據今日油價4月22日消息，美國石油學會(API)周二估計，由于需求破壞仍未得到遏制且美國的常駐訂單持續增長，截至4月17日當周原油庫存將再增加1226萬桶。

今天的庫存增幅低于預期的1515萬桶。

美國石油學會此前一周估計原油庫存大幅增加1313.4萬桶，而美國能源情報署的估計為當周增加1920萬桶。

周二下午，在API發布數據之前，油價一直在下跌，但與周一WTI交易為負數時相比，油價已大幅上漲，2020年5月期貨合約也是如此。

周二美國東部時間下午4:25，西德克薩斯中質油基準價格當日下跌7.32美元(跌幅35.83%)，至13.11美元，較上周每桶下跌約7美元。布倫特原油價格周二也下跌了5.72美元(跌幅22.37%)，至19.85美元，較上周下跌了近10美元。

API報告稱，截至4月17日當周汽油庫存增加343.5萬桶，此前一周增加222.6萬桶。相比之下，分析師預計本周將增加357.8萬桶。

餾分油庫存當周增加763.9萬桶，此前一周增加564萬桶，而庫欣的庫存則大幅增加491.3萬桶。

據美國能源情報署(EIA)估計，美國原油產量顯示，截至4月10日當周的產量降至1230萬桶，減少10萬桶/天，較峰值減少80萬桶/天。

美國東部時間下午4:41， WTI價格為13.05美元，布倫特原油價格為19.80美元。

裘寅 編譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

Oil Inventories Near Breaking Point As API Reports 13 Million Barrel Build

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated on Tuesday another large crude oil inventory build of 13.226 million barrels for the week ending April 17 as the demand destruction continues unchecked and stay-at-home orders in the United States drag on.

Today’s inventory build was smaller than the expected 15.15 million barrels.

In the previous week, the API estimated a large build in crude oil inventories of 13.134 million barrels, while the EIA’s estimates were for a build of 19.2 million barrels for that week.

Oil prices were trading down on Tuesday afternoon prior to the API’s data release, although up considerably from Monday when WTI was trading in negative numbers, as was the May 2020 futures contract.

At 4:25 pm EDT on Tuesday the WTI benchmark was trading down on the day by $7.32 (-35.83%) at $13.11—down roughly $7 per barrel week over week. The price of a Brent barrel was also trading down on Tuesday, by $5.72 (-22.37%), at $19.85—down nearly $10 week on week.

The API reported a build of 3.435 million barrels of gasoline for week ending April 17, after last week’s 2.226-million-barrel build. This week’s build compares to analyst expectations for a larger 3.578-million-barrel build for the week.

Distillate inventories were up by 7.639 million barrels for the week, compared to last week’s 5.640-barrel build, while Cushing inventories saw a large gain of 4.913 million barrels.

US crude oil production as estimated by the Energy Information Administration showed that production for the week ending April 10 fell to 12.3 million bpd—down 100,000 bpd for the week, and down 800,000 from its high.

At 4:41 pm EDT, WTI was trading at $13.05 while Brent was trading at $19.80.