据彭博社2月26日消息：由于大流行抑制了全球石油需求，美国原油产量在2020年出现四年来的首次下降。
根据美国能源信息署的数据，去年美国原油日产量平均为1131.3万桶，较上年下降近8%。这是自2018年以来的最低产量，也是自1949年以来的最大同比降幅。
疫情危机削减了对原油衍生的汽油，柴油和喷气燃料的需求后，钻井工人在全国各地的油田闲置了钻井平台。 在去年四月市场危机高峰期，西德克萨斯中质原油期货收于每桶-37.63美元，这是该商品历史上首次收于零下方。
冯娟 摘译自 彭博社
原文如下：
U.S. Crude Output Fell for the First Time Last Year Since 2016
U.S. crude production dropped for the first time in four years in 2020 as the pandemic crushed global oil demand.
American crude output averaged 11.313 million barrels a day last year, down nearly 8% from the year prior, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration. That’s the lowest production rate since 2018 and it marked the biggest year-over-year percentage decline since 1949.
Drillers laid down rigs in oil fields across the country after the heath crisis sapped demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel derived from crude. At the peak of the market crisis in April, West Texas Intermediate futures settled at -$37.63 a barrel, marking the first time in history the commodity closed below zero.
