据烃加工网站8月25日报道 能源信息管理署（EIA）表示，上周原油库存连续第三周下降，而燃料需求升至2020年3月以来的最高水平。
截至8月20日的一周内，原油库存减少了300万桶，略高于路透社调查中分析师预计的270万桶。原油库存为4.326亿桶，为2020年1月以来的最低水平。
EIA称，美国原油期货交割中心俄克拉荷马州库欣的库存在连续10周下降后，上周增加了7万桶。
ClipperData商品研究主管马特·史密斯表示：“炼油厂运行量上升，进口量下降，导致原油库存连续第三次下降，降至2020年1月底以来的最低水平。尽管美国墨西哥湾沿岸的炼油活动有所下降，但库存仍有所下降。”
炼油厂原油日产量增加6.6万桶，炼油厂利用率上升0.2个百分点，达到总产能的92.4%。
EIA称，上周美国原油净进口量增加了42.6万桶/日。
数据显示，上周美国供应的总产品（代表燃料需求）增至2180万桶/日，为2020年3月以来的最高水平。
报告发布后，原油和汽油价格均上涨。
截至美国东部时间上午11:13（格林威治时间15:13），美国原油价格上涨8美分，涨幅0.2%，至每桶67.62美元。布伦特原油价格上涨48美分，涨幅0.6%，至每桶71.53美元。美国汽油期货上涨2.5%。
纽约瑞穗能源期货主管Bob Yawger表示：“这份报告支撑市场。”
他说，汽油需求处于良好水平，进入夏季驾驶季后结束。
EIA称，美国汽油库存本周减少220万桶，至2.2592亿桶，超出了160万桶下降的预期。
美国东海岸汽油库存上周跌至2018年3月以来的最低水平。
EIA数据显示，包括柴油和取暖油在内的馏分油库存增加了60万桶，达到1.3846亿桶，而预期下降30万桶。
王磊 摘译自 烃加工
原文如下：
U.S. crude inventories fall as demand hits highest since March 2020
Crude inventories last week dropped for a third straight week while fuel demand rose to its highest since March 2020, the Energy Information Administration said.
Crude inventories fell by 3 million barrels in the week to Aug. 20, slightly higher than analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 2.7 million-barrel drop. At 432.6 million barrels, crude stocks were at their lowest since January 2020.
After 10 consecutive weekly drawdowns, stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub for U.S. crude futures rose by 70,000 barrels last week, the EIA said.
"A tick higher in refinery runs and a tick lower in imports has yielded a third consecutive draw to crude inventories - dropping them to their lowest since late January 2020," said Matt Smith, director of commodity research at ClipperData. "The inventory draw came despite a tick lower in refining activity on the U.S. Gulf Coast."
Refinery crude runs rose by 66,000 barrels per day and refinery utilization rates rose by 0.2 percentage point to 92.4% of total capacity.
Net U.S. crude imports rose last week by 426,000 bpd, the EIA said.
U.S. total product supplied, a proxy for fuel demand, rose last week to 21.8 million bpd, the highest since March 2020, the data showed.
Both crude and gasoline prices gained after the report.
U.S. crude rose 8 cents, or 0.2%, to $67.62 a barrel by 11:13 a.m. ET (1513 GMT), while Brent was up 48 cents, or 0.6% at $71.53 a barrel. U.S. gasoline futures were up 2.5%.
"This report is supportive of the market," said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho in New York.
Gasoline demand is at a good level, heading into the end of the summer driving season, he said.
U.S. gasoline stocks fell by 2.2 million barrels in the week to 225.92 million barrels, the EIA said, exceeding expectations for a 1.6 million-barrel drop.
U.S. East Coast gasoline stocks fell last week to their lowest since March 2018.
Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 0.6 million barrels to 138.46 million barrels, versus expectations for a 0.3 million-barrel drop, the EIA data showed.