欧佩克准备再次拯救石油市场

据Oil Price网站2020年2月8日报道，由于交易商继续评估原油需求的影响，美国西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)和国际基准布伦特原油期货本周公布了双边交易区间，均出现了小幅下跌。

欧佩克及其盟友可能进一步减产来拯救全球石油市场的前景支撑了市场。然而，美国原油库存的不断增加以及俄罗斯参与新减产计划的犹豫不决导致减产时机不确定令油价涨势受限。

原油市场本周初承压，但随后开始企稳，原因是卖方不再臆测欧佩克及其盟友将为产油国提供一些安慰。

美国能源信息署(EIA)数据显示，美国原油库存在1月31日结束的那周里增加了340万桶，高于预期，导致周三油价涨幅受限。交易商们曾预计美国原油库存将增加300万桶。

1月份最后一周，美国汽油库存下降了10万桶。截至1月31日的7天里，美国汽油日产量平均为990万桶，而一周前为920万桶。馏分油库存减少了150万桶，而馏分油的平均日产量为500万桶，低于一周前的水平。

李峻 编译自 Oil Price.com

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OPEC Is Ready To Rescue The Oil Market Again

U.S. West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark Brent crude oil futures posted a two-sided trading range this week with a slight bias to the downside as traders continued to assess the impact of crude oil demand.

The markets were underpinned by the prospect of additional production cuts from OPEC and its allies. However, gains were capped by rising U.S. inventories and uncertainty over the timing of the output cuts due to Russia’s hesitancy to participate in the new plan.

Crude oil markets started the week under pressure but then began to stabilize as sellers let up>Gains were capped>Gasoline inventories fell 100,000 barrels during the last week of January. Gasoline production in the seven days to January 31 averaged 9.9 million bpd, versus 9.2 million bpd a week earlier.

Distillate fuels fell 1.5 million barrels last week. Distillate fuel production last week averaged 5 million bpd, down from a week earlier.