中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价2月4日报道，美国石油协会(API)周二估计，在截至1月31日的当周，原油库存增加418万桶，超过了预期，而分析师的预期为280万桶。
根据API数据，上周原油库存意外飙升427万桶。 然而，EIA的估算增加350万桶。
石油价格在下午下跌，周二美国东部时间下午3：39，WTI基准价格下跌0.23美元（跌幅0.46％）至49.88美元，较上周下跌3美元以上。布伦特每桶价格也在周二下跌0.22美元（跌幅0.40％），至54.23美元，与上周价格相比每桶下跌超过4美元。总体而言，自今年年初以来，基准价格已下跌了10美元以上。
本周API还报告了截至1月31日当周汽油增加196万桶，这是继上周飙升327万桶之后的又一次增加，而分析师预测增加205.7万桶。
较上周增加的14.1万桶，本周馏分油库存减少178万桶，而库欣库存增加96万桶。
根据EIA估计的美国原油产量显示，截至1月24日的当周日产量连续第三周保持在1300万桶，创下美国历史新高。
在美国东部时间下午4:39，两个基准价格均进一步下跌，WTI交易价49.63美元，布伦特原油交易价54.00美元。
郝芬 译自 今日油价
原文如下：
Large Crude Inventory Build Sends Prices Tumbling
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated on Tuesday a larger than anticipated crude oil inventory build of 4.18 million barrels for the week ending January 31, compared to analyst expectations of a 2.8-million-barrel build in inventory.
Last week saw a surprise draw in crude oil inventories of 4.27 million barrels, according to API data. The EIA’s estimates, however, were for a build of 3.5-million barrels for that week.
Oil prices were down in the afternoon hours, At 3:39 pm EST on Tuesday the WTI benchmark was trading down $0.23 (-0.46%) at $49.88—more than $3 down compared to last week’s levels. The price of a Brent barrel was also trading down on Tuesday, by $0.22 (-0.40%), at $54.23—off more than $4 per barrel compared to last week’s prices. Overall, the benchmarks have slid more than $10 since the beginning of the year.
The API this week also reported a build of 1.96 million barrels of gasoline for week ending January 31, after last week’s large 3.27-million-barrel build. This week’s large gasoline build compares to analyst expectations of a 2.057-million barrel-build for the week.
Distillate inventories were down by 1.78 million barrels for the week, compared to last week’s 141,000 draw, while Cushing inventories rose by 960,000 barrels.
US crude oil production as estimated by the Energy Information Administration showed that production for the week ending January 24 stayed at 13.0 million bpd for a third week in a row, a record high for the United States.
At 4:39 pm EDT, both benchmarks had fallen further, with WTI trading at $49.63, and Brent trading at $54.00.