市场担忧引发油价再次下跌

据碳氢加工网5月11日消息，由于投资者担心出现第二波疫情，油价再次下跌，但沙特阿拉伯新一轮减产缓解了对供应过剩和价格损失有限的担忧。

截至美国东部时间下午12点58分，布伦特原油期货价格下跌1.04美元，至每桶29.93美元，跌幅3.4%。美国西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)下跌30美分，至每桶24.44美元，跌幅1.2%。

由于疫情减少了全球范围内的石油流动，导致全球石油库存不断增加，全球石油需求已经下降了约30%。虽然原油期货今年因疫情下跌了55%以上，但过去两周价格有所上涨，原因是随着一些旅行限制的放宽，需求出现了温和反弹。

然而，对第二波疫情的担忧使期货市场承压。

周一，德国报告称，在采取初步措施放松封锁后，新的冠状病毒感染正在呈指数级增长。

韩国也在周日警告第二波疫情。

雷斯塔能源石油市场负责人Bjornar Tonhaugen表示，"交易商从上周的热情中退下来，考虑出现第二波疫情的可能性。若疫情成真，将导致需求低于市场对2020年下半年的预期。"

然而，在沙特能源部一位官员表示已指示国家石油公司沙特阿美将其6月份的原油产量每天再减少100万桶后，油价受到提振。

在此之前，欧佩克和其他产油国达成协议，从5月1日起每日减产约1,000万桶，以支撑油价。

辉立期货集团高级分析师Phil Flynn表示:“这是欧佩克减产与人们对第二波冠状病毒爆发可能性的担忧之间的平衡。正是这两种情绪在今天来回地冲击着市场。”

在美国，对该国石油储备空间即将耗尽的担忧导致WTI价格上月跌至负值，促使一些美国生产商控制产量。

根据能源服务公司贝克休斯自1940年以来的数据，这个全球最大的石油生产国上周运营的石油和天然气钻井平台数量降至374个，创历史新低。

裘寅 编译自 碳氢加工网

原文如下：

Oil falls on fears of second coronavirus wave

Oil prices fell as investors worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections, but new output cuts from Saudi Arabia tempered worries about oversupply and limited price losses.

Brent crude futures fell $1.04, or 3.4%, to $29.93 a barrel by 12:58 p.m. EDT (1658 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 30 cents, or 1.2%, to $24.44 a barrel.

Global oil demand has slumped by about 30% as the coronavirus pandemic has curtailed movement across the world, leading to growing inventories globally. While crude futures have fallen more than 55% this year because of the virus, prices have gained the past two weeks, supported by a modest rebound in demand as some travel restrictions are eased.

However, fears about a second wave of the virus weighed on futures.

Germany reported on Monday that new coronavirus infections were accelerating exponentially after early steps to ease its lockdown.

South Korea also warned of a second wave of the virus on Sunday.

"Traders stepped back from last week's enthusiasm, contemplating the possibility of a second wave of the epidemic, which, if realised, could drive demand lower than the market hopes and expects for the second half of 2020," said Rystad Energy's head of oil markets, Bjornar Tonhaugen.

Prices received a boost, however, after a Saudi energy ministry official said the ministry has directed national oil company Saudi Aramco to reduce its crude oil production for June by an extra 1 million barrels per day.

The reduction is on top of a pact by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allied producers - a group known as OPEC+ - to cut production from May 1 by about 10 million bpd in an effort to support prices.

"It's a balance between OPEC production cuts versus concerns about the possibility of a second wave of coronavirus," said Phil Flynn, senior analyst at Price Futures Group. "It's those two emotions that have been bouncing the market back and forth today."

In the United States, fears that the country is running out of oil storage space sent WTI prices into negative territory last month, prompting some U.S. producers to rein in output.

The number of operating oil and gas rigs in the world's largest oil producer last week fell to 374, a record low according to data going back to 1940 from energy services company Baker Hughes Co.