In June 20, 2018, the eighty-sixth day after the crude oil futures listed, with the VLCC type oil tanker "Asian progress 5" berthing in Dalian Port, crude oil futures designated delivery warehouse - Dalian Petro China international storage and transportation limited bonded oil depot ushered in the first batch of Futures Crude Oil, which marks the Chinese crude oil futures began to enter the substantive stage of operation of delivery business. Jiang Yan, chairman of the Party committee of the Shanghai futures exchange, chairman of the Shanghai international energy exchange center, and the committee member of the Shanghai futures exchange and Teng Jiawei, the deputy general manager of the Shanghai futures exchange, were in the scene to inspect the production equipment and safety facilities of the oil depot, to observe the fire drill and to guide the warehousing of the crude oil.

Since its listing in March 26th, although crude oil futures have been less than a hundred days of listing, the scale of transactions has steadily risen and the number of industrial customers has steadily increased. The data showed that trading volume increased to 211.4 thousand lots of daily average in June from the 42.4 thousand lots of the first day trading, a 4.99 fold of increase, and a 9.36 fold of increase of open interest from the 3558 lots of the first day to the present 33.3 thousand lots.

As an important link between futures and spot markets, delivery has always been highly valued by INE. In order to ensure a smooth start of the delivery of crude oil futures, a "all round, all environment, all link" simulation rehearsal had been carried out by INE, and relevant training had been implemented for customs, inspection agencies, delivery warehouses, and some member units and major crude oil importers.

2018年6月20日，在原油期货上市后的第86天，随着VLCC型油轮“亚洲进步5号”在大连港的靠泊，原油期货指定交割仓库——大连中石油国际储运有限公司保税油库迎来了首批期货原油的入库，这标志着中国原油期货开始进入交割业务的实质性操作阶段。上海期货交易所党委书记、理事长、上海国际能源交易中心董事长姜岩和上海期货交易所党委委员、副总经理滕家伟亲临现场，全面检查油库的生产设备和安全保障设施，观摩了消防演练，并现场指导期货原油的入库工作，确保首批期货原油的顺利入库。

自3月26日上市以来，原油期货虽然未满百天，但交易规模稳步攀升，产业客户稳步增加，市场定价功能初步显现。数据显示，成交量从上市首日的4.24万手增加到6月以来的日均成交21.14万手，增长了4.99倍；持仓量从上市首日的3558手增加到目前的3.33万手，增长了9.36倍。

作为连接期货与现货市场的重要纽带，交割工作一直受到上期能源的高度重视。为了确保原油期货交割业务的平稳起步，此前上期能源已开展了“全方位、全环境、全环节”的模拟交割演练，并对海关、商检法检机构、交割仓库，以及部分会员单位和主要原油进口企业进行培训，精心做好了各项准备。

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