油价涨跌互现 飓风引发美国主要产油区减产

    中国石化新闻网讯 据8月25日Oil Monster消息：周二原油价格涨跌不一，交易商权衡了美国墨西哥湾沿岸地区因热带风暴导致的大规模减产，以及亚洲和欧洲冠状病毒病例数的增加。

    格林威治时间00:55时，布伦特原油期货上涨5美分，涨幅0.1%，至每桶45.18美元，而美国西德克萨斯中质原油期货下跌9美分，跌幅0.2%，至每桶42.53美元。

    AxiCorp首席全球市场策略师Stephen Innes表示：“上周美国钻井平台数量的激增，对本周的石油市场产生了微弱的负面影响，部分原因是两个独立飓风可能会进入美国墨西哥湾沿岸地区。”

    能源公司周一开始削减美国墨西哥湾沿岸炼油厂的产量。此前，该地区82%的海上原油产量已被关闭，原因是美国主要产油地区遭遇罕见的双重风暴袭击。

    石油生产商已经停止了墨西哥湾沿岸超过150万桶的原油日产量，约占美国总产量的14%。

    冯娟 摘译自 Oil Monster

    原文如下:

    Oil Prices Mixed on Storm-driven Output Cuts, Rising Covid-19 Cases

    Crude oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as traders weighed massive production cuts in the U.S. Gulf Coast from Tropical Storms Marco and Laura against rising coronavirus cases in Asia and Europe.

    Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 added 5 cents, or 0.1%, to $45.18 a barrel by 0055 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 was down 9 cents, or 0.2%, at $42.53 a barrel.

    “A jump last week in the U.S. rig count and mixed data on COVID-19 infections are having a muted negative effect on oil this week, thanks in part to the possible disruption from two separate hurricanes moving into the U.S. Gulf Coast region,” said Stephen Innes, chief global markets strategist at AxiCorp.

    Energy companies moved to cut production at U.S. Gulf Coast oil refineries on Monday after shutting 82% of the area’s offshore crude oil output as the rare double-storm assault on key U.S. oil regions threatens to bring days of heavy rains and strong winds this week.

    Producers have shut more than 1.5 million barrels per day of Gulf Coast offshore oil production, nearly 14% of the nation’s total output.

    A top U.S. infectious diseases expert warned on Monday that rushing out vaccines could undermine trials of other promising candidates, following a boost to markets after U.S. regulators authorised the use of blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients as a treatment option.

    Europe is also seeing a rise in coronavirus cases while the first documented case of human re-infection with COVID-19 was reported with a man in Hong Kong catching the virus again some four months after first being infected.

    Elsewhere, China said on Tuesday it agreed with the United States to continue pushing forward the implementation of the bilateral Phase 1 trade deal reached earlier this year during a call between the two countries’ top trade negotiators.