原油产量增加低于预期 推动油价上涨

据今日油价3月3日报道，美国石油协会(API)周二估计，截至2月28日当周的原油库存增加170万桶，低于预期，而分析师的预期为333.3万桶。

在前一周，API估计原油库存增加130万桶，低于预期，而EIA的估计则更乐观，报告本周增加50万桶。

周二，油价在数据公布前的几个小时出现上涨，市场对欧佩克与俄罗斯联手削减更多石油产量以稳定石油市场的能力信心增强。

美国东部时间周二上午11时37分，WTI基准交易价日上涨0.25美元（涨幅0.53%），至47.00美元，但每桶周下跌超过3美元。布伦特油价周二也上涨0.11美元（涨幅0.21%），至52.01美元，周下跌约2.40美元。

美国石油协会本周还报告称，汽油上周库存增加7.4万桶后，截至2月28日的一周减少390万桶。本周的减少量与分析师预期的减少209.5万桶。

与上周减少70.6万桶相比，本周馏分油库存减少170万桶，而库欣的库存减少135万桶。

EIA估计的美国原油产量显示，截至2月21日当周的石油产量连续第三周保持在历史最高水平1300万桶/日。

在美国东部时间下午4：45，WTI的交易价格为47.20美元，而布伦特原油的交易价格为51.89美元。

郝芬 译自 今日油价

原文如下：

Smaller Than Expected Crude Build Fuels Oil Rally

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated>In the previous week, the API estimated a smaller than expected build in crude oil inventories of 1.3-million barrels, while the EIA’s estimates were more bullish, reporting a smaller build of 500,000 barrels for the week.

Oil prices were trading up>At 11:37 am EST>The API this week also reported a draw of 3.9 million barrels of gasoline for week ending February 28, after last week’s 74,000-barrel build. This week’s draw compares to analyst expectations for a 2.095-million- barrel draw for the week.

Distillate inventories were down by 1.7 million barrels for the week, compared to last week’s 706,000-barrel draw, while Cushing inventories fell by 1.35 million barrels.

US crude oil production as estimated by the Energy Information Administration showed that production for the week ending February 21 held fast at its all-time high of 13.0 million bpd for the third week in a row.

At 4:45 pm EDT, WTI was trading at $47.20, while Brent was trading at $51.89.