據(jù)管道&天然氣雜志網(wǎng)6月29日厄瓜多爾埃斯梅拉達(dá)斯報(bào)道，厄瓜多爾周一首次用一艘超大型油輪(VLCC)出口了其旗艦原油之一Orient貨物。此前，這個(gè)南美國(guó)家對(duì)其一個(gè)終端進(jìn)行了升級(jí)，希望這將有助于促進(jìn)其對(duì)亞洲的出口。

　　由于國(guó)家石油公司 Petroecuador的SOTE管道從Balao港口到附近的Punta Gorda終端的擴(kuò)建工程的建設(shè)，使得這艘懸掛巴拿馬國(guó)旗的Gem 2號(hào)油輪能夠運(yùn)送108萬(wàn)桶 Oriente，該終端由私人控股財(cái)團(tuán)OCP厄瓜多爾運(yùn)營(yíng)。

　　Balao是厄瓜多爾的主要石油港口，但與Punta Gorda不同，它無(wú)法接收能夠運(yùn)輸多達(dá)200萬(wàn)桶原油的VLCC。這意味著Petroecuador的客戶不得不將中級(jí)Oriente原油分幾批裝載到較小的油輪上。

　　厄瓜多爾希望，新的互聯(lián)互通將降低客戶的物流成本，使他們能夠一次性裝載Oriente和較重級(jí)別的Napo，使該國(guó)的石油更具競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力，因?yàn)樵搰?guó)正尋求提高原油產(chǎn)量，以重振陷入困境的經(jīng)濟(jì)。

　　厄瓜多爾石油公司（Petroecuador）新任首席執(zhí)行官Pablo Luna對(duì)記者表示，這有助于我們的原油在國(guó)際市場(chǎng)有更好的定位。

　　Gem2號(hào)還裝載了約70萬(wàn)桶Napo原油。

　　郝芬 譯自 管道&天然氣雜志網(wǎng)

　　原文如下：

　　Eyeing Asian Market, Ecuador Begins Crude Exports in Larger Vessels

　　Ecuador for the first time on Monday exported a cargo of one of its flagship crudes, Oriente, aboard a very large crude carrier (VLCC), following an upgrade to a terminal that the South American country hopes will help it boost exports to Asia.

　　The shipment of 1.08 million barrels of Oriente aboard the Panama-flagged Gem No. 2 vessel was made possible due to the construction of an extension of state oil company Petroecuador's SOTE pipeline from the Balao port to the nearby Punta Gorda terminal, which is operated by privately-held consortium OCP Ecuador.

　　Balao is Ecuador's main oil port, but unlike Punta Gorda, is unable to receive VLCCs, which are capable of transporting up to 2 million barrels of crude. That meant Petroecuador's customers had to load medium-grade Oriente crude in several parcels aboard smaller tankers.

　　Ecuador is hoping the new interconnection will lower its customers' logistics costs and enable them to load both Oriente and the heavier Napo grades in a single shipment, making the country's oil more competitive as it seeks to boost crude output to revive a struggling economy.

　　"It better positions our crude in international markets," Petroecuador's newly installed Chief Executive Pablo Luna told reporters.

　　The Gem No. 2 also loaded some 700,000 barrels of Napo crude.