API：美国原油库存本周跌幅超出预期

据路透社12月24日报道，美国石油协会（API）周二公布的数据显示，最近一周美国原油库存降幅大于预期，汽油和馏分油库存增加。

截至12月20日当周，原油库存减少790万桶，至4.441亿桶，低于分析师预期的183万桶。

API称，俄克拉荷马州库欣的原油库存下降220万桶。

API数据显示，炼油厂原油日产量下降了51.4万桶。

汽油库存增加56.6万桶，高于路透调查分析师预估的200万桶。

数据显示，包括柴油和取暖油在内的馏分油库存增加了168万桶，高于预期的86.7万桶。

上周美国原油进口量减少33.1万桶/日，至640万桶/日。

李方征 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

U.S. crude oil stocks fall more than expected in week

U.S. crude oil stocks fell more than expected in the most recent week while gasoline and distillate inventories increased, data from industry group the American Petroleum Institute showed>Crude inventories fell by 7.9 million barrels in the week to Dec. 20 to 444.1 million barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations for a draw of 1.83 million barrels.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell by 2.2 million barrels, API said.

Refinery crude runs fell by 514,000 barrels per day, API data showed.

Gasoline stocks rose by 566,000 barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 2 million-barrel gain.

Distillate fuel inventories, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 1.68 million barrels, compared with expectations for an 867,000-barrel gain, the data showed.

U.S. crude imports fell last week by 331,000 barrels per day to 6.4 million bpd.