinor sells two new crude grades from North Sea fields
Norway’s Equinor has started selling crude from two new oilfields in the North Sea, one in British waters and the other in Norwegian territory, with combined production expected to reach nearly half a million barrels per day in 2020, senior company executives said.
The company started production from the Mariner field in mid-August while output from Johan Sverdrup, the largest North Sea discovery in more than three decades, is expected to start in October.
The new medium and heavy crude grades with slightly higher sulfur content could fill the market’s need for heavier oil after U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, Iran and production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries tightened supply globally.
The first crude oil cargo from the Mariner field was lifted on Sept. 4, company officials told Reuters late on Wednesday, adding that the cargo would land in Europe.
The 320,000-barrel Mariner Blend crude was sold at a discount to dated Brent, Simon James, vice president for crude trading and refinery optimization at Equinor, said on the sidelines of Asia’s largest annual oil gathering APPEC late on Wednesday.
Production of the heavy sour crude is expected to peak at 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the short term and will average at around 55,000 bpd, he said.
Mariner Blend has an API gravity of 15.2 degrees, contains 1.1% sulfur, suitable for refineries with secondary units such as a coker or residue catalytic cracker, James added.
Outside Europe, the crude could also be processed at refineries in China and India, he said.
Still, Mariner Blend has a total acid number of 4.1, making it a high-TAN crude which can be handled only by certain refineries.
Equinor is also selling the first two Johan Sverdrup crude cargoes for loading in October via a tender process, he said.
“This is going to be a global crude,” he said.
“We see it competitive against (Russian) Urals. It’s obviously heavier but sweeter (than Urals) so it’s an opportunity for refiners to still go for middle distillates rich barrels with low sulfur,” he said, referring to the Mediterranean market.
“There’s been interest from the U.S. Gulf Coast, which is still short of heavy barrels. Also, there’s been a clear demand for this from Asia, across the entire region from India to China,” he said.
Johan Sverdrup crude has an API gravity of 27.2 degrees and has 0.82% sulfur.
Besides marketing the new grades from the North Sea, Equinor is also active in the U.S. crude market where it currently exports 200,000 to 300,000 bpd to Asia and Europe, including its refineries in Norway, James said.
It relocated its U.S. trading team from Connecticut to Houston last year to handle exports of grades from West Texas Intermediate (WTI Midland), Eagle Ford, Bakken to Mars.
“The ambition is to grow the scale of the business,” he said, as production from the world’s largest oil producer continues to rise.
