据今日油价4月22日消息，美国石油学会(API)周二估计，由于需求破坏仍未得到遏制且美国的常驻订单持续增长，截至4月17日当周原油库存将再增加1226万桶。

今天的库存增幅低于预期的1515万桶。

美国石油学会此前一周估计原油库存大幅增加1313.4万桶，而美国能源情报署的估计为当周增加1920万桶。

周二下午，在API发布数据之前，油价一直在下跌，但与周一WTI交易为负数时相比，油价已大幅上涨，2020年5月期货合约也是如此。

周二美国东部时间下午4:25，西德克萨斯中质油基准价格当日下跌7.32美元(跌幅35.83%)，至13.11美元，较上周每桶下跌约7美元。布伦特原油价格周二也下跌了5.72美元(跌幅22.37%)，至19.85美元，较上周下跌了近10美元。

API报告称，截至4月17日当周汽油库存增加343.5万桶，此前一周增加222.6万桶。相比之下，分析师预计本周将增加357.8万桶。

馏分油库存当周增加763.9万桶，此前一周增加564万桶，而库欣的库存则大幅增加491.3万桶。

据美国能源情报署(EIA)估计，美国原油产量显示，截至4月10日当周的产量降至1230万桶，减少10万桶/天，较峰值减少80万桶/天。

美国东部时间下午4:41， WTI价格为13.05美元，布伦特原油价格为19.80美元。

裘寅 编译自 今日油价

原文如下：

Oil Inventories Near Breaking Point As API Reports 13 Million Barrel Build

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated on Tuesday another large crude oil inventory build of 13.226 million barrels for the week ending April 17 as the demand destruction continues unchecked and stay-at-home orders in the United States drag on.

Today’s inventory build was smaller than the expected 15.15 million barrels.

In the previous week, the API estimated a large build in crude oil inventories of 13.134 million barrels, while the EIA’s estimates were for a build of 19.2 million barrels for that week.

Oil prices were trading down on Tuesday afternoon prior to the API’s data release, although up considerably from Monday when WTI was trading in negative numbers, as was the May 2020 futures contract.

At 4:25 pm EDT on Tuesday the WTI benchmark was trading down on the day by $7.32 (-35.83%) at $13.11—down roughly $7 per barrel week over week. The price of a Brent barrel was also trading down on Tuesday, by $5.72 (-22.37%), at $19.85—down nearly $10 week on week.

The API reported a build of 3.435 million barrels of gasoline for week ending April 17, after last week’s 2.226-million-barrel build. This week’s build compares to analyst expectations for a larger 3.578-million-barrel build for the week.

Distillate inventories were up by 7.639 million barrels for the week, compared to last week’s 5.640-barrel build, while Cushing inventories saw a large gain of 4.913 million barrels.

US crude oil production as estimated by the Energy Information Administration showed that production for the week ending April 10 fell to 12.3 million bpd—down 100,000 bpd for the week, and down 800,000 from its high.

At 4:41 pm EDT, WTI was trading at $13.05 while Brent was trading at $19.80.