据国外媒体4月23日休斯敦报道,美国石油学会(API)日前公布的统计数据显示,作为衡量需求的一个指标,美国3月份石油产品总供应量继续保持强劲增长,同比增加了0.4%,平均日供应量达到了1930万桶。
API说,美国3月份汽油需求量同比增加了2.2%。馏分油供应量同比下降了11.3%,日需求量下降到了360万桶以下。
API首席经济学家艾丽卡?鲍曼说,处于历史低位的汽油价格3月份继续推动汽油的强劲需求。事实上,美国3月份对汽油的需求是有记录以来当月最高水平。
美国3月份原油日产量略低于900万桶,同比下降了6.8%。美国3月份天然气液体产量平均每天近340万桶,这是有记录以来当月最高水平。
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原文如下:
API: Strong US gasoline demand continued in March
World Petroleum News
04/23/2016
Houston
Total US petroleum deliveries, a measure of demand, gained 0.4% in March from the same period last year to average 19.3 million b/d, the American Petroleum Institute said. These were the highest March deliveries since 2008.
Gasoline demand rose 2.2% from the same time last year. Distillate deliveries in March fell 11.3% to average just below 3.6 million b/d, API said.
“Historically low gasoline prices continued to drive strong demand for gasoline in March,” said Erica Bowman, API chief economist. “In fact, demand for gasoline in March was the highest ever recorded for the month.”
At just below 9 million b/d, US crude oil production decreased 6.8% from March 2015 but remained the second-highest March production level since 1986. Natural gas liquids production in March averaged nearly 3.4 million b/d—the highest level for the month on record.