据今日油价1月23日报道，美国石油协会(API)报告称，截至1月18日当周，原油库存意外增加655万桶，分析师预期原油库存将小幅减少4.2万桶。

上周，API报告原油需求量为56万桶。一天后， EIA的数据显示，库存较前一周减少了270万桶。

在周二早盘交易时段，在今日API发布之前，原油价格从周一经济增长放缓导致的价格下滑中有所回升。但随着交易日接近尾声，油价再次开始下跌。

美国东部时间周二下午4点18分，WTI原油期货价格下跌0.41美元(-0.77%)，至每桶52.60美元，周涨幅不足1美元。布伦特原油价格下跌0.39美元（-0.63%），至61.11美元。

API本周报告称，截至1月18日当周汽油库存大幅增加，达到364万桶。分析师此前预计本周原油产量将减少265.5万桶。

据EIA估计，截至1月11日当周的原油产量(可获得的最新数据)已升至1190万桶/日，创下美国原油产量的新纪录。

馏分油库存本周亦增加257万桶。

孔丽炜   摘译自  今日油价

原文如下：

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a large surprise crude oil inventory build of 6.55 million barrels for the week ending Jan 18, compared to analyst expectations that we would see a small draw in crude oil inventories of 42,000 barrels.

Last week, the API reported a crude draw of 560,000 barrels. A day later, the EIA showed that inventories had drawn down 2.7 million barrels from the previous week.

In the early trading hours on Tuesday in the run up to today’s release from the API, crude oil prices recovered somewhat from Monday’s economic growth slowdown-driven price slide. But as the trading day drew near its close, prices began falling again.

At 4:18pm EST on Tuesday, WTI was trading down on the day $0.41 (-0.77%) per barrel at $52.60—a rise of less than $1 per barrel week on week. Brent crude was trading down $0.39 (-0.63%) at $61.11. 

The API this week reported a large build in gasoline inventories as well for week ending January 18 in the amount of 3.64 million barrels. Analysts had predicted a smaller build of 2.655 million barrels for the week.

US crude oil production as estimated by the Energy Information Administration showed that production for the week ending January 11—the latest information available—had risen to 11.9 million bpd—a new record for the United States.

Distillate inventories also increased this week by 2.57 million barrel.