據4月23日The News倫敦報道，周三布倫特原油價格創20年來新低，隨后大幅反彈。歐洲基準布倫特北海原油6月份交貨價跌至每桶15.98美元，為1999年6月以來的最低水平，隨后反彈至每桶20美元以上。

格林尼治標準時間13點50分，西德克薩斯中質原油（WTI）6月份新合約下跌了10％以上，至10.26美元，但隨后又上漲了1/3以上，至15.74美元。

IG貿易集團高級市場分析師Joshua Mahony表示：“油價波動仍然是交易界關注的焦點。”

由于疫情封鎖，原油需求量少之又少，盡管庫存量已經達到最高點，但產量仍然很高。隨著美國基準WTI的5月合約周一跌至負40美元，原油市場一落千丈。

俄羅斯和沙特阿拉伯之間的價格戰加劇石油市場危機。

雖然這兩個國家在這場爭吵下劃清了界限，生產商也每天削減了1000萬桶的產量，但這還不足以防止價格出現歷史性下跌。

AxiCorp公司的Stephen Innes總結道，原油價格暴跌使生產者向客戶付款。這反映了一個現象，即“對石油沒有實際需求，也沒有地方儲存石油”。

分析人士表示，歐佩克+盟國周二舉行電話會議的消息推動了周三表現的好轉。

Briefing.com分析師帕特里克?奧黑爾（Patrick J.O'Hare）指出，7月份WTI原油期貨價格超過20美元這一事實也讓許多投資者安心。

他在給客戶的一份報告中說：“石油期貨價格正價格偏差曲線意味著市場再次燃起新的希望，即未來幾個月內經濟的回溫將緩解當今緊迫的存儲問題，因為在供應將減少的時候需求會回升。”

舒曉玲 摘譯自 The News

原文如下：

Brent rebounds sharply from two-decade low

Brent oil struck a two-decade low Wednesday before rebounding sharply. The European benchmark, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in June, fell to $15.98 per barrel -- the lowest level since June 1999, before bouncing higher to burst back above $20.

West Texas Intermediate′s new June contract, after having dropped more than 10 percent to as low as $10.26, shot up by over a third to $15.74 at 1350 GMT.

"Oil volatility is still front and centre for the trading community," said Joshua Mahony, senior market analyst at IG trading group,

With crude demand virtually non-existent owing to virus lockdowns, and production still high despite storage at the bursting point, crude markets had been sent into freefall with the May contract of US benchmark WTI diving to minus $40 on Monday.

The crisis in the oil market caused by the coronavirus was compounded by a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

While the pair drew a line under the row and led producers into slashing output by 10 million barrels a day, that has not been enough to prevent historic price falls.

Crude′s rout which saw producers pay clients to take it off their hands "merely reflects the underlying theme that there is no demand for physical oil, and there is nowhere to store it", concluded AxiCorp′s Stephen Innes.

Analysts said Wednesday′s better performance was driven by news that members of OPEC, as well as some allies in the OPEC+ grouping, held a teleconference Tuesday.

Briefing.com analyst Patrick J. O′Hare noted the fact that futures contracts for July WTI oil are above $20 has also reassured many investors.

"The positive price bias along the oil futures curve implies that there is some renewed hope this morning that a reopening of the economy in coming months will mitigate the pressing storage issue today as demand picks up at a time when supply is going to be reduced," he said in a note to clients.