石油设备网讯 据路透社艾伯塔省卡尔加里报道，周五，加拿大中游公司吉普森能源（Gibson）首席执行官Steve Spaulding表示，该公司每月在艾伯塔省哈德雷（原油铁路装载终端）装载60列火车，到夏末之前每月将增加90列。
每列列车可载约每天6万至7.5万桶原油，到夏末，总装载量将达到每天18万至22.5万桶。
随着加拿大原油对美国原油的折扣幅度徘徊在六个月来的最大水平，铁路运输的利润也随之增加。
Spaulding在接受路透社电话采访时表示：“到目前为止，我们使用的轨道车辆数量是我们使用过最多的，预计下个月还会更高。”
哈德雷终端由USD公司拥有，吉普森能源公司独家使用。
内陆艾伯塔省拥有加拿大巨大的油砂和一些世界上最大的原油储备，由于出口管道的容量超过了产能，导致生产商很难将石油推向市场。
据加拿大国家能源委员会监管机构（NEB）称，去年12月，加拿大铁路沿线的原油出口达到了35.4万桶/日的历史最高水平，但在艾伯塔省政府下令减产，以减少该省原油供应之前，加拿大的原油出口在2月份崩溃，这使得油价大幅上涨，但却削弱了铁路运输原油的盈利能力。
近几个月来，随着加拿大原油的折扣范围扩大，像Imperial石油公司这样大型油砂生产商在完全停止发货后重新开始发货，铁路上的原油价格出现了复苏的迹象。
根据净能源交易所的数据，基准重质原油加拿大西部原油价格最近一次收于每桶18.50美元，低于美国原油期货。
NEB 的最新数据显示，3月份铁路运输的原油出口量为16.8万桶/日。能源信息提供商 Genscape追踪加拿大铁路货运的数据显示，4月份运往加拿大和国际市场的平均装车量为19.7万桶/日。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
Gibson to load 225,000 bpd of Canadian crude-by-rail by summer's end: CEO
Canadian midstream company Gibson Energy is loading 60 unit trains per month at the Hardisty, Alberta, crude-by-rail terminal and that will rise to 90 trains per month by the end of the summer, Chief Executive Steve Spaulding said on Friday.
Each unit train can carry around 60,000-75,000 barrels, which would put total loadings at 180,000-225,000 barrels per day (bpd) by summer’s end.
The increase in crude-by-rail loadings comes as the discount on Canadian crude versus U.S. oil hovers around its widest level in six months, making rail shipments more profitable.
“As of late, we are moving as many rail cars as we have ever moved, and next month that’s expected to be even higher,” Spaulding told Reuters in a phone interview.
The Hardisty terminal is owned by USD Partners LP and used exclusively by Gibson Energy.
Landlocked Alberta is home to Canada’s vast oil sands and some of the world’s largest crude reserves, but producers struggle to get their oil to market because demand for space on export pipelines exceeds capacity.
Canadian crude-by-rail exports hit an all-time high last December of 354,000 bpd, according to Canada’s National Energy Board regulator, before collapsing in February after the Alberta government mandated production curtailments to drain a glut of crude in the province. That pushed prices sharply higher but eroded the profitability of shipping crude by rail.
In recent months crude-by-rail has shown signs of recovery as the discount on Canadian crude has widened, with large oil sands producers like Imperial Oil restarting shipments after stopping them completely.
Benchmark heavy crude Western Canada Select last settled at $18.50 per barrel below U.S. crude futures, according to Net Energy Exchange.
The latest data from the NEB showed crude-by-rail exports at 168,000 bpd in March. Energy information provider Genscape, which tracks Canadian crude-by-rail shipments destined for both Canadian and international markets, said loadings averaged 197,000 bpd in April.
