上周美国原油库存降幅低于预期

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯8月8日消息，据美国能源信息署（EIA）周三公布的数据显示，截止8月3日当周，美国原油库存降幅小于分析师们此前的预测，而汽油库存意外增加。

EIA称，上周美国原油库存减少140万桶，降至4.074亿桶，仍然比五年同期平均水平低约1%。此前《华尔街日报》调查的分析师们预测上周美国原油库存减少230万桶。

上周美国汽油库存增加290万桶，升至2.339亿桶，而此前分析师们预测上周美国汽油库存将减少160万桶。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

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U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Fall Less Than Forecast

U.S. inventories of crude oil decreased by less than analysts were expecting for the week ended Aug. 3, and gasoline stockpiles unexpectedly increased, according to data released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration.

Crude-oil stockpiles fell by 1.4 million barrels to 407.4 million barrels, and remain about 1% below the five-year average for this time of year, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude supplies would fall by 2.3 million barrels from the previous week.

Gasoline stockpiles rose by 2.9 million barrels, to 233.9 million barrels, while analysts in the survey were expecting levels to fall by 1.6 million barrels from the previous week.