沙特阿拉伯波斯湾出口设施的原油装载量周三飙升，九艘超级油轮装载该国货物，这是区域石油流量可能上升的最新迹象。
Oil loadings from Saudi Arabia’s export facilities in the Persian Gulf jumped on Wednesday with nine supertankers collecting the nation’s cargoes, the latest sign that regional flows might be climbing.
欧盟哨兵2号卫星拍摄的图像显示，九艘超大型原油船停泊在沙特码头。这些观测到的船舶运输能力约为1800万桶。它们可能不会在同一天离开，从而分散运输该数量。
Images from the European Union’s Sentinel 2 orbiter showed nine very large crude carriers moored at Saudi berths. The ships observed have a transportation capacity of about 18 million barrels. They may not all leave on the same day, spreading out that amount.
交易商正密切关注中东石油流动，迹象表明波斯湾的货运量已达到或接近战前水平。一天的油轮装载快照并不自动意味着沙特阿拉伯出口将持续激增——周日类似图像中仅有两艘油轮停泊，第三艘正离开泊位。
Traders are monitoring Middle East oil flows closely, amid signs that shipments from the Persian Gulf are at, or near, pre-war levels. A one-day snapshot showing the loading of tankers doesn’t automatically mean there will be a sustained surge in Saudi Arabia’s exports — there were just two tankers moored in similar images from Sunday, with a third departing the moorings.
不过，同时有九艘VLCC停泊，是自2月底该地区近期敌对行动开始以来，沙特波斯湾设施看到的最高活动水平。
Still, nine VLCCS moored at the same time is the highest level of activity seen at Saudi Arabia’s Persian Gulf facilities since the start of the recent hostilities in the region at the end of February.
卫星图像是间歇性的。覆盖范围取决于卫星轨道，且可能因云层覆盖而进一步减少。在哨兵1号和哨兵2号卫星拍摄的96张图像中，覆盖自6月中旬以来的时期，任何一天使用的泊位平均数量仅为两个，近三分之一的图像中所有泊位均处于闲置状态。
Satellite images are intermittent. Coverage depends on the path of the orbiter, and may be reduced further by cloud cover. In 96 images from the Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2 orbiters, covering the period since mid-June, the average number of berths in use on any one day is just two, with all berths idle in almost one-third of the images.
在该国另一侧，红海石油终端则较为冷清，哨兵1号卫星周三的一张图像显示，七个可用泊位中共有四艘油轮停泊——两艘VLCC和两艘较小的油轮，很可能是阿夫拉马克斯级船只。
On the other side of the country, the Red Sea oil terminals are less busy, with a total of four tankers — two VLCCs and two smaller tankers, most likely Aframax-sized ships — moored at the seven available berths, a Wednesday image from the Sentinel 1 satellite shows.
沙特阿拉伯石油部和国有石油公司未立即回应置评请求，这些请求是在正常办公时间之外提出的。
Saudi Arabia’s oil ministry and state oil company didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment, made outside normal business hours.