
珀斯,11月13日电:周五油价涨跌互现,但有望录得第二周下跌,因美国计划继续对伊朗实施封锁,降低了可能扰乱中东供应的大规模战斗重燃的可能性,尽管航运袭击仍构成威胁。
PERTH, Nov 13 : Oil prices were mixed on Friday, but set for their second weekly decline, as the US plans to continue its Iranian blockade, reducing the chance of renewed large-scale fighting that could disrupt Middle East supplies, though attacks on shipping remain a danger.
布伦特期货基本持平,下跌1美分,报每桶95.41美元,格林威治时间0242。西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)下跌20美分,跌幅0.25%,报每桶88.52美元。
Brent futures were little changed, down 1 cent at $95.41 a barrel at 0242 GMT. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) declined by 20 cents, or 0.25 per cent, to $88.52 a barrel.
周五的跌势扭转了此前两天的涨势,在一个波动剧烈的交易周中,早些时候对美以针对伊朗的战争(现已进入第九个月)实现和解的希望,被也门伊朗支持的胡塞武装袭击沙特阿拉伯基础设施以及袭击从海湾运出原油的油轮所抵消。
Friday's declines reversed two days of gains amid a volatile trading week with earlier hopes for a rapprochement of the US-Israel war against Iran, now in its ninth month, offset by strikes on Saudi Arabian infrastructure by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis and attacks on tankers transporting crude out of the Gulf.
尽管在尚无定论的战争中价格波动,布伦特油价本周有望下跌2.4%,此前一周暴跌16%;WTI油价有望下跌2.5%,此前一周下跌13%。
Despite the swings in prices amid the inconclusive war, Brent is set for a 2.4 per cent drop this week, after plunging 16 per cent the previous week, while WTI is set for a 2.5 per cent decline, after dropping 13 per cent previously.
周五油价下滑,此前美国总统特朗普在Truth Social上表示,与伊朗达成协议并非结束战争的必要条件,表明他将坚持对石油运输、贸易和经济实施制裁封锁。
Prices slipped on Friday after US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social a deal with Iran was not necessary to end the war, indicating he will stick with the blockade on oil shipments and trade and economic sanctions.
总部位于墨尔本的经纪商MiTrade全球顾问克里斯·布兰金表示,过去两周价格的整体下跌反映了对市场风险的良好评估。
The overall decline in prices over the past two weeks reflects a good assessment of the risks to the market, said Chris Brankin, global advisor for Melbourne-based brokerage MiTrade.
他说:“我认为此时油市定价已近乎完美。”他补充称,价格虽有所反弹,但交易员缺乏太多信心,这显示他们正密切关注中东局势。
"I think the oil market is priced to perfection at this point," he said, adding that prices have bounced back a bit but without much conviction on the part of traders, which shows they are following closely what is happening in the Middle East.
尽管价格有所缓和,但经由霍尔木兹海峡的石油运输仍面临风险,该海峡是中东主要产油国原油出口的关键水道。
Despite the easing prices, risks remain for oil shipments out of the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway for crude exports from the main Middle East producers.
周四,伊朗军方称,四艘油轮在霍尔木兹海峡无视警告后遭遇爆炸袭击。路透社无法立即核实伊朗方面的说法。
On Thursday, Iran's military said four oil tankers were hit by explosions in the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring warnings. Reuters could not immediately verify the Iranian accounts.
同一天,也门亲伊朗的胡塞武装称,他们袭击了沙特东西向输油管道的一处泵站、沙特红海城市延布的一处石油设施,以及首都利雅得的一座阿美石油公司大楼。
That same day, Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said they had attacked a pumping station on the Saudi East-West oil pipeline; an oil facility in the Saudi Red Sea city of Yanbu; and an Aramco building in the capital Riyadh.
此外令油价承压,美国能源信息署周四表示,上周美国原油和燃料库存上升,主因是成品油需求疲软以及原油进口激增。
Also pressuring prices, US crude and fuel inventories rose last week, driven by softer refined products demand and a jump in oil imports, the Energy Information Administration said on Thursday.
能源信息署称,截至11月6日当周,原油库存增加470万桶,达到4.144亿桶;路透社调查的分析师此前预期为减少110万桶。
Crude inventories rose by 4.7 million barrels to 414.4 million barrels in the week ended November 6, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.1 million-barrel draw.