據道瓊斯8月5日消息，美國能源信息署（EIA）周三發布的數據顯示，上周美國原油庫存大幅下降，同時汽油庫存溫和增長。 EIA稱，上周美國原油庫存減少740萬桶降至5.186億桶，這是美國原油庫存連續第二周下降。這個庫存水平比過去五年的平均水平增加約16%。此前《華爾街日報》調查的分析師們預測上周美國原油庫存僅將下降180萬桶。 EIA稱，上周美國原油產量減少10萬桶/日，降至1100萬桶/日。

張春曉 摘譯自 道瓊斯

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U.S. Oil Inventories Fall Sharply For Second Week

U.S. inventories of crude oil fell sharply last week while gasoline supplies saw a moderate increase, according to data released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration. Crude-oil stockpiles slid by 7.4 million barrels -- the second steep weekly decline in a row -- to 518.6 million barrels. That leaves inventories about 16% above the five-year average, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude stockpiles would fall by just 1.8 million barrels from the prior week. U.S. crude-oil production declined by 100,000 barrels a day from the previous week, to 11 million barrels a day, according to the EIA.