瑞士释放紧急石油储备

据油价网7月22日报道，瑞士政府周五表示，由于莱茵河水位低和铁路运输出现紊乱，瑞士将石油库存的强制性水平降低了6.5%，因此将从其紧急储备中释放石油。

政府发言人向路透社证实，在7月25日至9月初之间将强制性库存水平降低6.5%的决定，将包括释放石油储备。

欧洲许多地区的热浪和干旱导致包括莱茵河在内的最大航运河流水位下降。

莱茵河从瑞士向西北穿过德国、法国和荷兰进入北海，是欧洲主要的石油产品运输走廊。

瑞士通过莱茵河和铁路运输两条主要路线获得石油供应。政府表示，莱茵河的低水位导致河上运输的产品数量急剧减少，而由于缺乏人员和正在进行的维修工程，通往瑞士的跨境铁路交通被大量取消和延误。

瑞士上一次降低石油库存的强制性门槛是在2018年夏天，那也是一个非常干燥的夏天，莱茵河的运输能力也被严重削弱。  

那年，莱茵河历史性的低水位导致欧洲驳船运输石油产品的运输中断。

黎泱 编译自 油价网

原文如下：

Switzerland Releases Emergency Oil Reserves

Switzerland will release oil from its emergency reserves as it lowers the obligatory levels of petroleum stocks by 6.5% due to low water levels on the Rhine River and chaos in railway transportation, the government said on Friday.

A spokesperson for the government confirmed to Reuters that the decision to reduce the mandatory stock level by 6.5% between July 25 and the beginning of September would include the release of reserves.

Heat waves and droughts in many parts of Europe have drained the water levels at the biggest navigational rivers, including the Rhine.

The Rhine River, which runs northwest from Switzerland through Germany, France, and the Netherlands into the North Sea, is a major petroleum product transportation corridor in Europe.

Switzerland gets petroleum supplies via two key routes—via the Rhine and through railway transport. Low water levels on the Rhine have led to a drastic reduction in the amount of products shipped on the river, while the cross-border railway traffic to Switzerland is seeing massive cancellations and delays due to a lack of personnel and ongoing repair works, the government said.

The previous time Switzerland reduced the mandatory threshold of petroleum stocks was in the summer of 2018, which was also a very dry summer and transport capacity on the Rhine was also severely reduced.  

Back in 2018, historically low water levels on the Rhine River resulted in transportation disruptions for shipments of petroleum products by barge in Europe.