据Oil & Gas Journal网站4月16日休斯顿报道 4月15日布伦特原油在伦敦市场小幅下跌，原油价格仍高于71美元/桶。

瑞士盛宝银行分析师Norbert Ruecker表示：“供应构成了巨大的不确定性。由于许多供应威胁，市场情绪一天比一天更看涨，这将支持未来几周的油价。”

位于华盛顿特区的SVB国际能源公司总裁Sara Vakhshouri指出，西卡鲁油田已经被洪水淹没，将停产数周。

Vakhshouri在一封电子邮件中对OGJ表示：“我们预计4月和5月石油产量会下降”。

她说：“我们预计……5月份将延长豁免期限。我们认为中国、印度和土耳其很有可能获得豁免，但与目前的180天豁免相比，将进一步削减。”

能源价格
5月纽约商品交易所轻质低硫原油合约下跌49美分，4月15日收于63.40美元/桶。6月交割价格下跌46美分，收于63.56美元/桶。

纽约商品交易所5月份的天然气价格下跌7美分，至2.59美元/每百万英热单位。

5月超低硫柴油价格微跌近1美分，至2.06美元/加仑，纽约商品交易所5月重组混合汽油价格下跌2.5美分，收于2.01美元/加仑。

布伦特原油6月份下跌37美分，收于71.18美元/桶。7月价格下跌32美分，收于70.74美元/桶。

4月15日，5月份的天然气石油合同下跌3.25美元，至每吨629.75美元。

4月15日，欧佩克原油平均价格为70.21美元/桶，下降了23美分。

王  磊    摘译自    Oil & Gas Journal

原文如下：

Brent crude for June drops yet holds above $71/bbl

Brent crude oil dropped modestly on the London market Apr. 15 but still settled above $71/bbl.

“having a put big question mark over supply,” said Norbert Ruecker, a Julius Baer analyst. “With the many supply threats, the market mood turns more bullish by the day, and this should support prices over the coming weeks.”

Sara Vakhshouri, president of SVB Energy International in Washington, DC, noted some of West Karu oil fields have been flooded, shutting production for a few weeks.

“We do expect a lower oil production” in April and May, Vakhshouri told OGJ in an e-mail.

Vakhshouri expects US President Donald Trump’s administration will extend some existing waivers on sanctions to certain countries.

“We expect…waivers extension in May,” she said. “We think there are very high chances that China and India and perhaps Turkey will receive waivers but with further cuts compared to the current 180-day waivers.

Energy prices
The May contract for light, sweet crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 49¢ to settle at $63.40/bbl on Apr. 15. The price for June delivery was down 46¢ to settle at $63.56/bbl.

NYMEX natural gas for May dropped 7¢ to $2.59/MMbtu.

Ultralow-sulfur diesel for May edged down by nearly 1¢ to a rounded $2.06/gal. The NYMEX reformulated gasoline blendstock for May declined 2.5¢ to settle at $2.01/gal.

Brent crude for June fell 37¢ to settle at $71.18/bbl. The July price fell 32¢ to settle at $70.74/bbl.

The gas oil contract for May dropped $3.25 to $629.75/tonne on Apr. 15

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ basket of crudes for Apr. 15 was $70.21/bbl, down 23¢.