据CNBC网站3月31日消息：欧佩克及其盟友下调2021年需求增长预期后，对市场复苏的担忧导致油价周三下跌。
周三到期的5月份布伦特原油价格下跌32美分，至每桶63.82美元，跌幅0.5%。较为活跃的6月份布伦特原油合约价格下跌30美分，收于每桶63.87美元，跌幅为0.5%。
美国西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)期货下跌28美分，至每桶60.27美元，跌幅0.5%。
一份欧佩克专家小组会议的报告显示，该组织已将今年的石油需求增长预测降低了30万桶/天。
欧佩克将于周四召开会议，决定产量政策。
德国商业银行分析师Eugen Weinberg表示：“鉴于这种悲观的前景，生产配额似乎有可能再维持一个月。”
欧佩克+组织目前正在将日产量削减超过700万桶，以支撑油价并减少供应过剩。沙特阿拉伯又增加了100万桶/天的减产幅度。
Rystad Energy分析师Louise Dickson表示：“今日石油市场仍在猜测欧佩克+将在明日会议上制定何种供应政策，但每桶64美元的布伦特原油价格表明，交易员预计该组织将采取谨慎的做法。”
科威特石油部长Mohammad Abdulatif al-Fares则“谨慎乐观”地表示，随着新冠病毒疫苗接种计划加快和工业产出恢复，全球石油需求将会改善。
冯娟 摘译自 CNBC
原文如下：
Oil falls Oil prices fell Brent crude for May, which expires U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 28 cents, or 0.5%, to $60.27 a barrel.
OPEC+ has lowered its oil demand growth forecast for this year by 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), a report from its experts panel meeting seen by Reuters showed.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, together called OPEC+, are set to meet “Given this pessimistic outlook, it seems likely that the production quotas will be left in place for another month,” said Commerzbank analyst Eugen Weinberg.
OPEC+ are currently curbing output by just over 7 million bpd in a bid to support prices and reduce oversupply. Saudi Arabia has added to those cuts with an additional “The oil market is still playing a guessing game today as to what supply policy OPEC+ will set out at tomorrow’s meeting, but the $64 per barrel Brent price signals that traders expect a cautious approach from the alliance,” said Rystad Energy’s analyst Louise Dickson.
Kuwait’s Oil Minister Oil Mohammad Abdulatif al-Fares expressed “cautious optimism” Oil prices found some support as China’s manufacturing activity expanded at the quickest pace in three months in March as factories cranked up production after a brief lull during the Lunar New Year holidays.
