據碳氫加工網5月11日消息，由于投資者擔心出現第二波疫情，油價再次下跌，但沙特阿拉伯新一輪減產緩解了對供應過剩和價格損失有限的擔憂。

截至美國東部時間下午12點58分，布倫特原油期貨價格下跌1.04美元，至每桶29.93美元，跌幅3.4%。美國西德克薩斯中質原油(WTI)下跌30美分，至每桶24.44美元，跌幅1.2%。

由于疫情減少了全球范圍內的石油流動，導致全球石油庫存不斷增加，全球石油需求已經下降了約30%。雖然原油期貨今年因疫情下跌了55%以上，但過去兩周價格有所上漲，原因是隨著一些旅行限制的放寬，需求出現了溫和反彈。

然而，對第二波疫情的擔憂使期貨市場承壓。

周一，德國報告稱，在采取初步措施放松封鎖后，新的冠狀病毒感染正在呈指數級增長。

韓國也在周日警告第二波疫情。

雷斯塔能源石油市場負責人Bjornar Tonhaugen表示，"交易商從上周的熱情中退下來，考慮出現第二波疫情的可能性。若疫情成真，將導致需求低于市場對2020年下半年的預期。"

然而，在沙特能源部一位官員表示已指示國家石油公司沙特阿美將其6月份的原油產量每天再減少100萬桶后，油價受到提振。

在此之前，歐佩克和其他產油國達成協議，從5月1日起每日減產約1,000萬桶，以支撐油價。

輝立期貨集團高級分析師Phil Flynn表示:“這是歐佩克減產與人們對第二波冠狀病毒爆發可能性的擔憂之間的平衡。正是這兩種情緒在今天來回地沖擊著市場。”

在美國，對該國石油儲備空間即將耗盡的擔憂導致WTI價格上月跌至負值，促使一些美國生產商控制產量。

根據能源服務公司貝克休斯自1940年以來的數據，這個全球最大的石油生產國上周運營的石油和天然氣鉆井平臺數量降至374個，創歷史新低。

裘寅 編譯自 碳氫加工網

原文如下：

Oil falls on fears of second coronavirus wave

Oil prices fell as investors worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections, but new output cuts from Saudi Arabia tempered worries about oversupply and limited price losses.

Brent crude futures fell $1.04, or 3.4%, to $29.93 a barrel by 12:58 p.m. EDT (1658 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 30 cents, or 1.2%, to $24.44 a barrel.

Global oil demand has slumped by about 30% as the coronavirus pandemic has curtailed movement across the world, leading to growing inventories globally. While crude futures have fallen more than 55% this year because of the virus, prices have gained the past two weeks, supported by a modest rebound in demand as some travel restrictions are eased.

However, fears about a second wave of the virus weighed on futures.

Germany reported on Monday that new coronavirus infections were accelerating exponentially after early steps to ease its lockdown.

South Korea also warned of a second wave of the virus on Sunday.

"Traders stepped back from last week's enthusiasm, contemplating the possibility of a second wave of the epidemic, which, if realised, could drive demand lower than the market hopes and expects for the second half of 2020," said Rystad Energy's head of oil markets, Bjornar Tonhaugen.

Prices received a boost, however, after a Saudi energy ministry official said the ministry has directed national oil company Saudi Aramco to reduce its crude oil production for June by an extra 1 million barrels per day.

The reduction is on top of a pact by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allied producers - a group known as OPEC+ - to cut production from May 1 by about 10 million bpd in an effort to support prices.

"It's a balance between OPEC production cuts versus concerns about the possibility of a second wave of coronavirus," said Phil Flynn, senior analyst at Price Futures Group. "It's those two emotions that have been bouncing the market back and forth today."

In the United States, fears that the country is running out of oil storage space sent WTI prices into negative territory last month, prompting some U.S. producers to rein in output.

The number of operating oil and gas rigs in the world's largest oil producer last week fell to 374, a record low according to data going back to 1940 from energy services company Baker Hughes Co.