周三早盤原油價格攀升，WTI價格攀升至每桶71美元以上，布倫特價格攀升至每桶75美元以上

對美國經(jīng)濟健康狀況和弱于預期的復蘇的擔憂仍在拖累石油市場

對美國庫存持續(xù)下降的估計，以及IEA對需求的樂觀展望，給了石油市場亟須的提振

據(jù)油價網(wǎng)2023年5月17日報道，原油價格周三早盤收復失地，小幅走高，分析師預計今年晚些時候市場平衡將日益趨緊。

截至美國東部時間周三上午7時20分，在美國能源信息署（EIA）公布美國每周石油庫存狀況報告之前，美國基準WTI原油價格當日上漲0.41%，至每桶71.11美元。國際基準布倫特原油價格上漲0.40%，至每桶75.16美元。

由于對美國經(jīng)濟健康狀況和經(jīng)濟復蘇的擔憂持續(xù)存在，原油價格漲幅有限。

美國債務上限談判的僵局本周也令石油市場承壓。

但對美國燃料庫存持續(xù)下降的估計支撐了油價。

美國石油學會(API)周二估計，截至5月12日當周美國汽油庫存減少246萬桶，餾分油庫存減少88.6萬桶。

IEA目前預計，今年全球石油日需求量將增加220萬桶，至創(chuàng)紀錄的1.02億桶，比4月的預測上調20萬桶。IEA周二表示，過去幾周油價下跌與今年晚些時候市場料將趨緊形成鮮明對比，屆時全球石油日需求量將超過供應量近200萬桶。

李峻 編譯自 油價網(wǎng)

原文如下：

Oil Prices Rise Amid Expectations Of A Tightening Market

·     Oil prices climbed early on Wednesday morning, with WTI up above $71 and Brent trading above $75.

·     Estimates of continued drawdowns in U.S. inventories and the IEA’s bullish outlook for demand gave oil markets a much-needed boost.

Oil prices reversed losses and edged higher early on Wednesday as analysts expect an increasingly tighter market balance later this year.

As of 7:20 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, ahead of the EIA’s weekly petroleum status report on inventories in the United States, the U.S. benchmark, WTI Crude, was up by 0.41% on the day at $71.11. The international benchmark, Brent Crude, was trading 0.40% higher at $75.16.  

Price gains were limited due to continued concerns over the health of the U.S. economy and the patchy recovery .

The impasse in the negotiations on the U.S. debt ceiling has also weighed on the oil market this week.

But estimates of continued drawdowns in U.S. fuel inventories were supportive of oil prices.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated on Tuesday that U.S. gasoline inventories fell by 2.46 million barrels in the week to May 12. Distillate inventories declined by 886,000 barrels.

The IEA now sees global oil demand rising by 2.2 million bpd to a record 102 million bpd this year, as it revised up its forecast by 200,000 bpd from last month’s report. The decline in oil prices over the past few weeks contrasts with an expected tightening of the market later this year when demand is set to exceed supply by nearly 2 million bpd, the IEA said on Tuesday.