据道琼斯纽约11月30日消息,因政府数据显示美国产量下降速度慢于预期,原油价格周一下跌。
美国原油产量于9月份降为930万桶/日,比8月份低了2万桶/日,且为6月份以来最低水平。美国原油产量自4月份触及数十年高峰后回落,因原油生产商削减新钻探支出,但产量降幅于近月以来有所放缓,令油价承压。美国能源情报署于11月中预测,原油产量将于明年9月份降为920万桶/日。
纽约商交所明年一月交割的轻质低硫原油期货下跌6美分,至每桶41.65美元,跌幅0.1%。该期货本月累计下跌11%,为7月以来最大单月跌幅。
伦敦ICE期货交易所的布伦特原油期货下25美分,至每桶44.61美元,跌幅0.6%。该期货11月份累计下跌10%。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Oil Prices Fall on Smaller-Than-Expected Drop in U.S. Production
By Nicole Friedman
NEW YORK--Oil prices fell Monday after government data showed U.S. production is falling more slowly than expected.
U.S. crude production fell to 9.3 million barrels a day in September, down 20,000 barrels from August and the lowest level since June. U.S. crude output has dropped since hitting a multidecade peak in April as producers have cut spending on new drilling, but the pace of declines has slowed in recent months, weighing on prices. In mid-November, the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast that production would fall to 9.2 million barrels a day in September.
Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $41.65 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices fell 11% this month, the largest monthly decline since July.
Brent, the global benchmark, fell 25 cents, or 0.6%, to $44.61 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. The contract fell 10% in November.