布伦特原油价格上涨 燃料库存减少

据3月11日路透社报道，原油价格周四上涨，因新冠肺炎疫苗推出提振经济前景，且美国燃料库存大幅下跌，但涨势受上月德州风暴后原油库存飙升所限制。

格林尼治时间0328时，布伦特原油5月期货上涨55美分或0.8%，至每桶68.45美元，美国4月西德克萨斯中质原油上涨52美分或0.8%，至64.96美元。

Axi首席全球市场策略师Stephen Innes表示，“汽油库存下降提供了看涨抵消，并最终使油价上涨，从而推动了经济复苏。鉴于美国重新开放的说法所发出的强大信号，这仍表明油价阻力最小的路径是上涨。”

美国能源信息署公布，截至3月5日，美国汽油库存减少1,190万桶至2.316亿桶，预估仅减少350万桶。

不过，截至3月5日原油库存增加了1380万桶至4.984亿桶，而路透社调查分析师的预期为增加81.6万桶，因全国石油业继续受到2月中旬冬季风暴的影响，炼油被迫停滞导致克萨斯州停产。

从全球来看，原油库存依然充足，据分析师和船舶跟踪机构称，上周主要陆地和海洋中心的原油库存都在增加。

冯于荣 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Oil prices rise on economic outlook, drawdown in fuel stocks

Crude oil prices rose on Thursday as vaccine rollouts bolstered the economic outlook and U.S. fuel stocks fell sharply, although gains were capped by a surge in crude oil inventories after last month’s Texas storm.

Brent crude oil futures for May rose 55 cents, or 0.8%, to $68.45 a barrel by 0328 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for April was up 52 cents, or 0.8%, at $64.96.

“Gasoline stocks fell... (which) provided the bullish offset and eventually sent oil prices higher on the strong demand for end products, hence an economic recovery,” said Stephen Innes, Chief Global Markets Strategist at Axi.

“Given the powerful signals from the U.S. re-opening narrative, it still suggests that the path of least resistance for oil prices is higher.”

U.S. gasoline stocks fell by 11.9 million barrels in the week to March 5 to 231.6 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, compared with expectations for a 3.5 million-barrel drop.

Crude inventories, however, rose by 13.8 million barrels in the week to March 5 to 498.4 million barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for an 816,000-barrel rise, as the nation’s oil industry continued to feel the effects of a winter storm mid-February that stalled refining and forced production shut-ins in Texas.

Globally, stocks also remain ample with crude oil in storage at major land and sea hubs rising last week, according to analysts and ship trackers.