中國石化新聞網訊 據路透社12月2日報導，市場正在等待歐佩克+就石油產量達成協議，石油價格周三保持穩定。英國成為第一個批准使用新冠肺炎疫苗的國家，這增加了未來石油需求復甦的希望。
美國石油庫存意外增加，消息人士稱，歐佩克產油國、俄羅斯和其他盟友將2021年石油產量政策的談判從周二推遲到周四，造成了不確定性，令油價承壓。
格林尼治標準時間10:12，布倫特原油期貨下跌9美分，跌幅0.2%，至每桶47.33美元，西德克薩斯中質原油下跌11美分，跌幅0.3%，至每桶44.44美元。
美國石油學會的行業數據顯示，上周美國原油庫存增加410萬桶，而路透社分析師的預期為增加240萬桶。
由於新冠肺炎疫情打擊了燃料需求，歐佩克+2020年宣布每日減產770萬桶。此前，外界普遍預計，隨著新冠肺炎感染病例激增，減產期限將延長至2021年1月至3月。但阿聯本周表示，儘管該國願意支持延長減產期限，但難以將同樣的減產規模延續到2021年。
石油經紀商PVM的史蒂芬•布倫諾克(Stephen Brennock)表示:「有關歐佩克內部不和的報導破壞了市場普遍的樂觀情緒。市場預期仍傾向於將當前的減產幅度延長至2021年第一季度。值得一提的是，如果減產規模低於這一水平，將引發一場殘酷的拋售狂潮」。
周三，英國成為首個批准使用新冠肺炎疫苗的西方國家，領先於美國和歐洲大陸，這可能是人們邁向恢復正常生活的第一步，也將推動石油消費恢復到危機爆發前的水平。
王佳晶 摘譯自 路透社
原文如下：
Oil prices steady as market awaits output deal
Oil prices were steady on Wednesday as the market awaits a pact from producers on output and Britain became the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for use, boosting hopes for a future recovery in oil demand.
Prices were hit by a surprise build in oil inventories in the United States and as OPEC and its allies created uncertainty with a two-day delay to a formal meeting to decide whether to increase production in January.
Brent crude oil futures were down 9 cents, or 0.2%, at $47.33 a barrel by 1012 GMT, while West Texas Intermediate crude was down 11 cents, or 0.3%, at $44.44.
Industry data from the American Petroleum Institute showed U.S. crude inventories rose by 4.1 million barrels last week, compared with analysts』 expectations in a Reuters poll for a draw of 2.4 million barrels.
The numbers came after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia and other allies, a group known as OPEC+, postponed talks on next year’s oil output policy to Thursday from Tuesday, according to sources.
The group this year imposed production cuts of 7.7 million barrels per day (bpd) as the coronavirus pandemic hit fuel demand.
It had been widely expected to roll those reductions over into January-March 2021 amid spikes in COVID-19 cases.
But the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said this week that even though it could support a rollover, it would struggle to continue with the same deep output reductions into 2021.
「Reports about internal discords within the oil cartel following Monday’s virtual meeting has undermined the prevailing optimism,」 said Stephen Brennock of oil broker PVM.
He said market expectations were still leaning towards the extension of the current tranche of cuts through the first quarter of 2021, though 「full in the knowledge that anything less would trigger a brutal selling frenzy.」
Britain on Wednesday became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, jumping ahead of the United States and mainland Europe in what may be a first step toward a return to normal life that will boost oil consumption back to pre-crisis levels.