据Oil & Gas Journal网站6月4日休斯顿报道 6月3日纽约市场7月交货的轻质低硫原油价格跌至53美元/桶以下，而伦敦7月布伦特原油价格跌至67美元/桶以下。由于担心石油需求放缓，6月4日早盘油价继续下跌。

美国银行美林分析师在一份研究报告中表示：“经济活动放缓现在可能会破坏我们强劲的周期性（石油）需求增长的基本情况。”

韩国第一季度经济减缓0.4%，表明亚洲经济进一步放缓。

美国银行分析师预测：“我们预计，布伦特原油和西德克萨斯中质原油在2019年的平均价格分别为70美元/桶和59美元/桶，2020年的平均价格分别为65美元/桶和60美元/桶。”

另外盛宝银行分析师Ole Hansen表示：“由于紧缺的供应焦点正转向增长和需求下降的风险增加，油价正受到下行压力。”

欧佩克计划在6月底或7月初决定是否继续与一些非欧佩克国家减少产量。

沙特阿拉伯官员6月3日表示，为确保市场稳定，正在就将现有的减产目标延长到今年下半年达成共识。

能源价格

7月纽约商品交易所原油价格下跌25美分，6月3日收于52.85美元/桶，8月合约下跌26美分，收于52.99美元/桶。

纽约商品交易所7月份天然气价格下跌5美分，收于2.40美元/每百万英热单位。

6月份超低硫柴油价格下跌3美分，至1.80美元/加仑。纽约商品交易所6月份重组汽油混合燃料价格下跌3美分，至1.74美元/加仑。

布伦特原油7月持平于66.87美元/桶。8月价格下跌71美分，收于61.28美元/桶。

6月的天然气石油合同在6月3日下跌15.75美元，至每吨561.75美元。

欧佩克原油平均价格目前还未确定。

王磊 摘译自 Oil & Gas Journal

原文如下：

Crude oil prices fall on economic slowing

Light, sweet oil for July delivery dropped to settle below $53/bbl on the New York market June 3 while the Brent contract for July dropped to under $67/bbl in London. Oil prices continued falling in early trading June 4 on concerns about slowing oil demand.

“Slowing economic activity now threatens to derail our base case of robust cyclical [oil] demand growth,” Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts said in a research note.

South Korea’s economy shrank by 0.4% in the first quarter, indicating more economic slowing in Asia.

“We project Brent and [West Texas Intermediate] to average $70/bbl and $59/bbl, respectively, in 2019, and $65/bbl and $60/bbl in 2020,” Bank of America analysts forecast.

Separately, Saxo Bank analyst Ole Hansen said oil prices are being pressured downward as “the tight supply focus [is] switching to increased risk of lower growth and demand.”

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plans to decide in late June or early July whether to continue withholding production along with some non-OPEC countries.

Saudi Arabia officials on June 3 said a consensus was emerging for extending the existing production-cut targets into this year’s second half to ensure market stability.

Energy prices

Crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange for July fell 25￠ to settle at $52.85/bbl on June 3 while the August contract dropped 26￠ to settle at $52.99/bbl.

NYMEX natural gas for July fell 5￠ to settle at $2.40/MMbtu.

Ultralow-sulfur diesel for June declined 3￠ to $1.80/gal. The NYMEX reformulated gasoline blendstock for June fell 3￠ to a rounded $1.74/gal.

Brent crude for July held unchanged at $66.87/bbl. The August price decreased 71￠ to settle at $61.28/bbl.

The gas oil contract for June fell $15.75 to $561.75/tonne on June 3.

The average for OPEC’s basket of crudes was not immediately available.

