據能源之聲4月7日消息，在國際能源署表示美國盟國將從庫存中部署6000萬桶原油后，西得克薩斯中質原油在周三下跌超過5美元后，上漲至每桶98美元。此前，美國已經宣布釋放1.8億桶原油。

過去六周，油價一直受到劇烈波動的沖擊。為了應對這場戰爭，華盛頓及其盟友一直試圖在經濟上采取行動阻止能源價格上漲，而能源價格上漲已經加劇了通脹。原油的綜合排放規模是前所未有的。

Oanda Asia Pacific Pte的高級市場分析師Jeffrey Halley說：“看起來亞洲買家正在利用較低的價格。戰爭仍在繼續，制裁正在收緊，因此即使發布了這些戰略石油儲備，石油供應仍然存在結構性短缺。”

石油交易商也在評估美聯儲鷹派轉向的后果，因為政策制定者控制了他們為緩解疫情影響而部署的支持。除了加息外，美聯儲還表示將以每月最多950億美元的速度減持債券。

價格

倫敦上午7點02分，紐約商品交易所5月交割的西得克薩斯中質原油價格上漲1.7% 至每桶97.84美元。

歐洲洲際交易所6月交割的布倫特原油價格上漲1.9%，至每桶103.00美元，周三下跌5.2%。

盡管石油市場仍處于現貨溢價狀態，這是一種看漲模式，即近期合約比遠期合約更昂貴，但隨著交易商重新評估前景，最近幾天關鍵價差已顯著收窄。布倫特原油的即時價差——最接近的兩個合約之間的差價——為每桶89美分的現貨溢價，低于一周前的3.20美元。

祝精燕 摘譯自 能源之聲

原文如下：

Oil snaps back after sliding on back of IEA reserve release plan

West Texas Intermediate rose toward $98 a barrel after retreating by more than $5 on Wednesday after the International Energy Agency said that U.S. allies will deploy 60 million barrels from stockpiles. That’s on top of the 180 million-barrel release already announced.

Oil has been wracked by intense volatility over the past six weeks . In response to the war, Washington and its allies have been trying to punish Russia economically, while also moving to stem the rise in energy prices that’s fanning already-elevated inflation. The scale of the combined crude releases is unprecedented.

“It looks like Asian buyers are taking advantage of lower prices,” said Jeffrey Halley, a senior market analyst at Oanda Asia Pacific Pte. “The war is still going on, sanctions are tightening, and there is still a structural deficit in oil supplies because of that, even with these SPR releases.”

Oil traders were also assessing the consequences of a hawkish pivot from the Federal Reserve as policy makers rein in the support they deployed to cushion the impact of the pandemic. In addition to rate rises, the Fed signaled it will reduce its bond holdings at a maximum pace of $95 billion a month.

Prices

West Texas Intermediate for May delivery rose 1.7% to $97.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 7:02 a.m. in London.

Brent for June settlement climbed 1.9% to $103.00 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange after dropping 5.2% on Wednesday.

While oil markets are still in backwardation, a bullish pattern where near-term contracts are more expensive that later-dated ones, there’s been a significant narrowing of key differentials in recent days as traders reassess the outlook. Brent’s prompt spread — the gap between its two nearest contracts — was 89 cents a barrel in backwardation, down from $3.20 a week ago.