10月8日：由于对中东主要产油区供应的持续担忧，加之海湾和霍尔木兹海峡针对航运的袭击增加，周四油价上涨。
Oct 8 : Oil prices rose on Thursday on persistent worries about supply from the key Middle East producing region amid an increase in attacks on shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
截至格林尼治标准时间01:16，布伦特原油期货上涨1.33美元，涨幅1.33%，报每桶101.53美元。美国西德克萨斯中质（WTI）原油期货上涨1.11美元，涨幅1.26%，报每桶89.39美元。
Brent crude futures rose $1.33, or 1.33 per cent, at $101.53 a barrel by 0116 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $1.11, or 1.26 per cent, to $89.39.
周三，国际能源署同意加速释放石油储备，并优先保障柴油供应，这是3月启动的一项计划的一部分，各国政府正试图应对伊朗战争导致的创纪录燃料价格和供应中断。因此，周三油价收盘下跌。
Prices settled lower on Wednesday after the International Energy Agency agreed to accelerate the release of oil stocks and to prioritize diesel supplies under a plan launched in March, as governments seek to tackle record fuel prices and supply disruptions caused by the Iran war.
然而，随着美国与以色列同伊朗的冲突进入第八个月，10月份针对海湾和霍尔木兹海峡石油航运的威胁有所增加。战前，该海峡承载的运输量约占全球石油和燃料总量的20%。
However, threats to oil shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, which carried shipments equal to about 20 per cent of global oil and fuel before the war, have increased in October as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran enters its eighth month.
上周，途经霍尔木兹海峡的油轮遭遇的袭击次数创下伊朗战争爆发以来单周最高纪录，而海湾产油国正在增加出口。随着更多原油流出海湾，袭击次数增加，但货物和船员面临的风险和成本也随之上升。
Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began as Gulf producers increase exports. The increase in attacks is occurring as more crude is flowing out of the Gulf but at higher costs and risk to cargoes and crew.
英国海上贸易行动组织周三表示，在最新一起袭击事件中，一艘位于卡塔尔以北的油轮被多枚弹体击中，造成人员伤亡。
In the latest attack, a tanker north of Qatar was struck by multiple projectiles, causing casualties, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said on Wednesday.
澳新银行高级大宗商品策略师丹尼尔·海恩斯（Daniel Hynes）周四在一份报告中表示：“过去，此类袭击导致波斯湾出货量减少。但这一次，生产商似乎愿意承担船只受损的风险，因为没有其他途径将石油运往国际市场。”
"In the past, such attacks have resulted in a reduction in shipments from the Persian Gulf. This time around, producers appear to be willing to take the risk of their vessels being damaged, as there is no alternative way to get their oil to international markets," Daniel Hynes, senior commodity strategist at bank ANZ, said in a note on Thursday.
海恩斯还表示，国际能源署的石油释放很可能由该组织在中东冲突初期原定的4亿桶释放计划中已包含的桶数组成，这意味着这似乎并不代表对战略储备的额外动用。
Hynes also said the IEA's oil release would likely consist of barrels that were already part of the group's original 400-million-barrel release plan at the start of the Middle East conflict, meaning it does not appear to represent an additional draw on strategic inventories.
“归根结底，战略性的石油储备释放虽然可以暂时增加供应流量，但并不会创造新的生产能力，”他表示。
"Ultimately, strategic stock releases can augment supply flows temporarily but do not create new production capacity," he said.
美国作为全球最大的石油消费国和生产国，其库存数据对油价形成了支撑：原油库存降幅超出预期，而柴油库存则略有下降。
Inventory data from the US, the world's biggest oil consumer and producer, were supportive for prices as crude stockpiles fell by a higher-than-expected amount, while diesel inventories declined slightly.
美国能源信息署周三表示，截至10月2日当周，原油库存减少320万桶，降至4.241亿桶，而路透社分析师此前的预期为减少170万桶。
Crude inventories fell by 3.2 million barrels to 424.1 million barrels in the week ended October 2, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.7 million-barrel decline.
包括柴油和航空燃油在内的馏分燃料库存下降了4.2万桶，至1.0514亿桶，远低于过去五年同期水平。
Distillate fuel inventories, including diesel fuel and jet fuel, dropped by 42,000 barrels to 105.14 million barrels, well below their levels reported for this time of year in the past five years.