據世界石油7月31日報道，歐佩克+計劃在實行歷史性規模的減產后恢復之前的市場供應，紐約股市于7月底上漲，而冠狀病毒疫情繼續在許多主要經濟體蔓延。

原油期貨扭轉了周四的跌勢，升至每桶40美元以上。歐佩克及其盟友實施大幅減產措施，幫助石油從4月份的暴跌中反彈，但由于病毒病例繼續在美國一些州迅速蔓延，并在亞洲再次爆發，現在是增加市場供應的不穩定時機。周四公布的數據顯示，美國經濟在第二季度遭受了至少自20世紀40年代以來最嚴重的衰退，這凸顯了此次疫情的毀滅性影響。

油價反彈已停滯在每桶近40美元的水平，感染病例的增多令人們對消費能否迅速而持續復蘇產生懷疑。沙特阿拉伯和中東其他主要產油國正面臨降低原油價格的巨大壓力，而荷蘭皇家殼牌公司(Royal Dutch Shell Plc)首席執行長范伯登(Ben van Beurden)預計，需求可能要到明年才會全面復蘇。

Rystad Energy的石油市場主管Bjornar Tonhaugen表示："油價今天上午略有上漲，但今天不一定會有什么利好消息，我認為，今天主要是對昨日恐慌的價格的修正。”

洪偉立 摘譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

July ends with an oil price gain as OPEC+ plans to increase supply

Oil is set to end July with a gain in New York ahead of OPEC+ plans to return supply to the market after the group’s historic output cuts, while the coronavirus pandemic continued to spread across many major economies.

Futures reversed Thursday’s decline to trade above $40 a barrel. Deep production curbs by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies have helped oil rebound from its plunge below zero in April, but it’s a precarious time to be adding more supply to the market as virus cases continue to expand rapidly through some American states and stages a comeback in Asia. Data Thursday showed the U.S. economy suffered its sharpest downturn since at least the 1940s in the second quarter, highlighting the devastating impact of the pandemic.

Oil’s rebound has stalled near $40 a barrel with rising infections raising doubts about a swift and sustained recovery in consumption. Saudi Arabia and other top producers from the Middle East are coming under heavy pressure to cut the price of their crude, while Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden predicted demand may not see a full recovery until next year.

“Oil prices are slightly up this morning, but don’t necessarily look for any piece of bullish news today,” said Bjornar Tonhaugen, head of oil markets at Rystad Energy AS. “I see today mostly as a price correction of yesterday’s panic.”