据普氏能源资讯新加坡5月16日消息 格林尼治时间02:50亚洲原油期货周四上午交易时段走高，原因是中东地缘政治紧张局势加剧，尽管上周美国原油库存有所增加。
新加坡时间上午10点50分(格林尼治时间02:48)，洲际交易所7月布伦特原油期货价格较周三结算价上涨48美分/桶(0.67%)至72.25美元/桶，纽约商交所6月轻质低硫原油期货价格上涨48美分/桶(0.77%)至62.50美元/桶。
澳新银行(ANZ)分析师周四在一份报告中表示:“局势依然紧张，美国从驻伊拉克大使馆撤出了非紧急人员，理由形势构成了威胁。”
官员们表示，这些事件并未影响沙特和阿联酋的石油生产或出口。然而，这些国家对关键基础设施的进一步袭击保持高度警惕，阿联酋表示，将加强海上安全作为防范措施。
周二，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司位于东西方向的1200公里(744英里)长的输油管道被临时关闭，作为预防措施。此前，该公司正在恢复运营。
与此同时，美国能源情报署周三公布的数据显示，截至5月13日的一周，美国商业原油库存增加543万桶至4.7204亿桶，日进口量增加91.9万桶，抵消了炼油厂增加的影响。
EIA数据显示，上周美国汽油库存下降112万桶至2.2502亿桶。
利比亚、尼日利亚和美国石油产量的“稳步增长”，抵消了阿塞拜疆、加拿大和哈萨克斯坦等国4月份石油产量下降的影响。然而，据估计4月全球石油总供应量下降了30万桶/天至9930万桶/天。
吴慧丹 摘译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
Crude oil futures rise on geopolitical tensions despite stock build
Crude rises on geopolitical tensions despite stock build 0250 GMT: Crude oil futures were higher during mid-morning trade in Asia Thursday amid increasing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East despite a build reported in US crude stocks last week.
At 10:50 am Singapore time (0248 GMT), July ICE Brent crude futures were up 48 cents/b (0.67%) from Wednesday's settle to $72.25/b, while the NYMEX June light sweet crude contract gained 48 cents/b (0.77%) at $62.50/b.
"Tension remains high, with the US pulling out non-emergency personnel from its embassy in Iraq citing threats ," ANZ analysts said in a note Thursday.
The incidents have not impacted Saudi and UAE oil production or exports, according to officials. However, the countries are on high alert for further attacks on key infrastructure, with the UAE saying it was beefing up maritime security as a precautionary measure.
State-owned Saudi Aramco's 1,200-km (744-mile) East-West Pipeline was temporarily shut as a precautionary measure Tuesday following the drone attack that caused a fire at a pumping station, as the company works on restoring operations.
Meanwhile, commercial crude stocks in the US for the week ended May 13 rose 5.43 million barrels to 472.04 million barrels, as a 919,000 b/d increase in imports offset higher refinery runs, an analysis of US Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday.
US gasoline inventories fell 1.12 million barrels last week to 225.02 million barrels, the EIA data showed.
The IEA said "solid gains" in production from Libya, Nigeria and the US had offset production falls in April from a range of countries, including Azerbaijan, Canada and Kazakhstan. However, total global oil supply had fallen by 300,000 b/d in April to 99.3 million b/d, it estimated.
