据今日油价8月18日报道，美国石油协会(API)周二报告称，截至8月13日的一周，原油库存减少了116.3万桶，使2021年迄今为止的原油库存总量达到5600万桶以上。
分析师此前预计本周库存将损失125.9万桶。此前一周，API报告石油库存减少81.6万桶，低于分析师预测的105万桶。
周二早些时候，西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)价格下跌，这是连续第四天下跌，也是自3月份以来最长的一次连续下跌。周二下午数据公布前，WTI下跌超过1%。
美国东部时间下午3点，WTI报66.58美元/桶，当天下跌0.5美元/桶，本周已下跌2美元/桶。布伦特原油价格当日下跌0.45%，至69.20美元。
尽管美国原油库存继续下滑，但美国石油产量已从年初的1100万桶/天缓慢上升至目前的1130万桶/天，本周更是增加了10万桶/天。
API报告称，截至8月13日当周，汽油库存减少119.79万桶，而前一周减少了111.4万桶。馏分油库存本周增加了50.2万桶，而上周增加了67.3万桶。本周库欣库存下降173.5万桶,而上周减少了41.3万桶。
王佳晶 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
Oil Markets Unimpressed By Small Crude, Products Draw
The American Petroleum Institute (API) align="justify"> Analysts had expected a loss of 1.259 million barrels for the week.
In the previous week, the API reported a draw in oil inventories of 816,000 barrels—a loss smaller than the 1.050 million barrel draw that analysts had predicted.
The price of a WTI barrel had fallen earlier align="justify"> WTI lost more than 1% align="justify"> At 3:00 p.m. EST, WTI was trading at $66.58—a $.50 loss align="justify"> While U.S. crude oil stocks continue their decline, U.S. oil production has slowly risen from 11 million bpd at the start of the year to 11.3 million bpd now—an increase of 100,000 bpd for the week.
The API reported a draw in gasoline inventories of 1.1979 million barrels for the week ending August 13—compared to the previous week's 1.114-million-barrel draw.
Distillate stocks saw an increase in inventories this week of 502,000 barrels for the week, compared to last week's 673,000-barrel increase.
Cushing inventories fell this week by 1.735 million barrels, after last week's 413,000-barrel decrease.