据Oil & Gas Journal网站8月15日消息 纽约和伦敦市场原油基准价格下跌超过1.80美元/桶。布伦特原油10月价格在8月13日收于61.30美元/桶后，在8月14日收于60美元/桶以下。

盛宝银行大宗商品战略主管汉森表示，轻质低硫原油对布伦特上月原油的折扣从6月的11美元/桶缩小至目前的不足5美元/桶。

汉森表示：“随着全球经济放缓对全球基准布伦特原油的影响，这种价差已经缩小，人们越来越担心美国页岩油生产商将难以实现其产量增长目标。”

大陆资源公司首席执行官哈罗德?哈姆最近在丹佛召开的一次能源公司能源会议上表示，美国页岩生产商需要确保我们的市场不供应过剩。

能源价格

8月14日纽约商品交易所9月份交割的轻质低硫原油价格下跌1.87美元，至55.23美元/桶。10月份的合约价格下跌1.85美元，至55.25美元/桶。

纽约商品交易所9月份的天然气价格微跌不到1美分，至2.14美元/每百万英热单位。

9月超低硫柴油价格下跌3美分，至1.84美元/加仑。纽约商品交易所9月重组混合汽油价格下跌6美分，至1.67美元/加仑。

布伦特原油10月份下跌1.82美元，至59.48美元/桶。11月合约下跌1.85美元，收于59.06美元/桶。

8月14日，9月份的天然气石油合同价格下跌15美元，至561美元/吨。

8月14日欧佩克原油平均价格未公布。

王磊 摘译自 Oil & Gas Journal

原文如下：

Oil benchmark prices drop; Brent settles under $60/bbl

Crude oil benchmarks dropped by more than $1.80/bbl on New York and London markets with Brent for October settling under $60/bbl on Aug. 14 after having closed at $61.30/bbl on Aug. 13.

Ole Hansen, Saxo Bank head of commodity strategy, notes the discount for light, sweet crude oil to Brent front-month crude oil narrowed from $11/bbl in June to less than $5/bbl currently.

“The spread has narrowed in response to the global slowdown impacting Brent, the global benchmark, and increased concerns that US shale oil producers will struggle to meet their production growth targets,” Hansen said.

Harold Hamm, chief executive officer of Continental Resources, recently told an EnerCom energy conference in Denver that US shale producers “need to make sure we don’t oversupply the market.”

Energy prices

Light, sweet crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange for September delivery dropped $1.87 to $55.23/bbl on Aug. 14 while the October contract declined $1.85 to $55.25/bbl.

The NYMEX natural gas price for September edged down less than 1￠ to a rounded $2.14/MMbtu.

Ultralow-sulfur diesel for September fell 3￠ to $1.84/gal. The NYMEX reformulated gasoline blendstock for September decreased 6￠ to a rounded $1.67/gal.

Brent crude for October fell $1.82 to $59.48/bbl. The November contract dropped $1.85 to settle at $59.06/bbl.

Gas oil for September declined $15 to $561/tonne on Aug. 14.

The average for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ basket of crudes for Aug. 14 was unavailable.