據(jù)能源世界網(wǎng)5月14日華盛頓報(bào)道，美國(guó)能源部周三表示，將購(gòu)買多達(dá)100萬(wàn)桶低硫原油，用于應(yīng)急石油儲(chǔ)備。此舉旨在幫助那些因疫情抑制石油需求而陷入困境的生產(chǎn)商。

此舉是在該部門取消了為戰(zhàn)略石油儲(chǔ)備購(gòu)買多達(dá)3000萬(wàn)桶的最初計(jì)劃之后，美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)未能為其提供資金。

今年3月，能源部試圖尋找資金購(gòu)買總計(jì)7700萬(wàn)桶石油，這將使該儲(chǔ)備達(dá)到約7.14億桶。

該部門在一份新聞稿中稱，購(gòu)買多達(dá)100萬(wàn)桶原油"將是對(duì)SPR可獲得的現(xiàn)貨原油狀況的測(cè)試，而不是對(duì)金融市場(chǎng)交易WTI NYMEX期貨合約的測(cè)試。該部門表示，將從國(guó)內(nèi)中小型生產(chǎn)商購(gòu)買石油。

能源部沒(méi)有立即回應(yīng)有關(guān)如果測(cè)試產(chǎn)生令人滿意的結(jié)果是否還會(huì)再采購(gòu)的問(wèn)題。

在取消了3,000萬(wàn)桶的購(gòu)買之后，能源部制定了一項(xiàng)計(jì)劃，要求公司租用空間在SPR中儲(chǔ)存一些石油。能源部在4月底表示，包括雪佛龍公司和埃克森美孚公司在內(nèi)的9家公司已同意租用儲(chǔ)存2300萬(wàn)桶原油的空間。

根據(jù)美國(guó)能源部網(wǎng)站顯示，到目前為止，根據(jù)租賃計(jì)劃，截至4月底和5月，已經(jīng)向SPR輸送了約480萬(wàn)桶石油。

郝芬 譯自 能源世界網(wǎng)

原文如下：

U.S. to buy up to 1 million barrels of oil for emergency reserve

he US Energy Department said on Wednesday it will buy up to 1 million barrels of sweet crude for the government's emergency petroleum reserve as part an effort to help producers struggling as the coronavirus strangles oil demand.

The move came after the department canceled an initial plan to buy up to 30 million barrels for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, after Congress failed to fund it as some lawmakers complained it would help oil companies during the coronavirus pandemic.

In March the department tried to find funding to purchase a total of 77 million barrels, which would have brought the reserve to its capacity of about 714 million barrels.

The purchase of up to 1 million barrels "will serve as a test of the current conditions of physical crude oil available to the SPR as opposed to the financial market trading WTI NYMEX futures contracts," the department said in a release. The department will purchase the oil from small to midsize domestic producers, it said.

The Energy Department did not immediately respond to a question about whether there would be further purchases if the test yielded favorable results.

After it canceled the 30 million barrel purchase, the Energy Department devised a plan for companies to rent space to store some oil in the SPR. In late April, the Energy Department said nine companies including Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp had agreed to rent space to store 23 million barrels of crude.

About 4.8 million barrels of oil have been delivered so far to the SPR in late April and in May under the leasing program, the Energy Department website showed.