据道琼斯12月18日消息,因周度钻井平台数据大幅增加令市场将关注点重新转向供应过剩,原油期货价格周五收盘下跌。
贝克休斯称,美国原油钻井平台数在最近一周增加17座,至541座,此前则连续四周下滑。美国石油钻井平台数量被视为石油行业活动的指标,自去年油价下挫以来,钻井平台数量已经大幅减少。但这还不足以缓解全球原油供应过剩的局面,新增石油钻井平台数量可以会恶化原油供应过剩的局面。
纽约商品交易所一月份交割的轻质低硫原油期货结算价下跌22美分,至34.73美元/桶,跌幅0.6%。这是该期货自2009年2月以来的最低结算价。欧洲ICE期货交易所的全球基准布伦特原油期货结算价下跌18美分,至36.88美元/桶,跌幅0.5%,为自2008年12月以来的最低水平。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Oil Prices Turn Lower as Rig Count Rises
By Timothy Puko
Oil prices turned lower Friday after a big increase in weekly rig-count data returned attention to the supply glut.
Baker Hughes Inc. said the U.S. oil rig count increased by 17 in the latest week to 541, after declining for four consecutive weeks. The number of U.S. oil-drilling rigs, which is viewed as a proxy for activity in the oil industry, has fallen sharply since oil prices started collapsing last year. But it hasn't yet been enough to relieve the global crude glut and adding more rigs could worsen the glut.
Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell 22 cents, or 0.6%, to $34.73 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest settlement since February 2009. Brent, the global benchmark, fell 18 cents, or 0.5%, to $36.88 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe, the lowest level since December 2008.