受飓风影响 美国汽油价格升至五个月高位内圆磨床

据能源之声网站8月26日报道 美国汽油期货价格跃升至3月份以来的最高点，纽约原油价格也出现类似上涨。

据美国国家飓风中心预计，星期四路易斯安那州沿海将有3级飓风登陆。目前，墨西哥湾80%以上的石油产量已经关闭，包括埃克森美孚和雪铁戈石油在内的炼油厂已经减少了运营，或关闭了一些工厂。

高盛集团估计，400-500万桶/日的炼油产能正处于墨西哥湾风暴的路径上。埃克森美孚位于德克萨斯州的博蒙特炼油厂和雪铁戈石油位于路易斯安那州的查尔斯湖工厂都是最新加入的一系列炼油厂先于飓风劳拉关闭的企业之一。

为应对飓风而关闭炼油厂的公司可能会在风暴威胁过去之前关闭超过100万桶/日的产能。

今年夏季飓风的影响很可能只会持续较短的时间，长期仍将由疫情态势所主导。

主要价格变动：

纽约时间上午11点10分，西德克萨斯中质原油价格上涨43美分，至43.05美元/桶。

布伦特10月结算价上涨67美分，至45.80美元/桶。

汽油期货价格上涨3.1%，至1.4093美元/加仑。

王磊 摘译自 能源之声

原文如下：

Gasoline rises to five-month high on U.S. Gulf hurricane threat

U.S. gasoline futu粘土res jumped to the highest since March and crude oil in New York also rose in sympathy.

The storm is expected to make landfall on Thursday along the Texas-Louisiana co网卡ast as a Category 3 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. More than 80% of oil output in the Gulf of Mexico has now shut and refiners including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Citgo Petroleum Corp. have reduced operations or closed plants in preparation.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. estimates that 4 million to 5 million barrels a day of refining capacity is in the Gulf Coast storm’s broader path. Exxon’s Beaumont refinery in Texas and Citgo’s Lake Charles plant in Louisiana are among the latest to join the string of refineries shutting ahead of Laura.

Refinery closures from companies in preparation for the potential hurricane could shut in m太仓ore than 1 million barrels a day of processing capacity before the storm threat passes.

Still, the hurricane will likely only have a short-term impact on prices with this year’s lackluster summer driving season nearing an end and a pickup in consumption remaining questionable due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Key price moves:

West Texas Intermediate for October delivery rose 43 cents to $43.05 a barrel at 11:10 a.m. in New York.

Brent for October settlement advanced 67 cents to $45.80 a barrel.

Gasoline futures climbed 3.1% to $1.4093 dollars a gallon.