据CNBC网站3月31日消息：欧佩克及其盟友下调2021年需求增长预期后，对市场复苏的担忧导致油价周三下跌。
周三到期的5月份布伦特原油价格下跌32美分，至每桶63.82美元，跌幅0.5%。较为活跃的6月份布伦特原油合约价格下跌30美分，收于每桶63.87美元，跌幅为0.5%。
美国西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)期货下跌28美分，至每桶60.27美元，跌幅0.5%。
一份欧佩克专家小组会议的报告显示，该组织已将今年的石油需求增长预测降低了30万桶/天。
欧佩克将于周四召开会议，决定产量政策。
德国商业银行分析师Eugen Weinberg表示：“鉴于这种悲观的前景，生产配额似乎有可能再维持一个月。”
欧佩克+组织目前正在将日产量削减超过700万桶，以支撑油价并减少供应过剩。沙特阿拉伯又增加了100万桶/天的减产幅度。
Rystad Energy分析师Louise Dickson表示：“今日石油市场仍在猜测欧佩克+将在明日会议上制定何种供应政策，但每桶64美元的布伦特原油价格表明，交易员预计该组织将采取谨慎的做法。”
科威特石油部长Mohammad Abdulatif al-Fares则“谨慎乐观”地表示，随着新冠病毒疫苗接种计划加快和工业产出恢复，全球石油需求将会改善。
冯娟 摘译自 CNBC
原文如下：
Oil falls on OPEC+ concerns over slow demand recovery
Oil prices fell on Wednesday on concerns about the market’s recovery after OPEC and its allies lowered its 2021 demand growth forecast, although strong Chinese factory activities lent some support.
Brent crude for May, which expires on Wednesday, fell 32 cents, or 0.5%, to $63.82 a barrel. The more active Brent contract for June was down 30 cents, or 0.5%, at $63.87 a barrel.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 28 cents, or 0.5%, to $60.27 a barrel.
OPEC+ has lowered its oil demand growth forecast for this year by 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), a report from its experts panel meeting seen by Reuters showed.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, together called OPEC+, are set to meet on Thursday, to decide on output policy.
“Given this pessimistic outlook, it seems likely that the production quotas will be left in place for another month,” said Commerzbank analyst Eugen Weinberg.
OPEC+ are currently curbing output by just over 7 million bpd in a bid to support prices and reduce oversupply. Saudi Arabia has added to those cuts with an additional one million bpd.
“The oil market is still playing a guessing game today as to what supply policy OPEC+ will set out at tomorrow’s meeting, but the $64 per barrel Brent price signals that traders expect a cautious approach from the alliance,” said Rystad Energy’s analyst Louise Dickson.
Kuwait’s Oil Minister Oil Mohammad Abdulatif al-Fares expressed “cautious optimism” on Wednesday that the global oil demand will improve as COVID-19 vaccination programmes gather pace and industrial output recovers.
Oil prices found some support as China’s manufacturing activity expanded at the quickest pace in three months in March as factories cranked up production after a brief lull during the Lunar New Year holidays.
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