据Gulf Today 2月24日报道，美国部分炼油厂受寒潮影响关闭，导致美国原油库存意外增加，由此引发了本周三国际油价下跌。
格林尼治时间05:06，美国西德克萨斯州中质原油期货价格下跌56美分，收于每桶61.11美元，跌幅0.9%；布伦特原油期货价格下跌35美分，收于每桶65.02美元，跌幅0.5%。
“看来供应恢复速度将快于炼油厂复产速度，未来几周供应将超过需求。这将给市场带来负面影响，”联邦银行分析师VivekDhar表示。
布伦特原油和WTI原油价格自今年年初以来上涨逾26%，创下13个月来新高，而这一次的价格回落被视为次轮增长的暂停标志。
休斯顿航运通道的交通正在慢慢恢复，但码头要完全恢复仍然有诸多问题待解决。
朱利斌 摘译自Gulf Today
原文如下：
Oil prices fall as US crude stock builds
Oil prices slid on Wednesday due to an unexpected build in US crude stocks last week as a deep freeze affected demand and forced refineries to shut.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 56 cents or 0.9% at $61.11 a barrel at 05:06 GMT while Brent crude futures fell 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $65.02 a barrel.
"It looks like supply will recover faster than refineries, and supply is going to outpace demand in the next few weeks. That will give negative weight to the market,” said Vivek Dhar, Commonwealth Bank analyst.
The price retreat is being seen as a pause following a rally of more than 26% to 13-month highs in both Brent and WTI since the start of the year.
Traffic is slowly returning back to normal at the Huston shipping channel but terminals are still facing issues.
