據美國彭博新聞社1月6日休斯敦報道，原油價格上漲推動了美國能源股升至疫情爆發兩年多以來的最高水平。  

標普500能源指數周四（1月6日）上漲了2.3%，達到了2020年1月7日以來的最高收盤點位。

本周早些時候，埃克森美孚公司和雪佛龍公司的股價達到了疫情爆發前的水平，而頁巖鉆探公司康菲公司和先鋒自然資源公司的股價處于2018年以來的最高水平。 

2020年初，石油和天然氣股票遭受雙重打擊，當時封鎖削減了能源需求，俄羅斯和沙特阿拉伯之間的一場短暫供應戰將原油價格推至零以下。 但消費的穩步反彈，以及削減成本和削減債務等自救措施，幫助改善了原油生產商的前景。

西得克薩斯中質原油價格周四在紐約上漲了2.1%，升至每桶79.46美元。

李峻 編譯自 美國彭博新聞社

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U.S. oil majors’ stock prices return to pre-pandemic levels

A rally in oil prices lifted U.S. energy stocks to the highest since the pandemic emerged more than two years ago.

The S&P 500 Energy Index rose 2.3% Thursday to the highest close since Jan. 7, 2020. Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. reached pre-pandemic stock prices earlier this week, while shale drillers ConocoPhillips and Pioneer Natural Resources Co. are trading at levels not seen since 2018.

Oil and natural gas stocks were hit with a double whammy in early 2020 when lockdowns slashed energy demand and a short-lived supply war between Russia and Saudi Arabia pushed prices below zero. But a steady rebound in consumption and self-help measures such as cost cutting and debt reduction helped improve the outlook for crude producers.

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 2.1% to $79.46 a barrel in New York on Thursday.