据道琼斯纽约3月19日消息,因最新数据显示,美国石油生产商上周增加了一座石油钻井平台,加剧了市场有关产量下滑的期望可能不会兑现的担忧,油市的涨势于周五结束。
油田服务公司贝克休斯周五表示,美国钻井平台数上周增加一座,结束了连续三个月下滑的走势。较之上月触及的低点,油价已经反弹了50%以上,因预计较低的油价将促使减产。
美国基准原油期货早盘一度上涨2.5%,但在该数据公布后下跌,收跌1.9%,至39.44美元/桶。全球基准布伦特原油期货也由涨转跌,收盘下跌0.8%,至41.2美元/桶。
这两种原油期货本周继续上涨。美国基准原油期货累计涨2.4%,为连续第五周上涨。布伦特原油期货累计涨2%,为连续第四周上涨。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
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DJ Oil Rally Ends as Number of U.S. Drilling Rigs Rises
By Christian Berthelsen and Georgi Kantchev
The rally in the oil market came to a halt Friday after new data showed U.S. oil producers increased the number of rigs drilling for oil--by one--raising worries that the hoped-for decline in output may not come to pass.
Oil-field services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that the count of drilling rigs in the U.S. rose by 1, ending three straight months of weekly declines. Since their depths last month, oil prices have rallied more than 50% in the expectation that the lower prices would curtail production, even as supply-and-demand fundamentals remained weak.
The U.S. oil benchmark, which had been as much as 2.5% higher in early trading, fell after the release of the data, ending the day down 1.9% at $39.44 a barrel. Just one day earlier, the contract broke through the $40-a-barrel level for the first time since Dec. 3. The global Brent contract also turned negative for the day, ending down 0.8% at $41.20.
Both markets managed to hold on for another week of gains. The U.S. benchmark rose 2.4%, for its fifth straight rising week, while Brent rose for the fourth straight week, by 2%.