商务实战：美国经济疲软，6月石油交易量下降3%

商务实战：美国经济疲软，6月石油交易量下降3%

The U.S. overall petroleum demand slipped again in June after edging up in May that is the only month witnessing the year-on-year monthly increase in the first half of the year, said a leading industry group in a report.

The total petroleum deliveries, a measure of demand, fell 3 percent to 18.691 million barrels per day in June compared with that a year ago, said the American Petroleum Institute (API) in its monthly statistical report. It resumed the declining trend of petroleum demand and helped push down the demand in the first six months of 2012 by 2.6 percent compared with the same period of last year.转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]

In June, gasoline deliveries went down to 8.821 million barrels per day, declining 2.5 percent than a year ago. For the first two quarters, it was down 1 percent in comparison with the same period last year.

"A weakening economy requires less fuel," said API chief economist John Felmy. "The fall in demand in June is particularly notable and consistent with other disappointing metrics in the economy, including falling retail sales and contraction in the manufacturing sector."

On the other side, supplies were ample. U.S. domestic crude oil production in June increased by 1.2 percent from May and 10.7 percent from June a year ago to an average of 6.2 million barrels per day, which was the highest level for the month of June since 1998.

The increase in domestic production also indicated less dependence on import. In June, imports of crude oil and refined products fell by 6 percent to an average of 10.9 million barrels per day. Imports as a percentage of total domestic petroleum deliveries ticked down to 58.5 percent from 60.3 percent in June 2011.

Crude oil stocks, which exclude strategic petroleum reserve, were recorded at 382.4 million barrels in June, up 6.7 percent from last year but down 0.4 percent from April.

The number of oil and gas rigs decreased from 1,977 in May to 1, 972 in June, according to the latest reports from Baker-Hughes Inc, one of the world's largest oilfield services companies.

API represents more than 500 oil and natural gas companies supplying most of the U.S. energy and supporting 7.7 percent of the U.S. economy.

美国石油协会20日发布的数据显示，今年6月份衡量美国国内石油需求的石油交货量比上一年同期下降3%，降至日均1869.1万桶。当月衡量消费者汽油需求的汽油交货量同比下降2.5%至日均882.1万桶。从供应方面来看，6月份美国国内原油产量达到日均619.7万桶，同比上升10.7%，为1998年6月以来的最高水平。6月份石油需求减少是受到经济疲软的影响，包括零售销售下滑以及制造业萎缩。