據4月1日Bahrain News Agency報道，由于美國石油庫存增長超出預期，且歐佩克成員國間談判破裂，加劇了石油供應過剩，全球原油價格在出現了有史以來最大的季度和月度跌幅后，周三進一步下跌。

美國石油學會(API)數據顯示，上周美國原油庫存增加了1050萬桶，遠遠超過400萬桶的增長預期。而歐佩克缺乏有效舉措來改善市場的看跌情緒——沙特阿拉伯和歐佩克其他成員國周二未能就4月份舉行會議討論油價下滑達成協議。

當前全球經濟增長放緩，石油需求銳減，目前油價接近2002年以來的最低水平。據路透社報道，原油期貨價格在3月份創紀錄下跌后，本季度結束下跌幅度近70%。

截至格林尼治時間3時45分，布倫特原油價格下跌47美分，跌幅為1.8%，至每桶25.88美元。美國西德克薩斯中質原油價格上漲12美分，至每桶20.6美元，漲幅為0.6%，分析師表示，油價上漲受二季度初的持倉影響。

鄒勤 摘譯自 Bahrain News Agency

原文如下：

Oil prices fall as US inventory build-up heightens

Global crude oil prices slid further on Wednesday, following their biggest-ever quarterly and monthly losses, as a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. inventories and a widening rift within OPEC heightened oversupply fears.

Oil prices are near their lowest since 2002 amid the global coronavirus crisis that has brought a worldwide economic slowdown and slashed oil demand. Crude futures ended the quarter down nearly 70% after record losses in March, Reuters reported.

As of 0345 GMT, Brent crude was down by 47 cents, or 1.8%, at $25.88 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude was up 12 cents, or 0.6%, at $20.6 a barrel, an uptick analysts said was driven by position building at the start of a the new quarter.

US crude inventories rose by 10.5 million barrels last week, far exceeding forecasts for a 4 million barrel build-up, data from industry group the American Petroleum Institute showed.

The bearish mood in the market wasn’t improved by a rift within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Saudi Arabia and other members of OPEC were unable to come to an agreement on Tuesday to meet in April to discuss sliding prices.

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原油超額供應沖擊市場

中國石化新聞網訊 據彭博社4月1 日報道，亞洲油價回落至每桶20美元，在沙特阿拉伯加大石油供應之際，4月份的石油需求或將會進一步下跌。紐約期貨在周二上漲1.9%后下跌了1.4%。

由于需求下降，原油供應過剩，第一季度是油價有史以來表現最糟糕的一個季度，跌幅達66%。據一些全球極具影響力的能源分析師估計，4月份的石油日消費量可能較上年同期下降高達2200萬桶。

據船舶跟蹤數據顯示，沙特阿拉伯正在履行4月份增加石油出口的承諾，第一批原油已經開始向歐洲和美國輸送。據行業顧問IHS Markit稱，當前局勢下，全球將沒有足夠的空間來儲存石油。因此，超額的石油供應正在沖擊石油市場。

交易員援引美國石油學會的報告稱，美國原油期貨合約交割地俄克拉荷馬州庫欣（Cushing）的原油庫存增加了293萬桶。周三EIA數據證實，這創下了2017年2月以來的最高紀錄。

鄒勤 摘譯自 彭博社

原文如下：

Oil Declines With More Turbulence Seen After Worst Quarter Ever

Oil dipped back toward $20 a barrel in Asia, kicking off a month which is likely to see demand for the fuel plummet further at a time when the world’s top exporters are pumping more in a damaging battle for market share.

Futures in New York fell 1.4%, after gaining 1.9% on Tuesday. Crude has just had its worst quarter on record, tumbling 66% as the spread of coronavirus crushed demand and Saudi Arabia and Russia embarked on a price war that has flooded the market with supply. Daily consumption could drop by as much as 22 million barrels in April from a year earlier, according to estimates from some of the world’s most influential energy analysts.

Saudi Arabia is following through on its pledge to ramp up oil exports in April, with a first wave of crude already on its way toward Europe and the U.S., according to ship-tracking data. The extra supply is hitting a market that simply has no need for it, as lockdowns suppress activity across Europe and North America, meaning the world will run out of space to store oil by the middle of the year, according to industry consultant IHS Markit.

U.S. crude stockpiles were said to have ballooned by 10.5 million barrels last week, according to traders citing the American Petroleum Institute report, with a 2.93 million-barrel gain in Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point of the U.S. crude futures contract. If confirmed by U.S. Energy Information Administration data on Wednesday, the nationwide crude build would be the biggest since February 2017.