据2月23日RT报道，周二，原油期货价格进一步上涨，全球基准布伦特原油和美国西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)价格均升至2020年1月以来的最高水平。
欧洲期货交易所4月布伦特原油结算价攀升1.2%，超过每桶66美元，此前两个交易日下跌逾2%。西德克萨斯中质原油4月份交货价格上涨1.18%，超过每桶62美元。
Axi首席全球市场策略师Stephen Innes在一份报告中称:"石油企业的积极势头仍在继续，投资者毫不掩饰看涨情绪。几次重大的油价调整信息，可能是导致油价上涨超过3%的原因。”
据报道，美国南部的页岩油生产商最早将在两周内重启200万桶/天的产量。由于德克萨斯州和平原州异常寒冷的天气，美国的钻井平台被迫关闭。
根据摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)的最新展望，由于市场有明显改善的迹象，布伦特原油价格将在第三季度达到每桶70美元。
与此同时，高盛大宗商品研究公司(Goldman Sachs Commodities Research)将今年第二和第三季度布伦特原油价格预期上调了10美元。高盛表示，第二季度油价将从此前预测的每桶60美元攀升至70美元，第三季度油价将从此前预测的每桶65美元攀升至75美元。专家们指出，预期库存将下降，重启上游活动的边际成本上升，投机资金将流入。
王佳晶 摘译自 RT
原文如下：
Global oil prices top 13-month high on slow restart of US output
Crude oil futures secured further gains on Tuesday, with both global benchmark Brent and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) climbing to the highest levels since January 2020.
Brent for April settlement climbed 1.2 percent to above $66 per barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange after dropping more than two percent over the previous two sessions. West Texas Intermediate for April delivery gained 1.18 percent to above $62 per barrel.
“The positive momentum continues in the oil complex, with investors unabashedly predisposed to a bullish view,” chief global markets strategist at Axi Stephen Innes said in a note seen by Reuters. “Several significant oil price revisions were announced overnight and may have contributed to the rally of over three percent.”
Shale oil producers in the southern United States will reportedly restart the output of over two million barrels per day (bpd) in two weeks at the earliest. The rigs in the US were forced to close following abnormal cold weather in Texas and the Plains states.
According to the latest outlook by Morgan Stanley, prices for Brent crude will reach $70 per barrel in the third quarter on “signs of a much improved market.”
At the same time, Goldman Sachs Commodities Research raised its expectations for Brent crude by $10 for the second and third quarters of the current year. The bank says that prices will climb to $70 per barrel in the second quarter from the $60 it previously predicted, and $75 in the third quarter from $65 earlier. The experts cite lower expected inventories, higher marginal costs to restart upstream activity, and speculative inflows.
