原油价格本周开盘走高

据Rigzone 4月8日报道，Rigzone追踪的四种能源大宗商品价格周一均收高，其中西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)基准价格涨幅尤其显著。

5月WTI期货周一上涨1.32美元，收于每桶64.40美元。美国原油基准价格最高达到64.44美元，最低至63.13美元。

6月交割的布伦特原油也收盘上涨，上涨76美分，收于每桶71.10美元。

Great American Group驻休斯敦董事总经理Tom McNulty在接受Rigzone采访时表示，多种因素——包括美国国内和国外的因素——正在提振对原油的看涨情绪。

“请注意，美国钻机数量在上周晚些时候有所上升。”McNulty说，他指的是通用电气公司贝克休斯（BHGE）的最新钻机数量。

正如Rigzone周五报道的那样，BHGE上周标志着美国钻井平台数量连续六周下降的结束。该公司指出，美国生产商增加了15个石油钻井平台和4个天然气钻井平台，使最近的钻井平台总数达到1025个，同比增长2.2%。

McNulty说:“如果低估了美国生产商在油价上涨时迅速将油井投产的灵活性，那就大错特错了。”

周一影响油价的其他因素还包括欧佩克内部不断采取措施控制产量、欧佩克成员国持续的供应限制。

McNulty说:“原油价格一直在上涨，新闻头条都在谈论欧佩克减产。”

与原油一样，每加仑重新配方汽油(RBOB)的价格周一也有所上涨。5月份RBOB合约价格上涨2美分，收于1.99美元。

Henry Hub天然气期货也小幅上涨。5月天然气期货周一上涨逾4美分，收于2.71美元。

孔丽炜   摘译自   Rigzone

原文如下：

Crude Oil Starts Week on Bullish Note

All four energy commodities tracked by Rigzone finished higher Monday, with the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil benchmark showing a particularly impressive gain.

May WTI futures added $1.32 Monday, settling at $64.40 per barrel. The U.S. crude benchmark peaked at $64.44 and bottomed out at $63.13.

Brent crude oil for June delivery also ended the day higher, adding 76 cents to settle at $71.10 per barrel.

Tom McNulty, Houston-based managing director with Great American Group, told Rigzone that a variety of factors – both in the United States and abroad – are feeding bullish sentiment for crude oil.

“Notice that the U.S. rig count went up late week,” said McNulty, referencing the latest rig count from Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE).

As Rigzone reported Friday, BHGE last week marked the end of six consecutive weeks of declining U.S. rig counts. The company noted that U.S. producers added 15 oil rigs and four gas rigs, bringing the most recent total rig count to 1,025 – a 2.2-percent year-on-year increase.

“It will be a mistake to underestimate the agility of U.S. producers to bring wells online quickly as prices rise,” McNulty commented.

Other factors affected oil prices Monday included ongoing efforts within OPEC to curb production, renewed unrest in the OPEC member countries continued supply constraints.

“Crude prices have been trading up, and the headlines speak to OPEC cuts,” said McNulty.

Like crude oil, the price of a gallon of reformulated gasoline (RBOB) increased Monday. The May RBOB contract price added two cents to end the day at $1.99.

Henry Hub natural gas futures also edged upward. May gas futures gained more than four cents Monday to settle at $2.71.