據7月21日Oilfield Technology報道，受歐盟復蘇協議的支持，周二油價略有上漲。在其它方面，雪佛龍收購來寶能源(Noble Energy)是當前經濟低迷時期規模最大的一筆交易。

Rystad Energy石油市場主管比約爾納·通豪根(Bjornar Tonhaugen)就油價和這筆交易發表了評論:盡管本月迄今為止，布倫特原油2美元的極窄交易區間表明其幾乎失去了活力。

上午，基準石油期貨價格走高。歐盟領導人已就恢復基金和機制達成協議，以幫助歐洲經濟從二戰以來最嚴重的經濟衰退中重建，歐洲交易員對此反映迅猛，布倫特原油價格正試圖突破每桶43.79美元的最高收盤價。

盡管7500億歐元的協議不會立即刺激石油消費，但它將通過額外的經濟增長，為歐盟的中期石油需求前景提供重要支持。

盡管交易員們自上周五以來就意識到了談判的存在，但達成協議總是會為積極的市場反應提供額外的樂觀情緒。

除此之外，市場很平靜。然而，這很可能是暴風雨前的寧靜。如果不是因為美國再次出現病例激增，當前油價或許會達到更高的水平。

全球原油市場7月的日產量缺口為320萬桶，即使歐佩克在8月逐步減少減產，8月和9月的日產量缺口仍將在250萬桶左右。因此，第二波出行限制的威脅抑制了油價上漲。

另一方面，超級巨頭雪佛龍(Chevron)將收購來寶能源(Noble Energy)，利用石油市場低迷的時機，確保在二疊紀(Permian)等上游板塊的戰略地位。二疊紀是油氣最多產的頁巖盆地。

在并購活動的背景下，通過重啟在危機最嚴重時期被關閉的產能，美國整體的石油供應量正在增加，預計8月份將達到1120萬桶/天，而5月份為1070萬桶/天。

王佳晶 摘譯自 Oilfield Technology

原文如下：

Rystad Energy comments on oil prices and Chevron acquistion of Noble Energy

Oil prices are having some modest gains today, supported from the EU recovery deal. Elsewhere Chevron’s Noble Energy purchase marks the largest deal during the ongoing downturn.

Rystad Energy’s Head of Oil Markets, Bjornar Tonhaugen, has commented on oil prices and the deal:

"Brent has not suffered a fatality, although its extremely narrow US$2 trading band so far this month suggests it barely has a pulse.

This morning, benchmark oil futures are trading higher. Brent is attempting to breach its highest closing price of US$43.79 as European traders wake up to the news that EU leaders have reached a deal on the recovery fund and mechanism to help rebuild the European economy from the worst economic recession since WWII.

Although the €750 billion deal will not immediately boost oil consumption, it will provide important support for the bloc’s medium term oil demand prospects, via additional economic growth.

Even though traders were aware of the negotiations since Friday, agreeing on a deal always provides the extra optimism for a positive market reaction.

Otherwise in the market, it’s so quiet. However, quiet before the storm, we believe. Oil prices would already have been higher now, if it wasn’t for the renewed surge in cases in the US.

Why? The global crude market is in deficit to the tune of 3.2 million bpd in July, and even with a tapering of OPEC+ cuts in August, will remain in deficit in August and September too of around 2.5 million bpd.

So the threat of a second wave of lockdowns is holding oil price gains back. An outright second wave of lockdowns will send oil prices lower.

In other news, the supermajor, Chevron is buying Noble Energy, taking advantage of oil market distress while securing strategic upstream positions in the Permian, the most prolific shale basin, among other locations.

In the background of M&A activity, overall US oil supply is ramping up through reactivation of shut-in volumes from the height of the crisis and is expected to reach 11.2 million bpd in August versus 10.7 million bpd in May."