上周美国原油库存飙升创纪录的逾1500万桶

    中国石化新闻网讯 据ICIS-MRC网站12月14日莫斯科报道，美国能源情报署（EIA）对路透社表示，由于进口增加和出口暴跌，上周美国原油库存激增，创下了自4月以来的最高纪录，飙升了逾1500万桶。

    出乎意料的供应增加和创纪录的净进口增长震惊了石油市场，此前由于冠状病毒大流行造成的低需求，石油市场一直处于低迷状态。瑞穗驻纽约的能源期货主管Bob Yawger表示:“这显然违反了市场的计算规则。美国炼油厂在关闭炼油厂的时候，还需要每天增加100万桶原油进口吗?那太荒谬了。”

    EIA称，截至12月4日当周原油库存增加1,520万桶，至5.032亿桶，而路透调查分析师的预期为减少140万桶。原油净进口量增加了创纪录的270万桶/天。根据EIA数据显示，这使美国墨西哥湾沿岸的库存增加了1,180万桶，为有史以来最高一周。

    美国原油出口暴跌160万桶/日，至180万桶/日，为2018年以来最低，进口则增长108万桶/日。受此消息影响，原油市场放弃早期上涨，美国原油和全球基准布伦特原油期货价格下跌。美国原油期货结算价下跌8美分，至每桶45.52美元，盘中一度触及每桶44.95美元的低点。

    汽油和馏分油库存也增加，由于取暖油期货转为负数，导致美国汽油期货价格下跌。EIA称，上周汽油库存增加420万桶，至2.379亿桶，此前预期为增加230万桶。

    根据EIA数据显示，包括柴油和取暖油在内的馏分油库存上周增加520万桶，至1.511亿桶，预期为增加140万桶。EIA称，上周俄克拉荷马州库欣的原油库存减少140万桶。炼油厂原油日产量增加42.4万桶，因炼油厂利用率上升1.7个百分点。

    郝芬 译自 ICIS-MRC

    原文如下：

    U.S. crude stocks soar 15 MMbbls amid record surge in net imports

    U.S. crude oil stockpiles last week surged the most since April, jumping more than 15 million barrels, as imports rose and exports plunged, the Energy Information Administration said Reuters.

    The unexpected supply build and record rise in net imports stunned the oil market, which has been weighed down by low demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. "It defies the math that is in the market, for sure," said Bob Yawger, director of Energy Futures at Mizuho in New York. "Do U.S. refiners, at a time when they're closing refineries, need to increase imports by a million barrels a day? That's ridiculous."

    Crude inventories rose by 15.2 million barrels in the week to Dec. 4 to 503.2 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.4 million-barrel drop. Net crude imports rose by a record high of 2.7 million barrels per day, the EIA said. That boosted U.S. Gulf Coast stocks by 11.8 million barrels, the most in one week ever, according to EIA data.

    U.S. crude exports plunged by 1.6 million bpd to just 1.8 million bpd, the lowest since 2018, while imports rose 1.08 million bpd. Crude markets gave up early gains on the news, with U.S. crude and global benchmark Brent changing course to trade lower. U.S. crude settled 8 cents lower at $45.52 a barrel, after touching a session low of $44.95 a barrel.

    Gasoline and distillate stocks were also higher, causing U.S. gasoline futures to pare gains as heating oil futures turned negative. Gasoline stockpiles rose by 4.2 million barrels in the week to 237.9 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with expectations for a 2.3 million-barrel rise.

    Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 5.2 million barrels in the week to 151.1 million barrels, versus expectations for a 1.4 million-barrel rise, the EIA data showed. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell by 1.4 million barrels in the last week, EIA said. Refinery crude runs rose by 424,000 bpd, as refinery utilization rates rose by 1.7 percentage points, the EIA said.