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| 2018-08-23 来源： 中国石化新闻网 |
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中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社8月22日伦敦报道，燃油价格上涨抑制了美国私人驾车者对汽油的需求，使美国市场依赖持续的经济和货运扩张来刺激石油的使用。 根据联邦高速公路管理局的数据，在4月至6月的三个月里，美国的交通量与去年同期相比仅增长了0.3%。 交通增长放缓的表现是汽油消费趋平，今年迄今为止的大部分时间里，对国内消费者的销售都处于或略低于上一年的水平。 美国能源信息管理局的数据显示，汽油零售价格较2016年2月的周期性低点上涨了55%以上。 能源信息管理局目前预测2018年汽油消费量将基本保持不变，低于年初预计的每天3万桶左右的增长。 如果这一预测被证明是准确的，那么这将是增长很少或根本没有增长的第二年（2015年汽油消耗量激增了25.7万桶/日，2016年汽油消耗量激增了14万桶/日）。 詹晓晶 摘自 路透社 原文如下: U.S. gasoline consumption flat, growth switches to diesel Rising fuel costs have dampened gasoline demand from private motorists in the United States, leaving the market relying on continued economic and freight expansion to boost oil use. U.S. traffic volumes were up by just 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the three months from April to June compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the Federal Highway Administration. Slower traffic growth has been mirrored in flattening gasoline consumption, with sales to domestic customers at or slightly below prior-year levels for most months so far this year. Retail gasoline prices are up by more than 55 percent from their cyclical low in February 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The Energy Information Administration is now forecasting gasoline consumption will be essentially unchanged in 2018, down from predicted growth of around 30,000 barrels per day (bpd) at the start of the year If the prediction proves accurate, it will be the second year of little or no growth, after gasoline use surged by 140,000 bpd in 2016 and 257,000 bpd in 2015, corresponding with the slump in oil prices. |
