據3月11日路透社報道，原油價格周四上漲，因新冠肺炎疫苗推出提振經濟前景，且美國燃料庫存大幅下跌，但漲勢受上月德州風暴后原油庫存飆升所限制。

格林尼治時間0328時，布倫特原油5月期貨上漲55美分或0.8%，至每桶68.45美元，美國4月西德克薩斯中質原油上漲52美分或0.8%，至64.96美元。

Axi首席全球市場策略師Stephen Innes表示，“汽油庫存下降提供了看漲抵消，并最終使油價上漲，從而推動了經濟復蘇。鑒于美國重新開放的說法所發出的強大信號，這仍表明油價阻力最小的路徑是上漲。”

美國能源信息署公布，截至3月5日，美國汽油庫存減少1,190萬桶至2.316億桶，預估僅減少350萬桶。

不過，截至3月5日原油庫存增加了1380萬桶至4.984億桶，而路透社調查分析師的預期為增加81.6萬桶，因全國石油業繼續受到2月中旬冬季風暴的影響，煉油被迫停滯導致克薩斯州停產。

從全球來看，原油庫存依然充足，據分析師和船舶跟蹤機構稱，上周主要陸地和海洋中心的原油庫存都在增加。

馮于榮 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Oil prices rise on economic outlook, drawdown in fuel stocks

Crude oil prices rose on Thursday as vaccine rollouts bolstered the economic outlook and U.S. fuel stocks fell sharply, although gains were capped by a surge in crude oil inventories after last month’s Texas storm.

Brent crude oil futures for May rose 55 cents, or 0.8%, to $68.45 a barrel by 0328 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for April was up 52 cents, or 0.8%, at $64.96.

“Gasoline stocks fell... (which) provided the bullish offset and eventually sent oil prices higher on the strong demand for end products, hence an economic recovery,” said Stephen Innes, Chief Global Markets Strategist at Axi.

“Given the powerful signals from the U.S. re-opening narrative, it still suggests that the path of least resistance for oil prices is higher.”

U.S. gasoline stocks fell by 11.9 million barrels in the week to March 5 to 231.6 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, compared with expectations for a 3.5 million-barrel drop.

Crude inventories, however, rose by 13.8 million barrels in the week to March 5 to 498.4 million barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for an 816,000-barrel rise, as the nation’s oil industry continued to feel the effects of a winter storm mid-February that stalled refining and forced production shut-ins in Texas.

Globally, stocks also remain ample with crude oil in storage at major land and sea hubs rising last week, according to analysts and ship trackers.