墨菲石油完成对LLOG公司墨西哥湾资产的收购

据离岸工程6月4日报道称，总部位于美国的墨菲石油公司宣布，已完成对同胞石油和天然气公司LLOG价值12.27亿美元的墨西哥湾深水资产的收购。

墨菲石油公司总裁兼首席执行官Roger W. Jenkins表示，“在我们继续对公司进行改革的同时，我们很高兴能完成墨西哥湾的又一笔增值交易。在我们的第三方储备工程师对这些新收购的资产进行审计后，我们将探明储量增加了13％，达到7300万桶油当量，这进一步增强了这一收购指标的吸引力。

他表示：“我们新近扩大的墨西哥湾投资组合符合墨菲的长期愿景，我们希望在拥有长期经营成功经验的地区增加高利润率，石油加权产量。”

该交易于2019年4月23日宣布，生效日期为2019年1月1日。

所收购的资产将由墨菲勘探与生产公司持有，该公司为美国墨菲石油的全资子公司，而非MP墨西哥湾公司的一部分。而MP墨西哥湾公司目前拥有墨菲在墨西哥湾资产的所有权。

徐蕾 摘译自 离岸工程

原文如下：

Murphy Completes Acquisition of LLOG GoM Assets

US-based Murphy Oil Corporation announced that its has completed its $1.227 billion acquisition of deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets from compatriot oil and gas company LLOG.

Murphy Oil President and CEO, Roger W. Jenkins, said, “We are excited to close another accretive Gulf of Mexico transaction as we continue to transform the company. After our third-party reserve engineers audited these newly acquired assets, we were able to increase the proved reserve volumes by 13%, to 73 Mmboe which further enhances the attractive acquisition metrics.

“Our newly expanded Gulf of Mexico portfolio is consistent with Murphy’s long-term vision of increasing high-margin, oil-weighted production in an area where we have a long history of operational success,” stated

The transaction, announced on April 23, 2019, with an effective date of January 1, 2019.

The acquired assets will be fully owned by Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA and not part of MP Gulf of Mexico, the entity which currently owns all of Murphy’s legacy producing Gulf of Mexico assets.

穆加多斯LNG终端接收第一批Corpus Christi货物

据世界天然气网站6月5日消息 西班牙液化天然气终端运营商Reganosa表示，位于费罗尔港的穆加多斯液化天然气工厂从位于德克萨斯州的切尼尔Corpus Christi项目接收了第一批液化天然气货物。

Reganosa在声明中称，去年12月开始运营的切尼尔Corpus Christi工厂预计每年的额定产量为2300万吨。

将第一批货物从Corpus Christi运输到西班牙的船只是2002年建造的液化天然气运输船Excalibur号，其能够运输14.4万立方米的冷冻燃料。Reganosa进一步表示，这批货物已被瑞士贸易公司Trafigura购买。

运营商表示，费罗尔正试图在将从北美流入欧洲的液化天然气流量增加中发挥重要作用。

切尼尔估计，美国将在2020年成为全球第三大液化天然气供应商，年产能为6000万吨。

由于其天然气基础设施以及西班牙主要能源公司签订的长期合同，西班牙将成为北美燃料的主要接收者之一。

运营商的声明称，费罗尔及其在大西洋地区的位置使Reganosa的工厂成为获得该流量的最佳场所。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Mugardos LNG receives its first Corpus Christi cargo

Spanish LNG terminal operator Reganosa said its Mugardos liquefied natural gas plant in the port of Ferrol receives the first LNG load from Cheniere’s Corpus Christi project in Texas.

Cheniere’s Corpus Christi plant that kicked off operations last December has an estimates nominal production of 23 million tonnes per year, Reganosa said in its statement.

The vessel that transported the first cargo from Corpus Christi to Spain is the 2002-built LNG carrier Excalibur capable of transporting 144,000 cubic meters of the chilled fuel. Reganosa further said the cargo has been purchased by the Swiss trading company Trafigura.

The operator said that Ferrol is trying to play an important role in the increasing LNG flow that will come to Europe from North America.

Cheniere estimates that the USA will become the third greatest world supplier of LNG in 2020, with a production capacity of 60 million tonnes per year.

Spain will be one of the main receivers of the North American fuel, due to its gas infrastructures and the long term contracts signed by the main Spanish energy companies.

Ferrol and its location in the Atlantic area make Reganosa’s plant the best place to get that flow, the operator’s statement reads.

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