石油设备网讯 据普氏能源资讯5月16日报道，周四，油价连续第三天上涨，由于对中东紧张局势加剧导致供应中断的担忧给不断膨胀的美国原油库存蒙上了阴影。
截至新加坡时间下午13:44（格林威治时间13:44），布伦特原油期货上涨1.03美分，至每桶72.80美元，达到近三个月来的最大周涨幅。
美国原油库存升至2017年以来的最高水平，尽管这有助于限制价格，但政府数据显示，美国原油库存的增幅低于此前的行业数据，汽油库存的下降也提供了一些价格支撑。
控制价格的另一个不确定因素是，石油输出国组织(欧佩克)和其他生产国是否会继续削减供应，今年迄今为止，这些国家的石油价格已经上涨了30%以上。欧佩克周二表示，今年全球对其石油的需求将高于预期。但石油市场的特点是供应紧张。
周日海湾地区四艘油轮遭到袭击，加剧了供应方的担忧。
孙子舒 编译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下，
Brent oil moves towards $73 on Middle East tensions
Oil prices rose on Thursday for a third day running as fears of supply disruption amid heightened tensions in the Middle East overshadowed swelling U.S. crude inventories.
Brent crude futures were up $1.03 cents at $72.80 a barrel by 1344 GMT, heading for the biggest weekly rise in about three months.
A rise in U.S. crude oil inventories to their highest since 2017 helped to cap prices, though government data EIA/S pointed to a smaller increase than previous industry data API/S , with falling gasoline stocks also providing some price support.
Also keeping prices in check is uncertainty about whether the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other producers will continue supply cuts that have boosted prices more than 30% so far this year.OPEC said on Tuesday that world demand for its oil would be higher than expected this year.
Despite continuing trade tensions, which have weighed on the demand outlook, the oil market is marked by tight supply.the Gulf on Sunday, for which no one has claimed responsibility, have compounded supply-side fears.
