???? 據2月7日Arab News報道，油價創下今年以來的最大單周漲幅，達到一年來的最高水平。布倫特原油價格即將突破60美元/桶的重要關口，收于每桶59.34美元，西德克薩斯中質原油(WTI)價格收于每桶56.85美元。

????可以說，人們從未想到西德克薩斯中質油價格會在從9個月前的每桶0美元升至每桶55美元，也從未想到布倫特原油會在跌到每桶16美元后升至近每桶60美元。這要歸功于歐佩克成功的市場管理，其實施的中期戰略平衡了市場，同時也保持了歐佩克在全球能源安全中的領導作用。

????來自歐佩克+的緊縮供應已成功地將布倫特原油期貨處于現貨溢價狀態，這鼓勵石油交易商從庫存中提取石油，暗示著市場走強。

????今年1月，歐佩克+在維持石油減產方面保持了很高的一致性，油價的上漲勢頭并沒有讓其改變每天減產720萬桶的減產決定。

????要知道，油價飆升很大一部分是因為歐佩克在市場脆弱和石油需求復蘇不確定的情況下發揮了有效的市場領導作用。

????此外，在天氣轉冷的推動下，原油價格持續上漲，導致原油期貨曲線進一步走強，抵消了短期需求恢復的挑戰性危機，即人們擔心新的病毒變種將導致更多的出行限制，加上一些國家正面臨疫苗的推廣問題。

????現在說石油需求已經恢復可能為時過早，局面尚未扭轉。歐佩克持續減產的決定也下得太早，使石油市場供小于求。亞洲和歐洲出行限制措施的再次實施，使交通燃料的復蘇變得愈發脆弱，全球商業航班已回落至2019年可比水平的60%以下。此外，美國能源信息署（EIA）預計，到2025年，美國的能源消耗將回到疫情爆發前的水平，因為石油需求復蘇的預期在很大程度上取決于經濟復蘇的步伐。

????馮于榮 摘譯自Arab News

????原文如下：

????WEEKLY ENERGY RECAP: Global oil prices reach pre-pandemic levels at a one-year high

????Oil prices made their biggest weekly gain this year, reaching pre-pandemic levels at a one-year high. The price of Brent crude is about to breach the important psychological mark of $60, closing the week at $59.34 per barrel. The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude closed the week at $56.85 per barrel.

????Prices have reached a year high — the market never imagined that the price of WTI would breach $55 per barrel after going below zero 9 months ago or that Brent crude would reach nearly $60 per barrel after touching $16 per barrel. The credit goes to the successful market management of OPEC and its leadership role in implementing medium-term strategies to balance the market while maintaining the principle of global energy security.

????Tighter supplies from OPEC+ have successfully turned the Brent future curve to backwardation, which encourages oil traders to take oil out of storage, signaling a stronger market.

????In January this year, OPEC+ achieved high compliance in maintaining oil output cuts; an upward momentum in oil prices did not alter its output cuts of 7.2 million barrels per day (bpd).

????The price surge is due to OPEC’s effective market leadership despite the fragile market and uncertain oil demand recovery.

????Also, the outlook for a tightening physical crude market amid continuing stock draws, helped by colder weather, has led crude’s futures curve to further strengthening, offsetting the challenging short-term demand recovery amid concern that the new virus variants will lead to more lockdowns and that some countries are facing vaccine rollouts issues.

????It might be too early for oil demand recovery to do a U-turn. It might also be too early for OPEC+ output cuts to tighten the oil market to be in a deficit this year. Asia and Europe are setting back a fragile recovery in transport fuels with renewed lockdowns, and worldwide commercial flights have fallen back to less than 60 percent of comparable 2019 levels. In addition, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that energy consumption in the US will return to pre-pandemic levels by 2025 as the expectations of oil demand recovery depend greatly on the pace of the economic recovery.