周五早间，油价小幅下跌，投资者权衡中东风险以及美国可能放宽对全球“影子船队”油轮限制的措施。
Oil prices edged down on Friday morning as investors weighed Middle East risks and possible US steps to ease restrictions on the world’s "shadow fleet" of tankers.
截至格林尼治标准时间00时12分，布伦特原油期货下跌41美分，跌幅0.39%，报每桶105.51美元；美国西得克萨斯中质原油期货CLc1下跌54美分，跌幅0.55%，报每桶97.43美元。
Brent crude futures fell 41 cents, or 0.39%, to $105.51 a barrel by 0012 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 were down 54 cents, or 0.55%, to $97.43.
周四，WTI上涨超过3%并收高，此前美国原油库存大幅下降支撑了油价，而布伦特原油几乎持平。
WTI settled up more than 3% on Thursday after a large US crude stock draw helped support prices, while Brent crude was little changed.
国际能源署周四同意向市场投放超过2000万桶柴油，以及3月份承诺的紧急储备创纪录释放中剩余的任何石油，以增加供应并抑制飙升的价格。
The International Energy Agency agreed on Thursday to release over 20 million barrels of diesel to the market and any oil remaining from a record release of emergency reserves pledged in March to boost supply and cool soaring prices.
海通期货周五在一份报告中表示，在上一交易时段，油价隔夜上涨，这表明“投资者对这些措施不满意”。
During the previous trading session, oil prices rose overnight in a sign that "investors were dissatisfied with these measures," Haitong Futures in a note on Friday.
“真正能让油市降温的是中东紧张局势缓和。”一位美国官员周三表示，特朗普政府正考虑解除对一些所谓“影子船队”船舶的制裁，这些船舶曾运输来自俄罗斯、伊朗和委内瑞拉等国的石油及石油产品，旨在降低创纪录的全球运费。
"What would really cool the oil market is an easing of tensions in the Middle East." The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on some so-called shadow fleet vessels that have transported oil and petroleum products from countries including Russia, Iran and Venezuela, in an effort to reduce record-high global freight rates, a US official said on Wednesday.
这些讨论发生在特朗普总统暂时解除对俄罗斯柴油制裁几天后，该举动遭到乌克兰总统泽连斯基、欧洲国家以及美国参议院部分特朗普同僚共和党人的强烈批评。
The discussions come days after President Donald Trump temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian diesel fuel, a move met with a torrent of criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European countries and some of Trump's fellow Republicans in the US Senate.
与此同时，沙特阿拉伯与也门胡塞武装之间冲突升级，以及该地区船舶遭受新一轮袭击，支撑了油价。
Meanwhile, escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis and renewed attacks on ships in the region supported prices.
过去10天，该水道周围的袭击激增，伊朗表示，正加强打击，以回应美国对其港口的封锁以及上个月实施的更严厉制裁。
Attacks around the waterway have surged over the past 10 days, with Iran saying it was stepping up strikes in response to the US blockade of its ports and tougher sanctions introduced last month.
胡塞武装周四向南部城市亚丁的总统府综合体发射导弹，造成两名卫兵死亡，而也门的沙特领导联盟则详细披露了针对沙特基础设施的数十起袭击，冲突持续升级。
The Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday, killing two guards, while the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen detailed dozens of attacks on Saudi infrastructure in the escalating conflict.