據Oil & Gas Journal網站9月18日報道 美國石油協會（API）的數據顯示，美國8月份石油需求增加，供應減少。墨西哥灣沿岸的煉油廠、石化廠和出口碼頭應對了颶風勞拉造成的季節性中斷。

當月原油和成品油出口增加、進口下降，這些基本面因素加在一起，導致原油庫存下降（但成品油庫存增加）和價格上漲，目前經濟前景已經普遍好轉。

吳恒磊 編譯自 Oil & Gas Journal

原文如下：

API: US petroleum demand continued to increase in August

US petroleum demand increased in August, and supply decreased, while Gulf Coast refineries, petrochemical plants, and export terminals coped with seasonal disruptions due to Hurricane Laura, according to the American Petroleum Institute data.

Crude oil and refined product exports increased during the month, while imports fell. Together these fundamentals contributed to lower crude oil stocks (but higher refined product inventories) and higher prices against an economic backdrop that has broadly improved.