美国原油库存下降 燃料库存上升

据烃加工网站4月7日报道 美国能源信息署（EIA）表示，上周美国原油库存降幅超过预期，而汽油库存则大幅跃升，因炼油利率升至一年多来的最高水平。

截至4月2日的一周内，原油库存减少350万桶，至5.018亿桶，而路透社调查显示，分析师预期原油库存将减少140万桶。美国中西部库存跌至2020年3月以来的最低水平。

美国汽油库存本周增加400万桶，至2.3050亿桶，而预测为下降22.1万桶。随着夏季驾车季节的临近，人们预计汽油库存将很快开始减少，但目前尚未出现这种情况。

瑞穗证券能源期货主管Robert Yawger表示：“汽油价格如此之高，使得原油价格无法上涨，尽管原油价格有所回落。”

报告公布后，石油价格小幅下跌。截至美国东部时间上午10:44（格林威治标准时间14:44），美国原油期货价格下跌50美分，至每桶58.83美元。布伦特原油期货价格下跌46美分，至每桶62.27美元。

炼油厂原油日产量增加10.3万桶，利用率小幅上升0.1个百分点，目前已达到产能的84%，为2020年3月以来的最高水平。

包括柴油和取暖油在内的馏分油库存增加了150万桶，达到1.441亿桶，增幅高于预期的48.6万桶。

上周美国原油净进口下降14.1万桶/日，原油产量下降20万桶/日，至1090万桶/日。

王磊 摘译自 烃加工

原文如下：

U.S. crude stockpiles drop, fuel inventories rise

U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell more than expected last week, while gasoline inventories jumped sharply as refining rates to the highest in over a year, the Energy Information Administration said.

Crude inventories fell by 3.5 million barrels in the week to April 2 to 501.8 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.4 million-barrel drop. Stocks in the Midwest fell to their lowest since March 2020.

U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 4 million barrels in the week to 230.5 million barrels, compared with forecasts for a 221,000-barrel drop. With summer driving season approaching, the expectation is that gasoline inventories will soon start to recede, but that has not happened yet.

"The gasoline number was so large that it’s not allowing crude oil to rally despite the draw in crude oil," said Robert Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho Securities.

Oil priced edged lower after the report. U.S. crude futures slipped by 50 cents to $58.83 a barrel, while Brent dropped 46 cents to $62.27 a barrel as of 10:44 a.m. EDT (1444 GMT).

Refinery crude runs rose by 103,000 barrels per day and utilization rates edged up 0.1 percentage point, and are now running at 84% of capacity, their highest since March 2020.

Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 1.5 million barrels to 144.1 million barrels, versus expectations for a 486,000-barrel rise.

Net U.S. crude imports fell last week by 141,000 bpd, while crude production fell 200,000 bpd to 10.9 million bpd.