美国原油库存下降而柴油库存飙升

美国原油库存下降而柴油库存飙升

据烃加工网6月3日报道，据美国能源情报署(EIA)表示，上周美国原油库存意外下降，但柴油库存飙升，因冠状病毒大流行导致燃料需求持续下降。

美国大多数州已经放松了对阻止新冠疫情蔓延的封锁限制，但活动正在缓慢恢复。原油库存下降，但消费跟不上炼油生产，从而提振了库存。

截至5月29日当周，原油库存下降210万桶，至5.323亿桶，而路透社调查中分析师的预期为增加300万桶。

馏分油(包括柴油和取暖油)库存增加990万桶，至1.743亿桶，而预期增加270万桶。过去四周，柴油和类似燃料的总需求较上年同期下降了13%。

CHS Hedge能源市场分析师托尼?海德里克(Tony Headrick)表示，整体数据对柴油来说确实很重要，必须引起关注。”“产品(尤其是柴油)销量的增长，到目前为止对市场构成了压力。

数据公布后，美国原油期货几乎没有变化，截至美国东部时间上午10:57(格林威治时间14：57)，上涨1美分，至每桶36.82美元。受此消息影响，反映馏分油市场的取暖油期货下跌2.6%。

美国汽油库存增加280万桶，超过预期的100万桶。汽油供应上周有所回升，但四周平均水平仍较上年同期下降23%。

由于沙特阿拉伯的大型油轮运抵，进口量较前一周的激增有所下降，但总体进口量仍高于最近几周。 上周美国原油日净进口量减少63.9万桶，至620万桶。

EIA称，炼厂利用率提高了0.5个百分点

郝芬 译自 烃加工网

原文如下：

U.S. crude stocks drop, diesel inventories surge

U.S. crude oil stockpiles unexpectedly fell last week, but diesel inventories surged as fuel demand remains impaired due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Energy Information Administration said.

Most U.S. states have eased restrictions on movements to halt the spread of COVID-19, but activity is picking up slowly. Crude stockpiles have dropped, but consumption is not keeping up with refining production, boosting inventories.

Crude inventories dropped 2.1 million barrels for the week to May 29 to 532.3 million barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 3 million-barrel rise.

Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 9.9 million barrels to 174.3 million barrels, versus expectations for a 2.7 million-barrel build. Overall demand for diesel and similar fuels is down 13% from the year-ago period over the last four weeks.

“That headline number is really substantial for diesel and has to be a concern,” said Tony Headrick, energy markets analyst at CHS Hedging. “That increase in products particularly diesel fuel, is so far weighing on the market.”

U.S. crude futures were little changed after the data release, rising 1 cent to $36.82 a barrel as of 10:57 a.m. EDT (1457 GMT). Heating oil futures, which reflects distillate markets, were down 2.6% on the news.

U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 2.8 million barrels, exceeding a forecasted 1 million-barrel build.? Gasoline product supplied, a proxy for demand, picked up last week, but the four-week average still shows a 23% drop from the year-ago period.

Imports edged off the previous week’s surge built on arrivals of large tankers of crude from Saudi Arabia, but overall imports were still higher than most recent weeks. Net U.S. crude imports fell last week by 639,000 barrels per day to 6.2 million bpd.

Refinery utilization rates increased 0.5 percentage points, the EIA said.