Crude Oil Prices May Resume Their Advance

Crude oil price, news and analysis:

原油价格，新闻和分析：

• US crude oil inventories rose by 1.9 million barrels in the latest week, sending oil prices lower.

  最近一周美国原油库存增加190万桶，导致油价走低。

• However, with supplies still tight, the upward price trend looks set to resume.

  然而，由于供应仍然紧张，价格上涨趋势似乎将恢复。

US oil inventories rise

美国石油库存增加

Crude oil prices are a tad weaker Wednesday after news Tuesday that US crude stockpiles rose by 1.9 million barrels in the latest week, according to the American Petroleum Institute. That compared with forecasts of a 1.2 million drop and sent oil prices lower ahead of official US data due at 1430 GMT today.

根据美国石油协会（American Petroleum Institute）的数据，周二有消息称美国原油库存在最近一周增加了190万桶，周三原油价格略微走软。与今日格林尼治标准时间14:30公布的官方美国数据之前的油价下跌120万美元的预测相比。

However, the long-term uptrend looks set to resume as supplies remain tight, more than offsetting possible weakness in demand as the global economy slows.

然而，由于供应仍然紧张，长期上升趋势似乎将恢复，抵消了随着全球经济放缓而可能出现的需求疲软。

US Crude Oil Price Chart, Daily Timeframe (November 27, 2018 – March 27, 2019)

美国原油价格走势图，每日时间表（2018年11月27日 - 2019年3月27日）

Chart by IG (You can click on it for a larger image)

IG的图表（你可以点击它以查看大图）

Venezuela‘s output was disrupted this week after a large power blackout, and crude exports from the country have dropped sharply since the US decided in January to ban US refiners from buying Venezuelan oil. Supply cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have supported prices too, as have US sanctions on exports from Iran. Disruptions in the US are supportive as well, and these factors will likely outweigh concerns about global growth that could reduce oil demand. Nearer term, the US Department of Energy data, due at 1430 GMT, are expected to show a fall of 2.5 million barrels in US oil inventories, compared with the prior week’s drop of 9.6 million.

大规模停电后委内瑞拉的产量在本周中断，自美国1月份决定禁止美国炼油商购买委内瑞拉石油以来，该国的原油出口大幅下降。石油输出国组织（欧佩克）及其盟国的供应削减也支撑了价格，美国对伊朗出口的制裁也是如此。美国的中断也是支持性的，这些因素可能会超过对可能减少石油需求的全球增长的担忧。美国能源部将于格林尼治标准时间1430公布的美国能源部数据显示，预计美国石油库存将下降250万桶，而前一周下降960万桶。

However, the API figures suggest the fall could be even smaller and that there could even be an unexpected increase.

然而，API数据显示跌幅可能更小，甚至可能出现意外增长。