疫情加劇使油價(jià)承壓

據(jù)10月9日Offshore Technology報(bào)道，由于新冠肺炎病例激增，油價(jià)在本周末有所回落。

據(jù)路透社報(bào)道，布倫特原油LCOc1期貨下跌0.08美元至每桶43.26美元，而美國(guó)西德克薩斯中質(zhì)原油下跌0.05美元至每桶41.14美元。

挪威石油工人持續(xù)罷工，加上市場(chǎng)對(duì)疫情的擔(dān)憂壓倒了對(duì)供應(yīng)過(guò)剩的擔(dān)憂。與上周相比，布倫特原油和西德克薩斯中質(zhì)原油價(jià)格都上漲了約10%。

Delta颶風(fēng)將在數(shù)小時(shí)內(nèi)襲擊墨西哥灣沿岸地區(qū)，該地區(qū)的石油生產(chǎn)商已經(jīng)撤離了海上設(shè)施，目前已停止了近150萬(wàn)桶/天的石油生產(chǎn)。

根據(jù)美國(guó)政府的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，墨西哥灣7月份的石油產(chǎn)量為165萬(wàn)桶/天。該地區(qū)的原油產(chǎn)量占美國(guó)總產(chǎn)量的17%。在過(guò)去的幾個(gè)月里，它遭到了幾次暴風(fēng)雨的嚴(yán)重襲擊。

OANDA高級(jí)市場(chǎng)分析師愛德華?莫亞(Edward Moya)稱:“未來(lái)幾周，非歐佩克產(chǎn)油國(guó)的產(chǎn)量將受到重大打擊，這將繼續(xù)推動(dòng)石油市場(chǎng)的再平衡?！?/span>

歐佩克秘書長(zhǎng)穆罕默德?巴爾金多(Mohammad Barkindo)希望，在疫情導(dǎo)致今年油價(jià)暴跌之后，石油行業(yè)“最糟糕的時(shí)期已經(jīng)過(guò)去”。

據(jù)約翰霍普金斯大學(xué)(Johns Hopkins University)的研究人員稱，迄今為止，全球冠狀病毒死亡人數(shù)為1057102人，全球感染人數(shù)超過(guò)3620萬(wàn)。

王佳晶 摘譯自 Offshore Technology

原文如下：

Covid-19 pandemic weighs on oil prices

Oil prices have slipped at the end of the week due to surge in cases of Covid-19.

Brent LCOc1 futures were down by $0.08 to reach $43.26 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $0.05 touching $41.14 a barrel, Reuters reported.

The pandemic concerns overrode the gains made oversupply concerns due to an ongoing strike by Norwegian oil workers.

Compared to last week, both Brent and the WTI benchmarks have made a weekly gain of about 10% this week. The rise in oil prices during this week due to the strike action by Norwegian oil workers.

With Hurricane Delta to strike the Gulf Coast within hours, oil producers in the region have already evacuated offshore facilities and halted nearly 1.5 million barrels per day (Mbpd) of oil output so far.

According to the US Government, the Gulf of Mexico produced 1.65Mbpd in July.

The region accounts for 17% of US crude output. It has been severely hit by several storms over the past few months.

OANDA senior market analyst Edward Moya was quoted by the news agency as stating: “Non-OPEC production is going to take a big hit over the next couple of weeks and this will continue to drive the rebalancing of the oil market.”

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) secretary-general Mohammad Barkindo hoped that the ‘worst was over’ for the oil industry following a price crash this year due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

So far, the global coronavirus death toll is 1,057,102 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Covid-19 infections exceeded 36.2 million worldwide.