据彭博社12月24日消息，由于对美国供应和全球经济的担忧掩盖了欧佩克可能延长甚至深化其承诺产量限制的信号，油价跌至每桶46美元附近。
在上周纽约的期货市场下跌11％之后，期货价格几乎没有变化，这是自2016年1月以来的最大跌幅。来自伊拉克、科威特和阿拉伯联合酋长国的官员同意沙特阿拉伯的预期，即欧佩克将把减产期限再延长6个月。阿联酋能源部长强调，商定的每天120万桶的减产量如果不能在第一季度消耗多余的库存，可能会讨论进一步的减产措施。
新加坡Oanda Corp.亚太区交易主管Stephen Innes表示：“令人难以置信的是，面对更大幅度的减产，石油市场已经触及了新的低点。虽然减产应该会在2019年上半年恢复供应平衡，但全球增长担忧和页岩油产量令投资者深感担忧。”
纽约商品交易所2月交割的西德克萨斯中质原油价格为每桶45.77美元，在新加坡时间下午4:43上涨18美分。该合约周五下跌0.6％，收于45.59美元。成交量较100天日均值高约11％。
伦敦ICE期货欧洲交易所2月交割的布伦特原油结算价格上涨38美分至每桶54.20美元。原油价格上周下跌10.7％，收于53.82美元。全球基准原油交易价格较WTI的溢价为8.44美元。
曹海斌 摘译自 彭博社
原文如下：
Oil Gets Little Relief From OPEC's Hints That Curbs Could Deepen
Oil held losses near $46 a barrel as worries over U.S. supplies and the global economy overshadowed signals from OPEC that it may extend or even deepen its pledged output curbs.
Futures were little changed in New York, after declining 11 percent last week -- the most since January 2016. Officials from Iraq, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates agreed with Saudi Arabia’s expectation that the group will extend its cuts for another six months. The U.A.E.’s energy minister, while stressing that the agreed 1.2 million barrel-a-day reduction will clear a glut in the first quarter, hinted additional curbs could be discussed.
“Incredibly, in the face of even deeper production cuts, petroleum markets have hit fresh lows,” said Stephen Innes, the head of trading for Asia Pacific at Oanda Corp. in Singapore. “While the production cut should restore a semblance of supply balance in the first half of 2019, global growth concerns and shale production have investors deeply concerned.”
West Texas Intermediate for February delivery was at $45.77 a barrel Brent for February settlement was 38 cents higher at $54.20 a barrel
