随着霍尔木兹海峡过境量增加，沙特阿拉伯已下调11月对亚洲基准原油等级的价格。
Saudi Arabia has cut prices for its benchmark oil grade to Asia in November as flows through the Strait of Hormuz increase.
据这家国有公司发布的价格表显示，阿美石油将把销往亚洲的阿拉伯轻质原油价格下调至比地区基准价每桶低5美元。而本月的折扣为每桶2美元。在一项调查中，交易商和炼厂原本预期10月价格将上涨5美元。
Aramco will lower Arab Light crude to buyers in Asia to $5 a barrel less than the regional benchmark, according to a list from the state-owned company. That compared with a discount of $2 a barrel for this month. In a survey, traders and refiners had expected a $5 increase from October.
过去几个月，经霍尔木兹海峡运输的石油量已反弹，而沙特在东西向管道遭袭击受损后，已恢复了大部分通过该管道的输送量。
The amount of oil moving through Hormuz has rebounded over the last few months, while the Saudis have restored much of the flows through the East-West pipeline after it was damaged by an attack.
这导致中东原油出口增加，摩根大通上周估计出口量已恢复至战前水平的98%。不过，航运成本依然居高不下。
That’s seen crude exports from the Middle East increase, with JPMorgan Chase & Co. estimating last week they were at 98% of pre-war levels. Shipping costs remain high, however.
阿美石油的官方定价适用于根据长期合同出售给炼厂的原油，这些炼厂通常会在波斯湾内的拉斯塔努拉提货。
Aramco’s official pricing is for crude sold under long-term contracts to refiners that would normally collect those barrels at Ras Tanura inside the Persian Gulf.
由于通过霍尔木兹海峡仍存在风险，许多客户避而不走这条航线，迫使生产商将货物通过海峡穿梭运输，并转移至阿曼湾等待的油轮上。
With passage through Hormuz still risky, many customers are avoiding the route, forcing producers to shuttle their cargoes through the water and transfer them to waiting tankers in the Gulf of Oman.