上周美国原油库存意外下降

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯2月23日消息，美国能源信息署（EIA）周四发布的数据显示，截止2月16日当周，美国原油库存意外下降。

EIA表示，上周美国原油库存减少160万桶降至4.205亿桶。此前《华尔街日报》调查的分析师们预测原油库存将增加190万桶。

EIA在周报中称，上周美国原油交割地的俄克拉荷马州库欣的原油库存减少270万桶降至3000万桶。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

原文如下：

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Surprisingly Fall

U.S. inventories of crude oil unexpectedly decreased rose for the week ended Feb. 16, according to data released Thursday by the Energy Information Administration.

Crude-oil stockpiles fell by 1.6 million barrels to 420.5 million barrels, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude supplies would climb by 1.9 million barrels on the week.

Oil stored at Cushing, Okla., the delivery point for U.S. stocks, decreased by 2.7 million barrels to 30 million barrels, the EIA said in its weekly report.