據OilNOW網站1月17日消息 周一油價保持穩定，因為投資者押注全球供應將保持緊張，主要生產商的限制被產量的上升所抵消。

截至格林威治標準時間09:53，布倫特原油下跌4美分，跌幅0.1%，至每桶86.02美元。交易日早些時候，該合約價格觸及2018年10月3日以來的最高點，為每桶86.71美元。

美國西部得克薩斯原油期貨價格上漲20美分，漲幅0.2%，收于每桶84.02美元，觸及84.78美元，為2021年11月10日以來最早的一次交易。

交易員斷言新冠變種奧密克戎不會對需求產生太大的影響，這使得布倫特原油期貨的漲勢可能持續一段時間。

Fujitomi Securities分析師Toshitaka Tazawa表示：“由于（生產國集團）歐佩克+沒有提供足夠的供應來滿足強勁的全球需求，看漲情緒仍在繼續。”

歐佩克+正在逐步放松2020年需求崩潰時實施的減產。

新冠的出現，許多較小的生產商無法提高供應，而其他一些則對減產太多感到警惕。

吳恒磊 編譯自 OilNOW

原文如下：

Oil holds firm just above $86

Oil prices were steady on Monday, as investor bets that global supply will remain tight amid restraint by major producers were offset.

Brent crude was down 4 cents, or 0.1%, to $86.02 a barrel by 0953 GMT. Earlier in the session, the contract touched its highest since Oct. 3, 2018, at $86.71.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 20 cents, or 0.2%, at $84.02 a barrel, after hitting $84.78, the highest since Nov. 10, 2021, earlier in the session.

Frantic oil buying, driven by supply outages and signs the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will not be as disruptive as feared for fuel demand, has pushed some crude grades to multi-year highs, suggesting the rally in Brent futures could be sustained a while longer, traders said.

“The bullish sentiment is continuing as (producer group) OPEC+ is not providing enough supply to meet strong global demand,” said Toshitaka Tazawa, an analyst at Fujitomi Securities.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and their allies, together known as OPEC+, are gradually relaxing output cuts implemented when demand collapsed in 2020.

But many smaller producers cannot raise supply and others have been wary of pumping too much oil in case of renewed COVID-19 setbacks.