据油价网12月22日报道 美国市场原油价格今天走高，此前EIA报告称，截至12月16日的一周内库存减少590万桶。

美国原油库存为4.182亿桶，仍然比每年这个时候的五年平均水平低约7%。

在最新的库存减少之前，前一周的库存增加了1020万桶，这是今年以来库存增加最多的一周。

在汽油方面，EIA估计，截至12月16日的一周，库存增加250万桶，而前一周的库存增加450万桶。

汽油日均产量为960万桶，前一周为920万桶。

在中间馏分油方面，EIA报告称，截至12月16日的一周内，库存下降了20万桶。相比之下，前一周的库存增加了140万桶。

上周中间馏分油产量平均为510万桶/日，而前一周为520万桶/日。

炼油厂上周的加工量为1600万桶/日，以90.9%的产能运行。相比之下，前一周的日平均运行率为1610万桶，炼油厂的运营能力为92.2%。

上周的原油进口量为580万桶/日，而前一周为690万桶/日。

本周油价有所回升，受美国冰冻天气预报、政府计划史上最大一次战略石油储备提取后开始购买原油以补充战略石油储备以及预期需求复苏的影响。

美元走低也有助于本周油价的上涨，因为美元走低使得其他货币的买家也更能买得起石油。

曹海斌 编译自 油价网

Oil Ticks Up On EIA Inventory Data Report

Crude oil prices moved higher today, after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported an inventory draw of 5.9 million barrels for the week to December 16.

At 418.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories remain some 7 percent below the five-year average for this time of the year.

The latest draw follows a weekly addition of 10.2 million barrels for the previous week—one of the biggest weekly increases in inventories this year.

In gasoline, the Energy Information Administration estimated an inventory build of 2.5 million barrels for the week to December 16, which compared with a build of 4.5 million barrels for the previous week.

Gasoline production averaged 9.6 million barrels daily, which compared with 9.2 million barrels daily for the previous week.

In middle distillates, the EIA reported an inventory decline of 200,000 barrels for the week to December 16. This compared with a build of 1.4 million barrels for the previous week.

Middle distillate production averaged 5.1 million bpd last week, which compares with 5.2 million bpd over the previous week.

Refineries processed 16 million bpd last week, operating at 90.9 percent of capacity. This compared with a daily run rates of an average 16.1 million barrels daily the previous week, with refineries operating at 92.2 percent of capacity.

imports of crude oil last week stood at 5.8 million barrels daily, which compared with 6.9 million bpd for the previous week.

Oil prices have been on the mend this week, buoyed by a forecast for freezing weather in the United States, the White House’s plan to start buying crude to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve after the biggest draw from it in history, and China’s expected demand recovery.

A slump in the U.S. dollar also helped oil prices on their way up this week as a cheaper dollar makes oil more affordable for buyers in other currencies as well.