據美國鉆井網站2022年8月10日報道，美國能源信息署（EIA）在其最新一期的短期能源展望（STEO）報告中強調，7月29日布倫特原油和西得克薩斯中質原油（WTI）之間的價差達到了每桶13.26美元，這是自2014年1月14日以來的最高價差。

EIA表示，布倫特原油與西得克薩斯中質原油之間的巨大價差反映了西北歐的供需動態。EIA在STEO報告中概述稱，8月份頭幾個交易日，價差有所收窄，但仍處于高位。

EIA在STEO報告中指出：“爆發地緣政治沖突導致了貿易模式的轉變，讓歐洲不得不尋找產能大國石油的替代品。”

“這一變化已將布倫特原油合約價格推高到足以減少亞洲對布倫特原油的進口，并在歐洲保留更多原油的水平。布倫特原油-西得克薩斯中質原油的價差也已經擴大到足以吸引更多的原油從美國進口到歐洲。”EIA補充說。 

李峻 編譯自 美國鉆井網站

原文如下：

Brent-WTI Oil Price Spread at Highest Point Since 2014

The price spread between Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil increased to a high of $13.26 per barrel on July 29, the highest price spread since January 14, 2014, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) highlighted in its latest short term energy outlook (STEO).

This wide Brent-WTI spread reflects supply and demand dynamics in Northwest Europe, according to the EIA, which outlined in the STEO that the difference had come down in the first few trading days of August but remained high.

“The war has resulted in shifting trade patterns, leaving Europe to find substitutes for the larger producer’s oil,” the EIA noted in the STEO.

“This change has driven up the price of Brent contracts to a level high enough to reduce Asia’s imports of Brent crude oil and to retain more oil in Europe. The Brent-WTI spread has also increased enough to attract more imports of crude oil from the United States into Europe,” the EIA added.