石油设备网讯 据路透社1月22日消息，近来在欧佩克带头的减产行动推动下原油价格大涨，正在严重冲击炼油利润，进而给油价涨势敲响了警钟。分析师表示，炼油厂计划在春季进行一轮停工检修潮可能也会给原油价格带来下行压力。
价格上涨通常会遏制消费，挤压将原油转化成为汽油、柴油和航空燃料的炼油厂的利润空间。路透数据显示，近几周来，主要炼油中心的基准利润率急剧下降，其中美国墨西哥湾沿岸和欧洲西北部地区降幅超过50%，这增强了关于一些炼厂将会降低开工率的预期。
咨询公司伍德麦肯兹公司研究主管Jonathan Leitch表示：“炼油利润率受到了影响，而我们看到利润率疲软背后的最大因素是原油价格上涨。”
庞晓华 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Crumbling refinery profits threaten OPEC-led crude rally
The recent OPEC-led rally in crude prices is hitting refinery profits hard, flashing warning signs over oil's bull run. A wave of refinery maintenance scheduled in spring could also put downward pressure on crude, analysts said.
Higher oil prices typically quench consumption and squeeze profit margins at refiners that convert the feedstock into gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels. Benchmark profit margins in key refining hubs dropped sharply in recent weeks - by over 50 percent in the U.S. Gulf Coast and northwest Europe, Reuters data shows - increasing expectations that some refiners will reduce operating rates.
"Margins have suffered and the biggest factor behind the weak margins we've seen is the run-up in crude prices," said Jonathan Leitch, research director with consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
