据道琼斯纽约8月17日消息,因市场担忧原油供应过剩局面将进一步加剧,美国原油价格周一跌至六年新低。
纽约商品交易所九月交割的轻质低硫原油期货下跌63美分,至41.87美元/桶,跌幅1.5%,为2009年3月3日以来的最低结算价。欧洲ICE期货交易所的全球基准布伦特原油期货下跌45美分,至48.74美元/桶,跌幅0.9%。
美国原油期货价格本月以来已下滑11%,因市场越发担心,美国以及欧佩克原油产量持续居高不下将令整个2015年全球市场供应一直保持过剩。
尽管新的钻井数量已经减少,但美国的产量仍在几十年高点水平。上周五公布的数据显示,上周美国的钻井量已经连续第四周增加,主要产区北达科他州的产量6月较5月增加。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
DJ Oil Price Hits New Six-Year Low
By Nicole Friedman
NEW YORK--U. S. oil prices fell Monday to a fresh six-year low on concerns that the glut of crude oil is set to grow.
Light, sweet crude for September delivery fell 63 cents, or 1.5%, to $41.87 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest settlement since March 3, 2009. Brent, the global benchmark, fell 45 cents, or 0.9%, to $48.74 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
U.S. oil prices have slid 11% so far this month as concerns mounted that persistently high crude-oil production from the U.S. and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries would keep the global market oversupplied through 2015.
Despite large spending cuts on new drilling, output in the U.S. has held steady near multi-decade highs. Data released Friday showed that the number of rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. rose for the fourth straight week last week, and production in North Dakota, a key producing state, rose in June compared with May.