據道瓊斯6月17日消息，美國能源情報署(EIA)周三公布的數據顯示，由于煉油活動繼續加速，美國原油庫存下降幅度遠超預期。

　　EIA稱，上周美國原油庫存減少740萬桶至4.667億桶，目前比五年平均水平低約5%。《華爾街日報》調查的分析師此前預計，上周美國原油庫存將減少290萬桶。

　　EIA在其每周報告中稱，上周美國庫存交割點庫欣的原油庫存減少220萬桶，至4360萬桶。

　　根據EIA的數據，上周美國原油日產量增加20萬桶，至1120萬桶。

　　煉油產能利用率上升了1.3個百分點，達到92.6%，而分析師此前的預測為增加0.2個百分點。

　　張春曉 摘譯自 道瓊斯

　　原文如下：

　　U.S. Oil Inventories Drop as Refinery Activity Speeds Up

　　U.S. inventories of crude oil fell much more than expected as refinery activity continued to accelerate, according to data released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration.

　　Crude-oil stockpiles fell by 7.4 million barrels to 466.7 million barrels, and are now about 5% below the five-year average, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude stockpiles would fall by just 2.9 million barrels from the prior week.

　　Oil stored at Cushing, the delivery point for U.S. stocks, fell by 2.2 million barrels from the previous week, to 43.6 million barrels, the EIA said in its weekly report.

　　U.S. crude-oil production rose by 200,000 barrels a day from the previous week to 11.2 million barrels a day, according to the EIA.

　　The refining capacity utilization rate jumped by 1.3 percentage points from the previous week to 92.6%, compared with analysts' forecasts for a slight 0.2 percentage-point increase from the previous week.