API：美国原油库存下降350万桶

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社纽约报道，美国石油学会（API）周二公布的数据显示，上周美国原油库存下降，汽油库存减少，馏分油库存增加。

API表示，截至8月16日的一周内，原油库存减少了350万桶，至4.398亿桶，高于分析师预计的原油库存减少190万桶，俄克拉荷马州库欣的原油库存减少了280万桶。

API数据显示，炼油厂原油处理量增长11.7万桶/日。

另外，汽油库存下降了40.3万桶，而路透社调查预测为增加16.9万桶。

API数据显示，包括柴油和采暖油在内的蒸馏燃料库存增加了180万桶，高于31.4万桶的预期。

美国原油进口量上周下跌23.3万桶/日，至750万桶/日。

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

原文如下：

U.S. crude oil stocks fall 3.5 million barrels: API

U.S. crude stocks fell last week while gasoline inventories decreased and distillate stocks built, data from industry group the American Petroleum Institute showed on Tuesday.

Crude inventories fell by 3.5 million barrels in the week to August 16 to 439.8 million, compared with analysts’ expectations for a decrease of 1.9 million barrels. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell by 2.8 million barrels, API said.

Refinery crude runs rose by 117,000 barrels per day, API data showed.

Gasoline stocks fell by 403,000 barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 169,000-barrel gain.

Distillate fuels stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 1.8 million barrels, compared with expectations for a 314,000-barrel gain, the API data showed.

U.S. crude imports fell last week by 233,000 bpd to 7.5 million bpd.