据道琼斯3月31日消息，美国能源信息署（EIA）周三发布的每周数据显示，上周美国原油库存过去六周来首次下降，因为炼油活动大幅增加。

EIA表示，上周美国原油库存下降87.6万桶，降至5.018亿桶，仍然比五年平均水平高出约6%。此前华尔街日报调查的分析师们预测上周美国原油库存将下降60万桶。

EIA表示，上周美国原油产量增加10万桶/天，升至1110万桶/天。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

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U.S. Oil Inventories Decline for First Time in Six Weeks

U.S. inventories of crude oil fell last week for the first time in six weeks as refinery activity increased sharply, according to weekly data released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration.

Crude-oil stockpiles fell by 876,000 barrels, to 501.8 million barrels, and remain about 6% above the five-year average, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude stockpiles would fall by 600,000 barrels from the prior week.

U.S. crude-oil production rose by 100,000 barrels a day from the previous week to 11.1 million barrels a day, according to the EIA.