美国库存数据刺激周三油价上涨至三年半新高

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯5月16日消息，周三油价攀升至三年半新高，有迹象显示原油供应过剩状况已经消失。

纽约商业交易所的美国原油期货结算价上涨18美分，至每桶71.49美元，涨幅0.25%。ICE欧洲期货交易所的布伦特原油期货上涨85美分，至每桶79.28美元，涨幅1.08%。

在国际能源署(IEA)下调了2018年原油需求增长预期后，油价出现下跌。IEA将今年全球原油需求从之前预期的增长150万桶/日下调至140万桶/日，称下调原因是油价上涨。但之后油价跌幅缩窄，美国能源情报署公布原油库存降幅大于预期，因美国原油出口飙升。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

原文如下：

Oil Rises on EIA Inventory Data

Oil prices climbed to fresh 3 1/2-year highs Wednesday amid signs that the oil glut has disappeared.

U.S. crude futures settled up 18 cents, or 0.25%, at $71.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, rose 85 cents, or 1.08%, to $79.28 barrel on ICE Futures Europe.

Prices tumbled in earlier trading after the International Energy Agency revised its forecast for 2018 demand growth downward, from an increase of 1.5 million barrels a day to 1.4 million barrels a day -- a change attributed to higher oil prices. But prices pared losses after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported larger declines in oil inventories than expected, as U.S. crude exports soared.