上周美国原油库存下降但是汽油库存意外大幅增加

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯7月17日消息，美国能源信息署（EIA）周三发布的数据显示，上周美国原油库存下降，但是汽油和其它燃料库存意外大幅增加。

EIA表示，上周美国原油库存减少310万桶，降至4.559亿桶，仍然比过去五年同期平均水平高出约4%。此前《华尔街日报》调查的分析师们预测上周美国原油库存将减少360万桶。

EIA称，上周美国汽油库存意外增加360万桶，而此前分析师们预测上周美国汽油库存将下降240万桶。

EIA称，上周包括取暖油和柴油燃料在内的的中间馏份油库存增加570万桶，升至1.362亿桶，比过去五年同期平均水平仅下降2%。此前分析师们预测上周美国中间馏份油库存仅增加40万桶。

庞晓华 摘译自 道琼斯

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U.S. Oil Inventories Fall as Gasoline Stockpiles Rise

U.S. inventories of crude oil declined last week, but gasoline and other fuel stockpiles surged surprisingly higher, according to data released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration.

Crude-oil stockpiles declined by 3.1 million barrels to 455.9 million barrels, and remain about 4% above the five-year average for this time of year, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude stockpiles would fall by 3.6 million barrels from the prior week.

Gasoline stockpiles unexpectedly increased by 3.6 million barrels to 232.8 million barrels, while analysts in the survey were expecting levels to fall by 2.4 million barrels from the previous week.

Distillate stocks, which include heating oil and diesel fuel increased by 5.7 million barrels to 136.2 million barrels, and are now just 2% below the five-year average for this time of year, the EIA said. Earlier in the week, analysts had forecast supplies would increase by just 400,000 barrels from the previous week.