據(jù)路透社2023年5月12日?qǐng)?bào)道，美國(guó)能源部長(zhǎng)對(duì)國(guó)會(huì)議員表示，美國(guó)能源部可能在6月完成國(guó)會(huì)授權(quán)的售油計(jì)劃后，開(kāi)始為戰(zhàn)略石油儲(chǔ)備(SPR)回購(gòu)原油。

他在美國(guó)眾議院聽(tīng)證會(huì)上對(duì)議員們表示：“國(guó)會(huì)授權(quán)的2600萬(wàn)桶原油銷售計(jì)劃將在6月前完成，屆時(shí)我們將按下開(kāi)關(guān)，然后尋求為SPR回購(gòu)原油。 ”

美國(guó)去年從SPR中出售了1.8億桶原油，這是美國(guó)有史以來(lái)規(guī)模最大的一次SPR原油出售， 加上去年的其他銷售，美國(guó)戰(zhàn)略石油儲(chǔ)備水平已降至約3.72億桶，為1983年以來(lái)的最低水平。

格蘭霍姆此前曾表示，在對(duì)位于得克薩斯州和路易斯安那州海岸的四個(gè)戰(zhàn)略石油儲(chǔ)備基地中的兩個(gè)進(jìn)行維護(hù)后，美國(guó)能源部可能會(huì)在今年第四季度開(kāi)始為SPR回購(gòu)原油。

美國(guó)曾表示，將在油價(jià)持續(xù)處于或低于每桶67美元至72美元時(shí)回購(gòu)原油。美國(guó)原油價(jià)格周四下跌逾2%，報(bào)收于每桶70.87美元。

能源咨詢公司拉皮丹能源集團(tuán)能源政策分析師Bob McNally表示，格蘭霍姆的此番言論“反映出一場(chǎng)激烈的信息傳遞活動(dòng)，可能意在安撫共和黨人對(duì)戰(zhàn)略石油儲(chǔ)備大量提取的憤怒”。 能源部長(zhǎng)的評(píng)論也可能是為了勸阻歐佩克+組織不要再次削減供應(yīng)。

歐佩克+上一次減產(chǎn)是在4月份，當(dāng)時(shí)的減產(chǎn)幅度令人意外，約為115萬(wàn)桶/日，美國(guó)稱歐佩克+這一決定是不可取的。

李峻 編譯自 路透社

原文如下：

US Could Start Buying Oil for Reserve After June Sale, Energy Secretary Says

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told lawmakers on Thursday her department could start repurchasing oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after completing a congressionally mandated sale next month.

"That congressionally mandated sale of 26 million barrels will be completed by June, and it's at that point where we will flip the switch and then seek to purchase," Granholm told lawmakers in a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Administration last year conducted the largest ever sale from the SPR of 180 million barrels. That and other sales last year pushed the level of the reserve to about 372 million barrels, the lowest since 1983.

Granholm previously said the Energy Department could start buying back in the fourth quarter after maintenance on two of the reserve's four sites on the coasts of Texas and Louisiana.

The Administration has said it will buy oil when prices are consistently at or below $67 to $72 per barrel. U.S. crude prices fell more than 2% on Thursday to settle at $70.87 a barrel.

Granholm's comments "reflect an intense messaging campaign likely intended to mollify Republicans angry about the big SPR draws," said Bob McNally an energy policy analyst at Rapidan Energy. Granholm's comments also likely seek to dissuade OPEC+, an oil production group including Saudi Arabia and the largger producer, from cutting supply again, he said.

OPEC+ last cut output in April, a surprise move of about 1.15 million barrels per day, that the United States called inadvisable.