据烃加工网站9月2日报道 美国能源信息署（EIA）表示，尽管全国冠状病毒病例有所上升，但美国原油库存大幅下降，炼油厂供应的石油产品创下历史新高。
截至8月27日的一周内，原油库存下降720万桶，至4.254亿桶，而分析师在路透社调查中预计下降310万桶。
最近一周，炼油厂供应的产品（衡量需求的指标）上升至2280万桶/日，这是一周来的最高纪录，表明消费者和出口商对柴油、汽油和其他燃料的消费强劲。
四周平均日产量上涨至2140万桶，为2019年9月以来的最高水平。
CHS Hedgeting分析师托尼·海德里克表示：“供应的产品总量增加了相当多，这让我感到惊讶，因为尽管存在一些德尔塔病毒的担忧，但我们看到产品需求依然强劲。”
下周的数据可能会因飓风艾达导致的离岸产量下降而出现偏差，飓风艾达还关闭了美国墨西哥湾沿岸的许多炼油厂。
美国日产量增至1150万桶，为2020年5月以来的最高水平，尽管每周产量数据波动较大，分析师通常更依赖EIA的月度产量数据。
EIA称，上周炼油厂原油日产量下降13.4万桶。随着夏季驾驶季节的减弱和不太活跃的周转季节的临近，炼油厂利用率本周下降了1.1个百分点。由于新冠疫情，许多炼油厂去年推迟了维修。
EIA称，美国汽油库存本周增加130万桶，至2.272亿桶，而预期下降160万桶。
包括柴油和取暖油在内的馏分油库存减少了170万桶，而预计将减少65万桶。EIA称，上周美国原油净进口下降了4.5万桶/日。
当天原油价格仍然较低。截至美国东部时间上午10:53（格林威治标准时间14:53），美国原油价格下跌1.1%（81美分），至每桶67.69美元；布伦特原油下跌74美分，跌幅1%，至每桶70.90美元。
王磊 摘译自 烃加工
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U.S. crude stocks down, product demand hits all-time record
U.S. crude stocks dropped sharply while petroleum products supplied by refiners hit an all-time record despite the rise in coronavirus cases nationwide, the Energy Information Administration said.
Crude inventories fell by 7.2 million barrels in the week to Aug. 27 to 425.4 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 3.1 million-barrel drop.
Product supplied by refineries, a measure of demand, rose to 22.8 million barrels per day in the most recent week. That's a align="justify"> The four-week average rose to 21.4 million bpd, highest since September 2019.
"Total products supplied increased a fair amount. That's surprising to me as we see product demand remaining robust despite some of the Delta variant concerns," said Tony Headrick, analyst at CHS Hedging.
Next week's figures are likely to be skewed by the drop in offshore output due to Hurricane Ida, which has also shut numerous refineries align="justify"> U.S. production rose to 11.5 million barrels per day, highest since May 2020, even though weekly output figures are volatile and analysts generally rely more align="justify"> Refinery crude runs fell by 134,000 barrels per day in the last week, EIA said. Refinery utilization rates fell by 1.1 percentage points in the week as the summer driving season wanes and the less-active turnaround season approaches. Many refiners delayed maintenance last year due to a lack of workers related to COVID-19.
U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 1.3 million barrels in the week to 227.2 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with expectations for a 1.6-million-barrel drop.
Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 1.7 million barrels, versus expectations for a 650,000-barrel drop. Net U.S. crude imports fell last week by 45,000 barrels per day, EIA said.
Oil prices remained lower on the day. U.S. crude fell 1.1%, or 81 cents, to $67.69 a barrel as of 10:53 a.m. EDT (1453 GMT). Brent dropped 74 cents, or 1%, to $70.90 a barrel.