美国从战略石油储备中出售1000万桶石油

据今日油价网站3月8日消息 美国能源部授予了从战略石油储备（SPR）出售1010万桶原油的合同，作为最近国会指示的SPR原油销售的一部分。

能源部化石能源办公室于2021年2月初发布了一份来自SPR的销售通知，以满足2021财年强制销售1010万桶的要求。美国能源部上月表示，出售所得将在本财年结束前存入美国财政部。

上周，能源部授予了嘉能可有限公司、马拉松石油供应和贸易有限责任公司、莫蒂瓦企业有限责任公司、菲利普斯66公司、壳牌贸易（美国）公司、瓦莱罗营销和供应公司以及澳大利亚政府竞价出售的合同。在投标期间，共有10家公司对能源部的销售通知作出了答复，提交了60份投标书供评估。

在总计1010万桶原油中，将有410万桶来自德克萨斯州自由港附近的布莱恩丘油田；330万桶来自路易斯安那州哈克贝利附近的西哈克贝利油田；270万桶来自德克萨斯州温尼附近的大山油田。

SPR将安排在今年4月和5月交货，可能于2021年3月提前交货。

美国战略石油储备建立于上世纪70年代，当时石油禁运在美国造成了燃料危机。截至2021年2月26日，SPR持有6.378亿桶原油。

去年3月，疫情使得油价暴跌，沙特-俄罗斯打破欧佩克+条约，据说美国准备为SPR购买7700万桶原油，以低价石油补充SPR，同时为当地石油行业提供一些急需的支撑。

王磊 摘译自 今日油价

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U.S. Sells 10 Million Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded contracts for the sale of 10.1 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as part of a recent Congressionally-directed SPR crude oil sale.

The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy issued in early February 2021 a notice of sale from the SPR to fulfill the requirements of a mandatory sale of 10.1 million barrels during the fiscal year 2021. The proceeds of the sale will be deposited in the U.S. Treasury by the end of the fiscal year, DOE said last month.

Last week, DOE awarded contracts Glencore Ltd, Marathon Petroleum Supply and Trading LLC, Motiva Enterprises LLC, Phillips 66 Company, Shell Trading (US) Company, Valero Marketing and Supply Company, and the Government of Australia in the price-competitive sale. During the period for submitting bids, a total of 10 companies had responded to DOE’s notice of sale, filing 60 bids for evaluation.

Out of the total 10.1 million barrels of crude oil, 4.1 million barrels will be sold from the Bryan Mound site near Freeport, Texas; 3.3 million barrels from the West Hackberry site near Hackberry, Louisiana; and 2.7 million barrels from the Big Hill site near Winnie, Texas.

The SPR will schedule deliveries to take place in April and May this year, with early deliveries available in March 2021.

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was set up in the 1970s when the oil embargo created a fuel crisis in the United States. As of February 26, 2021, the SPR held 637.8 million barrels of crude oil.

Last year in March, when oil prices collapsed at the start of the pandemic and the Saudi-Russia break-up of the OPEC+ pact, the United States was said to be preparing to buy 77 million barrels of crude oil for the SPR to replenish the SPR with low-priced oil while providing some much-needed support for the local oil industry.