WTI原油价格达到7年来最高水平

　　中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价网站10月25日消息 周一早些时候，WTI原油触及每桶85美元的重要心理关口，这是2014年10月以来美国原油基准交易的最高点。

　　WTI价格在下午晚些时候有所回落，基准价格回落至84.02美元，当天仍然上涨，月环比上涨约20%。

　　原油价格飞涨的主要原因是在欧洲和亚洲的天然气危机中，天然气转换成石油。根据高盛给客户的一份报告，该公司预计，随着天然气价格的上涨，全球原油需求可能会增加100万桶/日。

　　高盛估计，全球石油需求已超过9900万桶/日的大关，随着亚洲需求的反弹，将恢复到1亿桶/日。

　　在美国，对汽油和馏分油的强劲需求进一步支撑了WTI的价格。尽管汽油价格居高不下，但美国汽油和馏分油的消费量现在已恢复到五年来的平均水平。

　　作为世界上最大的燃料消费国，美国的燃料需求是决定价格的关键因素。

　　除了天然气危机和美国燃料需求外，原油价格的另一个支撑因素是市场恐慌，因为印度、欧洲正在努力让发电厂不仅使用天然气，还使用煤炭。

　　高盛表示，全球石油需求的强劲表现可能将布伦特原油价格推高至每桶90美元的年终预期之上。

　　美国东部时间下午1:00，WTI的交易价格为83.80美元，布伦特的交易价格为85.90美元。

　　王磊 摘译自 今日油价

　　原文如下：

　　WTI Crude Hits Highest Level In 7 Years

　　WTI crude hit the psychologically important $85 per barrel mark earlier on Monday—the highest the U.S. crude benchmark has traded since October 2014.

　　WTI prices eased later in the afternoon, with the benchmark falling back to $84.02—still up on the day and up about 20% month on month.

　　The skyrocketing crude prices are largely the result of gas-to-oil switching amid a natural gas crisis in Europe and Asia. According to a note to clients from Goldman Sachs, it sees global crude oil demand could see a million barrel per day bump as the price of natural gas booms.

　　The bank estimates that global oil demand has already passed the 99 million bpd mark, and will return to 100 million bpd with Asia’s demand rebounding.

　　In the United States, strong demand for gasoline and distillates is further supporting WTI prices. Despite high gasoline prices, U.S. consumption of gasoline and distillates is now back at five-year average levels.

　　As the world’s largest fuel consumer, fuel demand in the United States is a critical component for determining prices.

　　In addition to the natural gas crisis and U.S. fuel demand, another support for crude prices is market panic as India, and Europe struggle to keep power plants flush with not just natural gas, but coal as well.

　　Goldman said that a strong showing in global oil demand could push Brent crude above its year-end forecast of $90 per barrel.

　　At 1:00 pm EST, WTI was trading at $83.80, while Brent was trading at $85.90.