據10月9日Offshore Technology報道，由于新冠肺炎病例激增，油價在本周末有所回落。

據路透社報道，布倫特原油LCOc1期貨下跌0.08美元至每桶43.26美元，而美國西德克薩斯中質原油下跌0.05美元至每桶41.14美元。

挪威石油工人持續罷工，加上市場對疫情的擔憂壓倒了對供應過剩的擔憂。與上周相比，布倫特原油和西德克薩斯中質原油價格都上漲了約10%。

Delta颶風將在數小時內襲擊墨西哥灣沿岸地區，該地區的石油生產商已經撤離了海上設施，目前已停止了近150萬桶/天的石油生產。

根據美國政府的數據顯示，墨西哥灣7月份的石油產量為165萬桶/天。該地區的原油產量占美國總產量的17%。在過去的幾個月里，它遭到了幾次暴風雨的嚴重襲擊。

OANDA高級市場分析師愛德華?莫亞(Edward Moya)稱:“未來幾周，非歐佩克產油國的產量將受到重大打擊，這將繼續推動石油市場的再平衡。”

歐佩克秘書長穆罕默德?巴爾金多(Mohammad Barkindo)希望，在疫情導致今年油價暴跌之后，石油行業“最糟糕的時期已經過去”。

據約翰霍普金斯大學(Johns Hopkins University)的研究人員稱，迄今為止，全球冠狀病毒死亡人數為1057102人，全球感染人數超過3620萬。

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.