美国管道运营商Magellan Midstream Partners LP 2月2日预测，随着页岩油产量增加以及通往出口中心科珀斯克里斯蒂的管道填满，来自二叠纪盆地的原油流将转向休斯顿。

美国石油出口激增，将越来越多的原油从西德克萨斯州和新墨西哥州的二叠纪盆地运往美国最大的石油出口中心科珀斯克里斯蒂港。12月份其出口量创下历史新高，每月突破创纪录的7000万桶。

这家总部位于俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨的公司第四季度通过其全资管道运输的原油量增长了 47%，达到 65.2 MMbbl，而炼油产品量增长了约 1.8%，达到 144.5 MMbbl。

该公司表示，麦哲伦全资拥有的管道今年的销量将增加约 20%，这主要是由于其休斯敦分销系统的发货量增加。

首席执行官亚伦·米尔福德（Aaron Milford）表示：“出于出口目的，Corpus 肯定会受到拉动。因此，这些管道变得更加满，随着二叠纪盆地的产量持续增长，这应该会导致桶流入休斯顿管道。”

米尔福德补充说，这种转变可能会推高沿海地区的价格，扩大套利空间，或者说，到 2024 年，沿海地区与德克萨斯州米德兰的价格差异将会扩大。

U.S. pipeline operator Magellan Midstream Partners LP predicted on Feb. 2 that crude oil flows from the Permian Basin will shift toward Houston as shale production rises and lines to export hub Corpus Christi fill.

A surge in U.S. oil exports has pushed more and more barrels of crude from the Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico to the port of Corpus Christi, the top U.S. oil export hub. Its exports hit an all-time high in December, exceeding a record 70 million barrels a month.

The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company's crude oil volumes transported on its fully owned pipeline in the fourth quarter rose 47% to 65.2 MMbbl, while volumes of refined products climbed about 1.8% to 144.5 MMbbl.

Volumes on Magellan's wholly-owned pipelines will increase about 20% this year, the company said, primarily on the back of higher shipments moving on its Houston distribution system.

"There's certainly a pull through Corpus for export purposes. And those pipes as a result are becoming more full, which should lead to barrels flowing over into the Houston pipes as production in the Permian continues to grow," said Chief Executive Aaron Milford.

That shift would likely push up prices at the coast, widening the arb, or differential in prices at the coast compared to Midland, Texas, going into 2024, Milford added.