石油产量渐渐恢复 油价下滑

据路透社9月21日报道，因部分石油生产可能恢复，加上病例增加也加剧了对全球需求的担忧，油价周一下跌。

格林尼治标准时间06：45，布伦特原油价格下跌33美分，跌幅为0.8%，至每桶42.82美元。美国原油价格下跌38美分，跌幅为0.9%，至每桶40.73美元。

Sharara油田的两名工程师表示，该油田的工人已经重新开始作业。此前，该油田所在国国家石油公司宣布部分解除不可抗力，但目前仍不清楚何时可能恢复生产。

澳新银行(ANZ)分析师周一在一份报告中表示:“市场承受不起更多原油冲击。”目前，与冠状病毒相关的限制措施侵蚀了需求。据路透社统计，全球共有超过3078万人感染新型冠状病毒，954843人死亡，导致旅游和商业活动瘫痪。

OANDA高级市场分析师Edward Moya称："由于病毒在法国、西班牙和英国激增，加之美国似乎在秋冬两季至少会再经历一个周期的影响，人们很难对原油需求的回升感到乐观。即使能源市场看不到部分石油的生产恢复，或者飓风消散，油价也无法摆脱需求萎缩的前景。”

与此同时，荷兰皇家壳牌公司表示，该公司暂停了部分石油生产，并开始疏散美国墨西哥湾一个平台上的工人。

美国国家飓风中心表示，热带风暴贝塔预计将给德克萨斯州和路易斯安那州部分沿海地区带来1英尺(30厘米)的降雨，今年大西洋飓风季节的第23个被命名的风暴将于周一晚上登陆。

受莎莉飓风影响，上周六，美国墨西哥湾约17%的石油生产和近13%的天然气生产暂停作业。目前，石油和天然气生产商已于周末开始渐渐恢复海上作业。

王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Oil prices slip on potential return of Libyan output; Gulf storm supports

Oil prices fell on Monday on the potential return of partial output as rising coronavirus cases also added to worries about global demand, although a tropical storm heading for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico limited losses.

Brent crude was down 33 cents, or 0.8%, at $42.82 a barrel by 0645 GMT, while U.S. crude was down 38 cents, or 0.9%, to $40.73 a barrel.

Workers atthe major Sharara field have restarted operations, two engineers working there said, after National Oil Corporation announced a partial lifting of force majeure. But it was still unclear when production might restart.

“The market can ill afford more crude hitting the market,” ANZ analysts said in a note on Monday, at a time when coronavirus-related curbs have eroded demand.

More than 30.78 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 954,843 have died globally, a Reuters tally shows, paralysing travel and business activity.

“It is hard to get excited about a pickup in crude demand as the virus is surging in France, Spain, and the UK, along with concerns the U.S. appears poised for at least one more cycle in the fall and winter,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA.

“Even if energy markets don’t see theproduction return or if hurricane season eases, oil prices can’t shake off the dwindling demand outlook.”

Meanwhile, Royal Dutch Shell Plc halted some oil production and began evacuating workers from a U.S. Gulf of Mexico platform, the company said on Saturday.

Tropical Storm Beta was predicted to bring 1 foot (30 centimetres) of rain to parts of coastal Texas and Louisiana as the 23rd named storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season moves ashore on Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said.

Oil and gas producers had been restarting their offshore operations over the weekend after being disrupted by Hurricane Sally. Some 17% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore oil production and nearly 13% of natural gas output went offline on Saturday in the face of Sally’s waves and winds.