据海上工程师网2021年12月21日报道，油价在前一交易日大幅下跌以后，在12月21日出现反弹，原因是投资者的风险偏好有所改善，尽管在奥密克戎编译毒株在全球迅速蔓延之际，但投资者仍保持谨慎。
格林尼治时间12月21日11：17，布伦特原油价格上涨了84美分，至每桶72.36美元，涨幅1.2%；美国西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)价格上涨了95美分，至每桶69.56美元，涨幅1.4%。
OANDA高级分析师Edward Moya表示：“由于对疫情的担忧情绪已在很大程度上被消化，原油价格在经历了艰难的几天以后正在反弹。”
欧洲各国都在考虑对人员流动采取新的限制措施。在圣诞节前几天，快速蔓延的奥密克戎流感病毒席卷全球，旅行计划陷入混乱，并令金融市场感到不安。
奥密克戎感染在欧洲、美国和亚洲迅速蔓延，包括在日本。在日本，一个军事基地的单个集群病例数已增加到至少180例。
伦敦经纪商PVM oil Associates的石油分析师塔玛斯•瓦尔加表示：“这是一个务实的市场，它希望看涨，但知道像今天上午那样的缓解式反弹不会持续太久。”
“上行空间可能有限，更多限制措施将带来新一轮抛售，”他补充称。
尽管如此，Moderna Inc周一表示，其疫苗的加强剂似乎可以防止实验室测试中快速传播的奥密克戎变种，这给投资者带来了一些希望。
在供应方面，欧佩克+的两名消息人士对路透社表示，11月份，该组织对石油产量削减的遵守程度从一个月前的116%上升到了117%，表明产量水平仍远低于商定的目标。
周一公布的路透社初步调查结果显示，美国上周原油库存料将连续第四周下降，而馏分油和汽油库存料将上升。
美国石油学会和美国能源部统计机构EIA将分别于周二和周三公布报告。
李峻 编译自 海上工程师网
原文如下：
Oil Prices Rise but Omicron Worries Linger
Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday after a sharp fall in the previous session as investors' appetite for risk improved, although they remained cautious amid the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant across the globe.
Brent crude was up 84 cents, or 1.2%, at $72.36 a barrel by 1117 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 95 cents, or 1.4%, to $69.56 a barrel.
"After a rough couple of days, crude prices are rebounding as much of the COVID wall of worry has been priced in," said Edward Moya, senior analyst at OANDA.
Countries across Europe were considering new curbs on movement as the fast-moving Omicron variant swept the world days before Christmas, throwing travel plans into chaos and unnerving financial markets.
Omicron infections are multiplying rapidly across Europe, the United States, and Asia, including in Japan, where a single cluster at a military base has grown to at least 180 cases.
"This is a pragmatic market that wants to be bullish but knows relief rallies, like the one this morning, will not last," said Tamas Varga, oil analyst at London brokerage PVM Oil Associates.
"The upside is likely to be limited and more restrictions will be greeted with renewed selling," he added.
Still, Moderna Inc said on Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be protective against the fast-spreading Omicron variant in laboratory testing, providing some hope to investors.
On the supply front, OPEC+ compliance with oil production cuts rose to 117% in November from 116% a month earlier, two sources from the group told Reuters, indicating production levels remain well below agreed targets.
In the United States, crude oil inventories were expected to have fallen for a fourth consecutive week, while distillate and gasoline stockpiles likely rose last week, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday.
The poll was conducted ahead of reports from the American Petroleum Institute, an industry group, due on Tuesday, and the EIA, the statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, due on Wednesday.
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