欧佩克+计划增加供应 油价上涨

据世界石油7月31日报道，欧佩克+计划在实行历史性规模的减产后恢复之前的市场供应，纽约股市于7月底上涨，而冠状病毒疫情继续在许多主要经济体蔓延。

原油期货扭转了周四的跌势，升至每桶40美元以上。欧佩克及其盟友实施大幅减产措施，帮助石油从4月份的暴跌中反弹，但由于病毒病例继续在美国一些州迅速蔓延，并在亚洲再次爆发，现在是增加市场供应的不稳定时机。周四公布的数据显示，美国经济在第二季度遭受了至少自20世纪40年代以来最严重的衰退，这凸显了此次疫情的毁灭性影响。

油价反弹已停滞在每桶近40美元的水平，感染病例的增多令人们对消费能否迅速而持续复苏产生怀疑。沙特阿拉伯和中东其他主要产油国正面临降低原油价格的巨大压力，而荷兰皇家壳牌公司(Royal Dutch Shell Plc)首席执行长范伯登(Ben van Beurden)预计，需求可能要到明年才会全面复苏。

Rystad Energy的石油市场主管Bjornar Tonhaugen表示："油价今天上午略有上涨，但今天不一定会有什么利好消息，我认为，今天主要是对昨日恐慌的价格的修正。”

洪伟立 摘译自 世界石油

原文如下：

July ends with an oil price gain as OPEC+ plans to increase supply

Oil is set to end July with a gain in New York ahead of OPEC+ plans to return supply to the market after the group’s historic output cuts, while the coronavirus pandemic continued to spread across many major economies.

Futures reversed Thursday’s decline to trade above $40 a barrel. Deep production curbs by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies have helped oil rebound from its plunge below zero in April, but it’s a precarious time to be adding more supply to the market as virus cases continue to expand rapidly through some American states and stages a comeback in Asia. Data Thursday showed the U.S. economy suffered its sharpest downturn since at least the 1940s in the second quarter, highlighting the devastating impact of the pandemic.

Oil’s rebound has stalled near $40 a barrel with rising infections raising doubts about a swift and sustained recovery in consumption. Saudi Arabia and other top producers from the Middle East are coming under heavy pressure to cut the price of their crude, while Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden predicted demand may not see a full recovery until next year.

“Oil prices are slightly up this morning, but don’t necessarily look for any piece of bullish news today,” said Bjornar Tonhaugen, head of oil markets at Rystad Energy AS. “I see today mostly as a price correction of yesterday’s panic.”