据彭博新闻社2023年6月14日报道，据两位知情人士透露，由于原油价格下跌，美国计划今年购买大约1200万桶原油，以补充其耗尽的应急储备。
据知情人士透露，这一数字包括已经计划在8月份交付的300万桶原油，以及政府6月9日发布的额外300万桶原油招标。
美国能源部的一位发言人表示，他们将继续“在市场条件和战略石油储备操作限制允许的情况下，寻求更多回购的机会”。
白宫没有立即置评。
美国超过7亿桶的战略石油储备在去年爆发军事冲突后减少了1.8亿桶，目前美国战略石油储备处于40年来的最低水平。
石油交易商一直在密切关注美国政府开始补充应急储备的情况，这是因为美国政府的采购必然会使市场收紧。由于欧佩克+减产，美国能源部寻求的含硫原油等级需求量很大。
对美国国内原油产量的进一步拉动可能会推高油价，可能会在夏季驾驶季节推高汽油价格，并可能阻止政府增加战略石油储备。
总部位于华盛顿的咨询公司ClearView Energy Partners周五在给客户的报告中写道：“美国能源部似乎希望通过一系列的小幅度补充储备，而不是大规模补充储备，这可能是为了尽量减少夏季驾驶季节(以及选举季)对原油价格的上行压力。”
政府去年秋天表示，目标是在油价处于或低于每桶67～72美元时补充战略石油储备。WTI期货周二上涨3.4%，收于每桶69.42美元，该原油价格今年以来下跌了近14%。
李峻 编译自 彭博新闻社
原文如下：
U.S. to purchase 12 MMbbl of oil for depleted emergency reserve in 2023
The U.S. plans to purchase about 12 MMbbl of oil this year as it begins to refill its depleted emergency reserve amid falling crude prices, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The figure includes 3 MMbbl already scheduled for delivery in August and an additional 3 MMbbl from a solicitation the Administration issued on Friday, according to the people.
An Energy Department spokesperson said they will continue to “seek opportunities for additional repurchases as market conditions and the constraints of SPR operations allow.”
The White House didn’t immediately comment.
The more than 700 MMbbl capacity Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at a 40-year-low following a historic 180 MMbbl drawdown last year in response to the war.
Oil traders have been closely watching while the government begins refilling the emergency stockpile, as its purchases are bound to tighten the market. The sour crude grades sought by the Energy Department are in high demand as a result of OPEC+ cutting output.
Any additional pull on domestic barrels could send oil prices higher, potentially raising gasoline prices in the middle of the summer driving season and possibly dissuading the Administration from replenishing the reserve in larger quantities.
“The DOE seems to be looking to replenish the Reserve in a series of small nibbles rather than big bites, perhaps to minimize upside pressure on crude in the summer driving season (and the Presidential election season),” Washington-based consulting firm ClearView Energy Partners wrote in a note to clients on Friday.
The Administration last fall said the aim was to refill the reserve when prices were at or below about $67-$72 a bbl. West Texas Intermediate futures climbed 3.4% on Tuesday to settle at $69.42 a barrel. WTI is down almost 14% this year.
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