据悉,美国石油学会(API)8月份月度统计报告称,8月份美国总体石油需求同比增长0.8%达到日均1960万桶的水平,创下五年来同期最高水平。
API统计主管Hazem Arafa表示:“8月份美国原油和汽油产量创下历史新高,这是因为石油工业发现了增加产量的创新方式,即使原油价格已经大幅下挫。”
据API称,8月份美国汽油需求同比增加1.1%达到日均940万桶,创下自2007年以来的同期最高水平。今年1-8月,美国汽油需求同比增加2.6%。中间馏分油需求同比下降3%。今年1-8月,中间馏分油需求同比下降0.2%至400万桶/天。
8月份美国原油产量达到日均930万桶,同比增加5.4%,今年1-8月,美国原油产量同比增加10.6%。
庞晓华摘译自OGJ 2015-9-18
原文如下:
API: US petroleum demand rose in August to 5-year highs
HOUSTON, Sept. 18
09/18/2015
By OGJ editors
Total US petroleum deliveries, a measure of demand, increased 0.8% from August 2014 to average 19.6 million b/d last month, recording the highest August deliveries in 5 years, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s monthly statistics for August.
“US crude oil and gasoline production soared to record highs in August as the industry finds innovative ways to increase production even as crude prices have fallen,” said API Director of Statistics Hazem Arafa.
According to API, motor gasoline demand rose 1.1% from August 2014 to average just above 9.4 million b/d, the highest deliveries for the month since 2007. For year to date, gasoline deliveries rose 2.6% compared with year to date of 2014.
Demand for distillate in August fell 3% from the prior year. For year to date, distillate deliveries fell 0.2% compared with year to date 2014, to just above 4 million b/d.
US crude oil production averaged 9.3 million b/d in August, up 5.4% from August 2014. Compared with year to date 2014, domestic crude oil production rose 10.6%.