据油价网3月17日消息：美国能源情报署(EIA)报告称，截至3月12日当周原油库存增加240万桶，高于前一周的1380万桶。
早些时候，美国石油学会估计，本周石油库存将减少100万桶，这让市场感到意外。
过去三周，原油和燃料库存预计将大幅增加，此前北极气候席卷德克萨斯州，导致炼油厂关闭，石油、汽油和馏分油库存增加。
在汽油方面，EIA报告称上周库存增加了50万桶。相比之下，前一周的产量为1190万桶。上周汽油日产量为890万桶，高于前一周的900万桶。
在中间馏分油方面，美国能源局报告称，截至3月12日的一周库存增加了30万桶。而此前一周库存减少550万桶，为连续第二周大幅减少，此前3月第一周库存减少970万桶。上周中间馏分油平均日产量为420万桶，高于前一周的370万桶。
上周炼油厂的平均加工速度为1340万桶/天，低于前一周的1230万桶/天，运营产能为76.1%。
与此同时，油价正在回落，因为更多欧洲国家因血液凝固问题暂停使用阿斯利康疫苗，进一步推动欧洲恢复正常。美国创纪录的疫苗接种率不足以阻止疫情数据下滑，医学专家不断警告称，美国尚未脱离险境，任何过早放松行动限制都可能导致新感染病例的再次激增。
在撰写本报告时，布伦特原油价格为每桶68.03美元，西德克萨斯中质油价格为每桶64.55美元。
冯娟 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
Oil Prices Inch Lower As Crude Inventories Continue To Build
The Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory build of 2.4 million barrels for the week to March 12, up/down from a build of 13.8 million barrels the authority reported for the previous week.
A day earlier, the American Petroleum Institute surprised markets by estimating an oil inventory decline for the same week, of 1 million barrels.
Hefty builds in both crude and fuel inventories were expected in the past three weeks after the wave of Arctic weather that swept across Texas prompted refinery closures and stocking up of oil, gasoline and distillates.
In gasoline, the EIA reported an inventory increase for last week, at half a million barrels. This compared with a draw of as much as 11.9 million barrels for the previous week. Gasoline production stood at 8.9 million bpd last week, compared with 9 million bpd a week earlier.
In middle distillates, the energy authority reported an inventory build of 300,000 barrels for the week to March 12. This compared with a decline of 5.5 million barrels for the previous week, the second large weekly draw in a row, after a 9.7-million-barrel decline in inventories in the first week of March. Middle distillate production averaged 4.2 million bpd last week, compared with 3.7 million bpd a week earlier.
Refinery processing rates averaged 13.4 million bpd last week, versus 12.3 million bpd a week earlier, operating at 76.1 percent of capacity.
Oil prices, meanwhile, are on a retreat as more countries in Europe suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine on blood clotting concerns, pushing back further Europe’s return to normal. Record vaccination rates in the United States have not been enough to arrest the slide amid continued warnings from medical experts that the U.S. is not out of the woods and any premature relaxation in movement restrictions could lead to another spike in new infections.
At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $68.03 a barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $64.55 a barrel.
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