据道琼斯12月22日消息,美国政府计划废除实施长达40年的原油出口禁令的决定已经刺激了基准的西得州中质原油(WTI)价格,当前WTI原油交易价格为36.08美元/桶,仅比布伦特原油价格低0.4美元/桶。虽然该决定对全球市场的实际影响还不清楚,但是两者差价的缩小意味着美国原油出口或将是不经济的。美国能源信息署预测2016年8月前美国石油产量将下降50万桶/天,因此美国到底有多少石油可以出口也并不清楚。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
U.S. Oil Exports Uneconomic At Present
The decision by the U.S. government to lift its 40-year export ban for crude oil has boosted the benchmark WTI, which is now trading at $36.08 a barrel, just $0.40 lower than Brent. Exactly how much the decision will affect the global market is not known, but this type of close price differential means that exports are likely to be uneconomic. With the Energy Information Administration forecasting U.S. oil production to drop by 500,000 barrels a day by August 2016, it is also unclear exactly how much oil would be available for export.