据道琼斯纽约8月24日消息,每周库存数据显示美国原油和成品油库存创历史新高后,油价周三出现大跌。
美国能源情报署公布,截至8月19日一周美国原油和成品油商业库存增加660万桶,达到创纪录的14亿桶,表明两年来对油价造成压力的全球原油供应过剩局面仍未完全改善。
纽约商业交易所十月交割的美国原油期货下跌1.33美元,至每桶46.77美元,跌幅2.8%。欧洲ICE期货交易所的布伦特原油期货下跌91美分,至每桶49.05美元,跌幅1.8%。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Oil Prices Fall on Record U.S. Inventories
By Nicole Friedman and Kevin Baxter
NEW YORK -- Oil prices slid Wednesday after weekly inventory data showed U.S. stockpiles of crude oil and petroleum products at a record high.
U.S. commercial stockpiles of crude oil and refined products increased by 6.6 million barrels in the week ended Aug. 19 to a record 1.4 billion barrels, the Energy Information Administration said, an indication that the global glut of crude that has weighed on prices for two years has yet to fully shrink.
U.S. crude for October delivery fell $1.33, or 2.8%, to $46.77 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, fell 91 cents, or 1.8%, to $49.05 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.