据OGJ网站8月8日报道，美国能源情报署(EIA )表示，截至8月2日当周，较前一周美国商业原油库存，不包括战略石油储备，增加了240万桶。

EIA在其每周石油状况报告中说，石油库存达到4.389亿桶，比每年这个时候的5年平均水平高出约2%。

结束了连续7周的库存下降。原油供应增加令许多人感到意外。华尔街日报调查的分析师和交易员预计库存将减少280万桶。

9月和10月轻质低硫原油价格下跌超过2.50美元/桶，这是自1月以来纽约市场最低的近月原油结算价。9月合约于8月7日收于51.09美元/桶。

汽车汽油总库存增加了440万桶，比每年这个时候的5年平均水平高出4%。成品汽油和调合组分库存均有所增加。馏分油库存增加了150万桶，比每年这个时候的5年平均水平低1%左右。

截至8月2日的一周内，丙烷-丙烯库存增加了290万桶。比每年这个季节的5年平均值高出约8%。

美国炼油厂的产能为96.4％，截至8月2日当周的投入量平均为1780万桶/天，比前一周的平均水平增加了78.6万桶/天。汽油产量增加，平均为1040万桶/日。馏分燃料产量增加，平均为530万桶/天。

原油进口量上升，截至8月2日的一周，日均进口710万桶。较前一周增加了48.5万桶/日。过去4周，石油进口平均每天690万桶，比2018年同期减少14.9%。

汽油总进口量，包括成品汽油和汽油调和组分，上周平均为120万桶/日，馏分油进口量平均为253,000桶/日。

郝芬 译自 OGJ

原文如下：

EIA: US crude oil inventories build, ending seven consecutive weekly declines

US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increased by 2.4 million bbl for the week ended Aug. 2 compared with the previous week, the Energy Information Administration said.

At 438.9 million bbl, oil inventories reached about 2% above the 5-year average for this time of year, EIA said in its weekly Petroleum Status Report.

The build ended 7 weeks of consecutive inventory declines. The gain in crude oil supplies surprised many. Analysts and traders surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected inventories to fall 2.8 million bbl.

Light, sweet crude oil prices for both September and October fell by more than $2.50/bbl on the news to the lowest front-month crude settlement on the New York market since January. The September contract settled at $51.09/bbl on Aug. 7.

Total motor gasoline inventories climbed by 4.4 million bbl, reaching 4% above the 5-year average for this time of year. Finished gasoline and blending components inventories both increased. Distillate fuel inventories increased by 1.5 million bbl to reach about 1% below the 5-year average for this time of year.

Propane-propylene inventories increased by 2.9 million bbl for the week ended Aug. 2, reaching about 8% above the 5-year average for this time of year.

US refineries operated at 96.4% of capacity, with inputs averaging 17.8 million b/d for the week ended Aug. 2, which was up 786,000 b/d from the previous week’s average. Gasoline production increased, averaging 10.4 million b/d. Distillate fuel production increased, averaging 5.3 million b/d.

Crude oil imports rose, averaged 7.1 million b/d for the week ended Aug. 2. That was up by 485,000 b/d from the previous week. Over the past 4 weeks, oil imports averaged about 6.9 million b/d, which was 14.9% less than the same 4-week period for 2018.

Total motor gasoline imports, including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components, last week averaged 1.2 million b/d and distillate fuel imports averaged 253,000 b/d.