美国石油出口量下降释出向淡信号

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯8月23日消息，美国前总统奥巴马2015年底取消石油出口禁令后，美国原油出口不断上升，现在出口量终于出现下降趋势。美国能源情报署（EIA）今日公布的周报显示，美国石油日出口量从前一周的160万桶下降至120万桶.虽然单周数据可信度或许不高，但过去四周原油日出口量已从之前四周的210万桶下降至150万桶。ION能源公司的Kyle Cooper称，美国原油出口量显著下降是一个向淡信号。分析师称，美国原油出口量下降原因有二，一方面，最近美国油价与国际基准油价之差收窄，另一方面，已过度吞吐的美国港口遇到瓶颈问题，这些港口没有为如此多的石油出货做好准备。

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Falling US Oil Exports a 'Bearish Flag'

1107 ET - US crude oil exports that have been going nowhere but up since former President Obama lifted the ban in late 2015 are finally hitting a down-trend. Today's weekly EIA report showed US oil exports fell to 1.2M bpd from 1.6M bpd the week before. And while one week's numbers can't be trusted, exports over the past four weeks are 1.5M bpd vs 2.1M bpd the four weeks before that. "The noticeable drop in crude exports is a bearish flag," says Kyle Cooper with ION Energy. Analysts say declining crude exports is due to a recently-shrinking differential between US and global benchmark prices, as well as bottleneck issues at overworked US ports not yet ready for so many shipments.