上海原油期货在国际原油市场的地缘意义和应用

Geopolitical Significance and Application of Shanghai Crude Oil Futures in International Oil Market

国际原油市场具有明显的地缘格局;在现行国际原油定价体系中,最重要的三大基准原油WTI、Brent、Dubai分别反映着北美、欧洲、中东地区原油市场的供需平衡状态。针对基准原油的地缘属性,文章认为上海原油期货上市具有完善中国及亚太地区原油定价功能的地缘意义,有望成为中国及亚太地区原油市场供需的晴雨表,有助于弥补全球石油定价体系缺失的一环,具有良好的发展和应用前景。

International crude oil market has obvious geographic pattern. In the present international oil pricing system, WTI, Brent and Dubai as benchmarks reflect supply-demand equilibrium of North America, Europe and the Middle East. Considering geo-attribute of the benchmarks, the article holds that Shanghai Crude Oil Futures have the geopolitical significance of perfecting the pricing function and are expected to become a barometer of supply-demand in the crude oil market of China and the Asia-Pacific region. Moreover, the Shanghai Crude Oil Futures help to make up for the missing part of the global oil pricing system and have good development and application prospect.