石油设备网讯 据Oil & Gas Journal网站3月21日休斯顿报道 5月交割的轻质低硫原油价格上涨近1美元，在3月20日达到60美元/桶以上。3月20日的政府数据显示，美国石油供应收紧，推动油价自2018年11月9日以来首次突破60美元/桶的关口。
分析师预计供应量会小幅下降，但美国能源信息管理局（EIA）的每周石油和产品库存报告显示，上周原油库存减少960万桶（OGJ，2019年3月20日）。
报告指出，美国原油库存为4.395亿桶，比每年这个时候的5年平均水平低约2%，精炼燃料也有所下降。
3月20日，伦敦布伦特原油5月交割价格为68.50美元/桶，是4个月来最高的交割价格。
能源价格
5月纽约商品交易所轻质低硫原油合约上涨94美分，3月20日收于60.23美元/桶。6月份交货的合同价格上涨了90美分，结算价为60.48美元/桶。
纽约商品交易所4月份天然气价格下跌5美分，收于2.82美元/百万英热单位。
4月份超低硫柴油价格上涨1美分至2美元/加仑，纽约商品交易所4月份重组汽油混合燃料价格上涨2美分至1.91美元/加仑。
6月交割的布伦特原油上涨85美分，收于68.27美元/桶。
4月份的天然气和石油合同价格在3月20日上涨9.25美元，至每吨618.50美元。
3月20日，欧佩克原油的平均价格为67.54美元/桶，上涨29美分。
王磊 摘译自 Oil & Gas Journal
原文如下：
NYMEX crude oil moves above $60/bbl
Light, sweet crude oil for May delivery increased just shy of $1 to settle above $60/bbl on Mar. 20. Government data Mar. 20 indicated a tightening of US oil supplies, pushing the price past the $60/bbl mark for the first time since Nov. 9, 2018.
Analysts expected a small drawdown in supplies, but the US Energy Information Administration’s weekly oil and products inventory report showed crude oil inventories for the prior week decreased 9.6 million bbl (OGJ Online, Mar. 20, 2019).
At 439.5 million bbl, US crude oil inventories are about 2% below the 5-year average for this time of year, the report indicated. Refined fuels also were down.
Brent for May delivery closed in London Mar. 20 at $68.50/bbl—the highest settlement in 4 months.
Energy prices
The May contract for light, sweet crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange increased 94¢ to settle at $60.23/bbl on Mar. 20. The contract for June delivery increased 90¢ to settle at $60.48/bbl.
NYMEX natural gas for April decreased 5¢ to settle at $2.82/MMbtu.
Ultralow-sulfur diesel for April gained 1¢ to $2/gal. The NYMEX reformulated gasoline blendstock for April gained 2¢ to $1.91/gal.
Brent crude for June delivery increased 85¢ to settle at $68.27/bbl.
The gas oil contract for April rose $9.25 to $618.50/tonne on Mar. 20.
The average price for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ basket of crudes was $67.54/bbl on Mar. 20, up 29¢.
