據油價網5月17日報道，美國石油協會（API）本周報告原油減少244.5萬桶，而分析預測為增加153.3萬桶。

美國能源部在5月13日結束的當周釋放了500萬桶戰略石油儲備。

根據API的數據，自2021年初以來，美國原油庫存減少了約7600萬桶，自2020年初以來減少了約1800萬桶。

在前一周，API報告稱，原油庫存增加161.8萬桶，而分析師此前預計為45.7萬桶。

美國東部時間上午11點21分，WTI價格上漲0.56%，至每桶114.80美元，本周上漲約15美元/桶。布倫特原油當天上漲0.51%至114.80美元，本周上漲近17美元/桶，兩個基準之間的價差現已完全消失。

截至5月6日當周，美國原油日產量降至1180萬桶，為1月底以來首次下降。美國的原油產量比疫情前下降了130萬桶/天。

本周，API報告稱，截至5月13日的當周汽油庫存減少510.2萬桶，前一周減少82.3萬桶。

本周餾分油庫存增加107.5萬桶 ，而上周增加66.2萬桶。

根據EIA的數據，截至5月6日，庫欣庫存從2021年初的5920萬桶下降到之前一周的2824.2萬桶，低于2021年底的3730萬桶。

美國東部時間下午4點39分，WTI的交易價格為112美元(-1.93%)，布倫特原油的交易價格為111.30美元(-2.58%)。

黎泱 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

API Reports Inventory Draws In Crude, Gasoline Despite SPR Release

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a draw this week for crude oil of 2.445 million barrels, compared to analyst predictions of a 1.533 million barrel build.

The draw comes even as the Department of Energy released 5 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves in Week Ending May 13.

U.S. crude inventories have shed some 76 million barrels since the start of 2021 and about 18 million barrels since the start of 2020, according to API data.

In the week prior, the API reported a build in crude oil inventories of 1.618 million barrels after analysts had predicted a draw of 457,000 barrels.

WTI was trading up 0.56% at $114.80 per barrel on the day at 11:21 a.m. ET—up roughly $15 per barrel on the week. Brent crude was trading up 0.51% on the day at $114.80—and up nearly $17 per barrel on the week, with the spread between the two benchmarks now completely evaporated.

U.S. crude oil production fell to 11.8 million bpd in the week ending May 06—the first drop since the end of January. Crude production in the United States is down 1.3 million barrels per day from pre-pandemic times.

This week, the API reported a draw in gasoline inventories of 5.102 million barrels for the week ending May 13—after the previous week's 823,000-barrel build.

Distillate stocks saw a build in inventories of 1.075 million barrels for the week compared to last week's 662,000-barrel increase.

Cushing inventories slipped to 28.242 million barrels in the week prior, as of May 6, according to EIA data—down from 59.2 million barrels at the start of 2021, and down from 37.3 millin barrels at the end of 2021.

At 4:39 pm, ET, WTI was trading at $112 (-1.93%), with Brent trading at $111.30 (-2.58%).