本周开盘WTI原油价格突破75美元

　　中国石化新闻网讯 据彭博社9月27日报道，随着有迹象表明，在全球能源危机的影响下，原油市场正在趋紧，本周开盘时，石油价格上涨。

　　西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)在连续5周上涨后，价格突破每桶75美元，布伦特原油(Brent)价格达到2018年10月以来的最高水平。托克集团(Trafigura Group)石油交易部门联席主管本·卢科克(Ben Luckock)表示，由于供应难以跟上快速增长的需求，油价将继续上涨。就在他发表上述言论的同一天，高盛集团(Goldman Sachs Group Inc.)指出，布伦特原油价格年底前可能会触及每桶90美元，因为市场的原油缺口比许多人预期的还要大。

　　有迹象显示，全球库存大幅下降，需求在冬季到来前升温，而欧佩克+只缓慢增加市场上的石油供应量，原油价格正在反弹。托克表示，在交易员关注市场出现巨额供应短缺的前景之际，较长期油价仍在每桶70美元左右的低位徘徊。衡量市场强弱的所谓价差近几周大幅上涨，这是交易员对石油市场前景持蓬勃增长态势的又一个迹象。

　　伦敦时间上午10点19分，西德克萨斯中质原油价格上涨1.3%，至每桶74.95美元。布伦特原油价格上涨1.4%，至每桶79.16美元。

　　欧佩克+计划于10月4日召开会议。在最近几个月坚持每天增加40万桶的供应量之后，该组织重新审视了产量政策，其内部文件已经强调了天然气危机增加需求的风险。

　　花旗集团(Citigroup Inc.)表示，根据大宗商品前景，其仍然“完全看涨”原油和天然气。周一，美国天然气期货价格连续第三天上涨，因为在供暖季节到来之前，库存水平保持在低位。

　　王佳晶 摘译自 彭博社

　　原文如下：

　　WTI jumps above US$75 on global energy crunch

　　Oil rallied at the start of the week’s trading on signs that the crude market is tightening amid a global energy crunch.

　　West Texas Intermediate topped US$75 a barrel after a run of five weekly gains, while Brent reached the highest level since October 2018. Prices are set to continue rallying as supply struggles to catch up with fast-rising demand, according to Trafigura Group’s co-head of oil trading Ben Luckock. His remarks came on the same day that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Brent could hit US$90 a barrel by year-end as the market is in a bigger deficit than many realize.

　　Crude is rallying on signs that inventories globally are falling sharply, with demand hotting up ahead of winter and OPEC+ only slowly adding barrels back to the market. As traders eye the prospect of large market deficits, Trafigura said longer-dated oil prices remain cheap at around US$70 a barrel. So-called timespreads, which gauge market strength, have rallied sharply in recent weeks in another sign that traders are positive about the outlook.

　　WTI advanced 1.3 per cent to US$74.95 a barrel at 10:19 a.m. in London.

　　Brent added 1.4 per cent to US$79.16 a barrel

　　OPEC+ is scheduled to meet on Oct. 4. to review output policy after sticking with supply increases of 400,000 a day for recent months. Internal documents from the group have already highlighted the risk of the natural gas crisis ramping up demand.

　　Citigroup Inc. said it remained “outright bullish” on crude as well as gas, according to a commodities outlook. On Monday, U.S. natural gas futures rose for a third day as inventory levels stayed low ahead of the heating season.