據烴加工網站4月7日報道 美國能源信息署（EIA）表示，上周美國原油庫存降幅超過預期，而汽油庫存則大幅躍升，因煉油利率升至一年多來的最高水平。

截至4月2日的一周內，原油庫存減少350萬桶，至5.018億桶，而路透社調查顯示，分析師預期原油庫存將減少140萬桶。美國中西部庫存跌至2020年3月以來的最低水平。

美國汽油庫存本周增加400萬桶，至2.3050億桶，而預測為下降22.1萬桶。隨著夏季駕車季節的臨近，人們預計汽油庫存將很快開始減少，但目前尚未出現這種情況。

瑞穗證券能源期貨主管Robert Yawger表示：“汽油價格如此之高，使得原油價格無法上漲，盡管原油價格有所回落。”

報告公布后，石油價格小幅下跌。截至美國東部時間上午10:44（格林威治標準時間14:44），美國原油期貨價格下跌50美分，至每桶58.83美元。布倫特原油期貨價格下跌46美分，至每桶62.27美元。

煉油廠原油日產量增加10.3萬桶，利用率小幅上升0.1個百分點，目前已達到產能的84%，為2020年3月以來的最高水平。

包括柴油和取暖油在內的餾分油庫存增加了150萬桶，達到1.441億桶，增幅高于預期的48.6萬桶。

上周美國原油凈進口下降14.1萬桶/日，原油產量下降20萬桶/日，至1090萬桶/日。

王磊 摘譯自 烴加工

原文如下：

U.S. crude stockpiles drop, fuel inventories rise

U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell more than expected last week, while gasoline inventories jumped sharply as refining rates to the highest in over a year, the Energy Information Administration said.

Crude inventories fell by 3.5 million barrels in the week to April 2 to 501.8 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.4 million-barrel drop. Stocks in the Midwest fell to their lowest since March 2020.

U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 4 million barrels in the week to 230.5 million barrels, compared with forecasts for a 221,000-barrel drop. With summer driving season approaching, the expectation is that gasoline inventories will soon start to recede, but that has not happened yet.

"The gasoline number was so large that it’s not allowing crude oil to rally despite the draw in crude oil," said Robert Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho Securities.

Oil priced edged lower after the report. U.S. crude futures slipped by 50 cents to $58.83 a barrel, while Brent dropped 46 cents to $62.27 a barrel as of 10:44 a.m. EDT (1444 GMT).

Refinery crude runs rose by 103,000 barrels per day and utilization rates edged up 0.1 percentage point, and are now running at 84% of capacity, their highest since March 2020.

Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 1.5 million barrels to 144.1 million barrels, versus expectations for a 486,000-barrel rise.

Net U.S. crude imports fell last week by 141,000 bpd, while crude production fell 200,000 bpd to 10.9 million bpd.