原油及聚酯产业链月报（2025年11月）：原油供给宽松，叠加需求淡季，油价测试底部-20251107

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - Interest rates and exchange rates: The Fed will stop balance - sheet reduction on December 1st. There is a possibility of dollar liquidity drying up and risks in dollar - denominated asset prices. The initial conclusion of Sino - US trade negotiations has short - term positive impacts on domestic risk appetite, increasing the demand for RMB financial asset allocation [83]. - Commodities: Short - term bearish on commodities due to trade war impacts, but considering cost improvements, China's petrochemical industry chain has cost - competitive advantages [83]. - Equities: Bullish on domestic consumption recovery (towards cost - effectiveness) and self - controllable industrial chains [83]. - Steady growth in offshore oil and gas exploration: The offshore oilfield service industry is expected to maintain stable capital expenditure, with continuous efforts in increasing oil and gas reserves and production in China. Bullish on listed oilfield service companies with low valuations, large overseas market potential, and internationally advanced technologies, such as CNOOC Engineering, COSL, and Bohai Machinery [83]. - Cost advantages of refining and petrochemical integration: Bullish on companies with strong hydrocracking capabilities and integrated refining - PX - PTA industrial chains, such as Hengli Petrochemical, Rongsheng Petrochemical, and Tongkun Group [83]. - Cost - comparative advantages: The negative impact of ethane imports is expected to be repaired, benefiting previously oversold domestic stocks, such as Satellite Chemical and Wanhua Chemical, as well as natural - gas - related stocks, such as ENN Energy and Jiufeng Energy [83]. 3. Summary by Related Catalogs 3.1 Oil Price Outlook - Oil price judgment: In October 2025, Brent crude oil maintained wide - range fluctuations with a lower central price, closing at around $65.07 per barrel at the end of the month. OPEC+ countries that previously implemented voluntary production cuts agreed to increase production by 137,000 barrels per day in November and December respectively. The market bets that the Fed may cut interest rates by at least 25 basis points in December 2025. With the easing of the Israel - Palestine conflict and the preliminary Sino - US trade agreement, the short - term impact of geopolitical factors is weakening. The oil demand is weak, and the main support for oil prices lies in the uncertainty of Sino - US trade. It is expected to fluctuate between $50 - 70 per barrel in Q4 2025. The risk of downward oil price fluctuations has increased in the short term [3]. - Forecasts from different institutions: EIA predicts that the average annual price of Brent crude oil will be $69 per barrel in 2025 and $52 per barrel in 2026; IFA, OPEC, OIES, Rystad Energy also have their own forecasts for global oil supply, demand, and price in 2025 - 2026 [5]. 3.2 Global Oil Supply and Demand - Global oil supply: OPEC's eight countries agreed to increase the total production quota by 137,000 barrels per day in December and decided to suspend production increases in Q1 2026 due to seasonal factors [3]. - Global economic (oil demand): In October, the processing volume of US refineries decreased month - on - month and was lower than the same period last year, and the commercial crude oil inventory decreased month - on - month, about 5.91% lower than the five - year average. China's crude oil consumption increased year - on - year, and imports improved. In September 2025, the crude oil processing of China's above - scale industries increased by 6.8% year - on - year, and imports increased by 3.8% year - on - year [3]. 3.3 Economic Cycle and Inflation - Economic cycle: As of October 31, 2025, the yield of the US 10 - year Treasury bond was about 4.11%. The Fed will stop balance - sheet reduction on December 1st, and the market expects another interest - rate cut in December [3]. - Inflation pressure: In August, the US PPI (all commodities) increased by 2.7% year - on - year, PPI (final demand) increased by 2.6% year - on - year, and decreased by 0.5 percentage points month - on - month. The PCE price index increased by 2.74% year - on - year, with a previous value of 2.60% [3]. 3.4 Geopolitical and New Discoveries - Geopolitical factors: The geopolitical situations between Russia and Ukraine, and between Russia and Europe continue to deteriorate; there is still uncertainty in Sino - US trade conflicts; the US foreign policy is fickle [3]. - New discoveries: Uganda plans to start oil production in July 2026; Brazil's IBAMA allows exploration drilling in the FZA - M - 59 block in the Amazon Estuary Basin [3]. 3.5 Inventory and Downstream Profits - Global inventory: As of the week of October 24, 2025, the US commercial crude oil inventory was 416 million barrels, 9.54 million barrels less than the same period last year, and about 5.91% lower than the five - year average. Gasoline and distillate inventories also decreased compared to the same period last year [3]. - Downstream profits: The spread between RBOB gasoline futures and WTI crude oil futures in the US has significantly improved in the past two months, rising above the 2022 - 2024 average of $37.4 per barrel and higher than the 20 - year historical average [3]. 3.6 Manufacturing and Related Energy - Manufacturing PMI: In October 2025, China's manufacturing PMI was 49.0, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous month. The US ISM manufacturing PMI in October was 48.7, maintaining the contraction trend of the previous month [3]. - Related energy: The spot price of Henry Hub natural gas is expected to rise from an average of $3 per million British thermal units in September to $4.10 per million British thermal units in Q1 2026, mainly reflecting the growth of US production [3]. 3.7 Petrochemical Industry Chain - Naphtha cracking ethylene spread: In October, the spread was $134.2 per ton, down $11 per ton month - on - month [56]. - Polyester filament industry: In October, after the holiday, manufacturers quickly accumulated inventory. Later, with the increase in demand for winter fabrics, the polyester filament market improved, and the inventory decreased significantly. The production capacity of polyester filament was adjusted to 42.375 million tons per year, and the operating rate in October was about 91% [66]. - PTA market: In October 2025, the PTA market was under pressure, and the processing fee remained low. In September, China's apparent PTA consumption was about 5.6779 million tons, and the production was about 6.0205 million tons [70].