全球能源需求引发美国库欣原油库存罕见下降

　　中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社报道，由于出口需求，反而从炼油厂将原油运往墨西哥湾沿岸，美国最大的原油储存中心的原油库存非常罕见地出现了五年来最大幅度的下降。

　　根据美国能源信息署(EIA)公布的统计数据，位于俄克拉荷马州的美国最大原油储存中心库欣的原油库存量减少了大约200万桶，降至2018年以来的最低水平。 库欣上一次减少这么多原油库存量是在2016年10月。

　　库欣是美国西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)基准期货的交割点，这个美国最大原油储存中心的供需平衡推动着每天价值数百万美元的市场交易。 全球能源供应紧张提振了国内外对美国原油的需求，促使交易商将原油从库存中取出，而此时美国国内炼油商通常会削减产量以进行维护。

　　咨询公司Energy Aspects的油品研究主管罗伯特·坎贝尔说，由于欧洲轻质低硫原油的加工成本低于重质高硫原油，欧洲对轻质低硫原油的强劲需求正在吸引美国出口，而这些轻质低硫原油原本可能要流向库欣。

　　“轻质低硫原油市场是目前的优势所在，而美国是全球最后一个真正的轻质低硫原油供应国，” 坎贝尔如是说。

　　李峻 编译自 彭博新闻社

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　　Global energy demand triggers unusual decline at U.S. oil hub

　　Crude oil inventories at the biggest storage hub in the U.S. posted their steepest decline this week than in any October in five years as demand for exports and from refineries pull barrels to the Gulf Coast instead.

　　Inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, dropped by about 2 million barrels to the lowest since 2018, according to the Energy Information Administration. The last time Cushing saw this much oil removed in October was in 2016.

　　Cushing is the delivery point for benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures and supply-demand balances at the hub drive millions of dollars worth of trading in the markets every day. A global energy supply crunch has boosted demand for U.S. crude overseas and at home, prompting traders to bring crude out of storage at a time when domestic refiners typically pare back output to conduct maintenance.

　　Demand for light sweet crude from Europe, which is cheaper to process than heavy crude, is attracting exports from the U.S. that might have gone to Cushing, said Robert Campbell, head of oil products research for consultancy Energy Aspects.

　　“The sweet crude market is where the strength is right now, and the U.S. is the last real supplier of sweet crude,” Campbell said.