據道瓊斯8月18日消息，美國能源情報署（EIA）周三公布的數據顯示，上周美國原油和汽油庫存大幅下降，石油產量也從兩年高點回落。

EIA表示，上周美國原油庫存意外大幅減少710萬桶，至4.25億桶，目前比五年平均水平低約6%。接受《華爾街日報》調查的分析師此前預計，原油庫存將較前一周增加10萬桶。

EIA在其周報中稱，美國原油期貨的交割點儲存在俄克拉何馬州庫欣的石油較前一周增加19.2萬桶，至2540萬桶。

EIA的數據顯示，上周美國原油日產量下降10萬桶，至1210萬桶。

EIA表示，上周美國汽油庫存減少460萬桶，至2.157億桶，分析師此前預計庫存僅較上周減少90萬桶。

龐曉華 摘譯自 道瓊斯

原文如下：

U.S. Oil and Gasoline Inventories Drop Sharply

U.S. inventories of crude oil and gasoline declined sharply last week and oil production retreated from two-year-highs, according to data released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration. 

Crude-oil stockpiles surprisingly fell by 7.1 million barrels, to 425 million barrels, and are now about 6% below the five-year average, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude stockpiles would rise by 100,000 barrels from the prior week. 

Oil stored at Cushing, Okla., the delivery point for U.S. stocks, increased by 192,000 barrels from the previous week, to 25.4 million barrels, the EIA said in its weekly report. 

U.S. crude-oil production fell by 100,000 barrels a day, to 12.1 million barrels a day, according to the EIA. 

Gasoline stockpiles dropped by 4.6 million barrels, to 215.7 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations for inventories to decrease by just 900,000 barrels from the previous week.