石油设备网讯 据今日油价7月10日报道，美国能源信息署（EIA）报告显示，美国原油库存大幅下降，加上“热带气旋”导致墨西哥湾主要石油公司人员出现不同程度的撤离，造成石油生产中断的威胁，周三下午，油价飙升。
周三上午，EIA报告称，上周美国石油库存减少了近1000万桶/天，为分析师预估量的三倍多，超过了美国石油协会预估的810万桶/天的减少量。
进一步的价格支持来自一场热带风暴的到来——热带风暴已导致墨西哥湾的几家石油生产商从其海上平台撤离人员，这些公司包括雪佛龙(Chevron)、壳牌(Shell)、BP 和必和必拓(BHP)。
周三下午，美国国家飓风中心公布的最新数据显示，即将袭击墨西哥湾的热带“风暴”可能很快成为飓风“Barry”
墨西哥湾的原油产量占美国原油总产量的17%，EIA最新的数据显示，墨西哥湾每天的原油产量为1220万桶。
截至美国东部时间下午3点，WTI原油期货价格上涨4.41%，当日上涨2.55美元，至每桶60.38美元，升至5月22日以来的最高点。同时，布伦特原油期货价格上涨了4.43%，上涨2.84美元，达到每桶67.00美元。
洪伟立 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
WTI Spikes Above $60 For First Time In Nearly Two Months
Oil prices spiked on Wednesday afternoon after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a significant decrease in crude oil inventories in the United States, combined with the threat of oil production disruptions in the Gulf as a tropical cyclone has caused major oil companies to evacuate personnel to varying degrees.
The EIA reported on Wednesday morning that oil inventories in the United States had decreased by nearing 10 million bpd last week—surpassing API’s yesterday estimates of an 8.1-million-barrel draw and more than triple what analysts had expected.
Further price support came in the way of a tropical storm that has caused several deepwater Gulf of Mexico producers to evacuate personnel from its offshore platforms, including Chevron, Shell, BP, and BHP.
The tropical “disturbance” set to hit the Gulf may soon become Hurricane Barry, the latest indications from the National Hurricane Center announced late Wednesday afternoon show, which designated the cluster of storms over the GoM as “Potential Tropical Cyclone 2”. The disturbance is likely to become a storm Wednesday or Thursday, with a possible hurricane forming over the weekend.
The Gulf of Mexico accounts for 17% of the total crude oil output in the United States, which the latest EIA data shows to be 12.2 million barrels per day.
WTI prices spiked 4.41% by 3:00pm EST, an increase of $2.55 on the day to $60.38 per barrel. Brent crude, too, saw a marked increase of 4.43% by that time, up $2.84 per barrel to reach $67.00 per barrel.
