低库存导致美国柴油价格重回5美元以上

低库存导致美国全国柴油平均价格回升至5美元以上，这是两个多月来首次出现单周价格上涨  

美国东北部馏分油库存特别低，新英格兰地区的柴油和取暖油供应目前比5年平均水平低63%  

人们越来越担心，极端天气事件可能会严重破坏东北部地区的馏分油供应 

据美国油价网8月30日报道，美国能源信息署（EIA）公布的最新数据显示，截至8月29日当周，美国全国柴油平均价格再度升至每加仑5美元上方，为两个多月来首次单周上涨。

截至8月29日的一周，美国全国柴油价格从前一周的每加仑4.909美元跃升至每加仑5.115美元。 

由于库存不足，柴油价格上涨，运输、农业等行业受到打击，消费品价格也随之上涨。 

EIA在最新的每周石油状况报告中说，包括柴油在内的馏分油库存比5年同期平均水平低24%左右。

美联社援引美国能源部的一项调查结果报道称，美国东北部地区的柴油库存处于危险的低水平，比最近的平均水平低50%以上。调查显示，新英格兰地区的柴油和取暖油供应量比5年来的平均水平低63%，比马里兰到纽约的5年来的平均水平低58%。  

美国政府官员们担心，极端天气事件可能会导致东北部和整个东海岸的馏分燃料供应中断。 

如今，美国全国柴油价格回升至每加仑5美元以上，根据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，8月30日的柴油平均价格为每加仑5.073美元。相比之下，一个月前为每加仑4.973美元，去年同期为每加仑3.278美元。

在截至8月8日的一周，美国柴油平均价格自3月份以来首次跌至每加仑5美元以下，当时军事冲突推高了油价，并颠覆了全球原油和燃料贸易流。

今年6月19日，柴油价格创下了每加仑5.816美元的最高纪录，这也是AAA数据显示的美国柴油平均价格的最高纪录。 

李峻 编译自 美国油价网

原文如下：

U.S. Diesel Prices Are Back Above $5

·     Low inventories sent the national average diesel price in the United States back above $5, the first weekly price increase in more than two months.

·     Distillate fuel inventories in the Northeast are particularly low, with supplies of diesel fuel and heating oil in New England currently 63% below the five-year average.

·     There is a growing fear that an extreme weather event could significantly disrupt distillate supply in the North East.

The national average diesel price in the United States rose in the week to August 29 to above $5 per gallon again, the first weekly increase in more than two months, data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed.

For the week to August 29, the U.S. nationwide price of diesel jumped to $5.115 per gallon, up from $4.909/gal for the previous week. 

Higher diesel prices, due to low inventories, are hurting the trucking and agricultural businesses and raising the prices of consumer goods. 

Distillate fuel inventories, which include diesel, are about 24% below the five-year average for this time of year, the EIA said in its latest weekly petroleum status report.

Inventories in the Northeast are dangerously low, at over 50% below the recent average, according to a survey by the U.S. Department of Energy cited by the Associated Press. Supplies of diesel fuel and heating oil are 63% below the five-year average in New England and 58% below the five-year average from Maryland to New York, according to the survey. 

Officials are concerned that an extreme weather event could cause a major disruption to distillate fuel supply in the Northeast and the entire East Coast. 

Now diesel prices nationwide are back up above $5 per gallon, at an average of $5.073/gal on August 30, per AAA data. This compares with $4.973/gal a month ago, and with $3.278/gal at this time last year. 

In the week to August 8, the average U.S. diesel price dropped to below $5/gal for the first time since March, when the war drove oil prices up and upended global crude and fuel trade flows. 

This year’s peak diesel price was hit on June 19 at $5.816 per gallon, which was also the highest ever recorded average diesel price in America, per AAA data.