中国石化新闻网讯 据烃加工网2月23日报道，根据美国能源信息署（Energy Information Administration）周四发布的数据显示，美国原油库存连续第九周增加，达到2021年5月以来的最高水平，原因是炼油商在维护季期间用油减少。
截至2月17日当周，原油库存增加760万桶，至约4.79亿桶，而路透调查分析师预估为增加210万桶。
芝加哥Price Futures Group高级分析师Phil Flynn表示，EIA数据中原油供应的另一次大幅调整增加了库存。上周，大幅调整导致原油供应增加了1630万桶。
炼油厂用油量减少1.7万桶/天，炼油厂利用率下降0.6%，至总产能的85.9%。
Flynn表示，炼油厂维护增加了原油产量。并补充道，随着炼油商提高利用率，用油量应该会增加。
俄克拉荷马州库欣原油期货交易中心的原油库存上周增加70万桶，至4041万桶，为2021年6月以来的最高水平。数据公布后，油价小幅回落，美国原油期货价格略高于1美元/桶，报74.99美元。
EIA称，汽油库存减少190万桶，至约2.401亿桶，分析师预期为增加11万桶。包括柴油和取暖油在内的馏分油库存增加270万桶，而预期为减少110万桶。馏分油供应量为1.219亿桶，为2022年1月以来的最高水平。
EIA表示，美国原油净进口量下降140万桶/天，而产量连续第三周稳定在2020年4月以来的最高水平1230万桶/天。
郝芬 译自 烃加工网
原文如下：
U.S. crude stockpiles rise for ninth week in a row
U.S. crude oil inventories rose for the ninth week in a row, surging to their most since May 2021, as refiners ran less oil during a strong maintenance season, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed>Crude inventories rose by 7.6 MMb to about 479 MMb in the week to Feb. 17, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 2.1-MMb rise.
Another steep crude oil supply adjustment in the EIA data added to the build, said Phil Flynn, senior analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago. Last week, a large adjustment contributed to a 16.3-MMb rise in crude supplies.
Refinery crude runs dropped by 17,000 bpd, and refinery utilization rates fell by 0.6% percentage point to 85.9% of total capacity.
"Refinery maintenance is adding to these crude builds," Flynn said, adding that crude runs should increase as oil refiners increase utilization.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub for futures rose by 700,000 barrels last week to 40.41 MM barrels, their highest level since June 2021. Oil prices pared gains slightly after the data, with U.S. crude futures trading just over $1/bbl at $74.99.
Gasoline stocks fell 1.9 MMb to about 240.1 MMb, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations for a 110,000-barrel rise.? Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose 2.7 MMb versus forecasts for a 1.1-MMb draw. At 121.9 MM barrels, distillate supplies were at their highest since January 2022.
Net U.S. crude imports fell by 1.4 MMbpd, the EIA said, while production held steady at its highest level since April 2020 for a third week in a row at 12.3 MMbpd.