據6月8日彭博社報道，隨著美國夏季駕駛季需求升溫，以及疫情形勢好轉，石油價格超過3個月前的最高收盤價，繼續擴大漲幅。

西得克薩斯中質原油期貨價格周二收漲0.8%，突破每桶120美元。由于包括高盛集團和摩根士丹利在內的銀行強調未來幾個月油價將上漲，該期貨本周在三個月高點附近波動。

據知情人士透露，美國石油學會API周二報告稱，上周美國汽油庫存增加了182萬桶。由于庫存處于多年來的最低季節性水平，這不太可能給緊張的燃料市場帶來太多緩解。

隨著經濟從疫情中反彈，石油市場今年保持了上漲勢頭。隨著疫情形勢好轉，上周，歐佩克+增產幅度超過了此前計劃，不過該組織近幾個月來一直在努力實現其目標。

荷蘭銀行高級能源經濟學家Hans Van Cleef表示，“人們的關注點從歐佩克提高產量轉向了閑置產能下降，我發現短期內很難看到價格下降的理由”。

價格方面

倫敦時間上午10點35分，WTI 7月期貨上漲1%，至每桶120.60美元。

布倫特原油8月結算價上漲0.8%，至每桶121.56美元。

API表示，上周美國原油庫存增加了約185萬桶，而餾分油（包括柴油）庫存增加了約338萬桶。

王佳晶 摘譯自 彭博社

原文如下：

Oil gains near US$120 with traders awaiting summer demand uptick

Oil extended gains from the highest close in three months as the US summer driving season ramps up and the world emerges from virus lockdowns.

West Texas Intermediate futures rose above US$120 a barrel after settling 0.8 per cent higher on Tuesday. Futures have fluctuated near a three-month high so far this week as banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley underlined calls for higher prices in the coming months.

On Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute reported that US gasoline stockpiles rose by 1.82 million barrels last week, according to people familiar with the data. That’s unlikely to provide much relief to a tight fuel market, with inventories at the lowest seasonal level in years.

The oil market has maintained its upward momentum this year as economies rebounded from the pandemic, a virus resurgence in China has led to extreme volatility at times. It continues to roll back its COVID-19 curbs as infection rates ease. Last week, OPEC+ lifted output by more than it had previously planned, though the group has struggled to meet its targets in recent months.

“There is a shift in focus from higher production by OPEC+ towards the declining spare capacity,” said Hans Van Cleef, a senior energy economist at ABN Amro Bank NV. “I find it difficult to see arguments for lower prices in the near term.”

Prices

WTI for July delivery rose 1 per cent to US$120.60 a barrel at 10:35 a.m. in London.

Brent for August settlement gained 0.8 per cent to US$121.56 a barrel.

US crude stockpiles rose by about 1.85 million barrels last week, while inventories of distillates -- a category that includes diesel -- increased by about 3.38 million barrels, the API said. Official government data are due later Wednesday.