据5月13日Investing.com报道，分析师预测库存将上涨500万桶。在美国石油学会(API)预测原油供应将继续增加一周后，亚洲市场周三上午油价涨跌互现。
美国石油学会预计，截至5月8日当周，美国原油库存将增加758万桶。在沙特阿拉伯宣布在4月初与欧佩克达成的减产协议基础上，6月份又将日产量削减100万桶后，WTI期货价格在上个交易日上涨6.8%。
这一消息促使科威特和阿联酋承诺进一步减产18万桶/天。但这一突然的消息令一些投资者质疑进一步减产的动机。
”联邦银行矿业和能源经济学家Vivek Dhar告诉CNBC：“减产承诺意义重大，在宣布的如此突然的情况下，人们无法确定这是一项积极的政策，还是只是对需求疲弱的一种反应。”
尽管这一库存增幅小于上周的840万桶，但API数据令投资者怀疑，随着存储空间迅速耗尽，减产是否足以应对不可避免的供应过剩危机。
联邦银行的Dhar补充道：“在需求方面，可能有一种观点认为，就峰值损害点而言，最糟糕的情况可能已经过去。如果我们真的看到第二波疫情浪潮，那将进一步损害需求和定价。”
随着WTI 6月合约在5月19日接近到期日，投资者将密切关注这种黑色能源，并希望油价可以避免再次跌入负值区间。
邹勤 摘译自 Investing.com
原文如下：
Oil Mixed as API Reports Another Week of Supply Increases
Oil was mixed on Wednesday morning in Asia after the American Petroleum Institute (API) predicted another week of increases in crude oil supply.
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated a 7.58-million-barrel increase in U.S. crude oil inventories for the week ending May 8 overnight. Analyst forecasts prepared by Investing.com predicted a 5-million-barrel increase.
WTI futures jumped 6.8% during the last session after Saudi Arabia announced a further 1 million bpd cut to production in June on top of its cuts agreed to with OPEC+ in early April.
The announcement prompted Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to pledge a further 180,000 bpd cut in production.
But the sudden announcement led some investors to question the motives for the further cuts.
“It was so sudden and so significant, it was just seen as: ‘Is this a proactive policy or just a reaction to weak demand?’” Vivek Dhar, Commonwealth Bank’s mining and energy economist, told CNBC.
Although the increase was smaller than last week’s figure of 8.4 million barrels, the API data left investors wondering if the cuts are enough to avoid the inevitable oversupply as storage space rapidly runs out.
Commonwealth Bank’s Dhar added, “On the demand side there’s probably a view that the worst may be behind us, in terms of the peak damage point. If we do see a second wave, that would hurt demand and hurt pricing.”
As the WTI June contract edges closer to its expiry date on May 19, investors will be monitoring the black liquid and hoping to avoid another dip into negative territory.
