美国石油需求8月继续增长

据Oil & Gas Journal网站9月18日报道 美国石油协会（API）的数据显示，美国8月份石油需求增加，供应减少。墨西哥湾沿岸的炼油厂、石化厂和出口码头应对了飓风劳拉造成的季节性中断。

当月原油和成品油出口增加、进口下降，这些基本面因素加在一起，导致原油库存下降（但成品油库存增加）和价格上涨，目前经济前景已经普遍好转。

吴恒磊 编译自 Oil & Gas Journal

原文如下：

API: US petroleum demand continued to increase in August

US petroleum demand increased in August, and supply decreased, while Gulf Coast refineries, petrochemical plants, and export terminals coped with seasonal disruptions due to Hurricane Laura, according to the American Petroleum Institute data.

Crude oil and refined product exports increased during the month, while imports fell. Together these fundamentals contributed to lower crude oil stocks (but higher refined product inventories) and higher prices against an economic backdrop that has broadly improved.