Dầu thô tiếp tục tăng giá phiên thứ 3 sau báo cáo của Bá»™ Năng lượng

Dầu thô tiếp tục phiên tăng giá thứ 3 tại New York khi giá»›i đầu tÆ° nhận định lượng trữ dầu thô Mỹ giảm báo hiệu nhu cầu nhiên liệu sẽ tăng tại quốc gia tiêu thụ lá»›n nhất thế giá»›i này.

Giá giao sau tháng 9 tăng 0.4 %. Hôm qua hợp đồng tăng 0.6% sau khi Bá»™ Năng lượng công bố trữ dầu thô giảm 3.73 triệu thùng xuống còn 351.7 triệu, mức giảm tuần thứ 7. Các chuyên gia phân tích dá»± báo lượng trữ chỉ giảm 2 triệu thùng. Các nhà máy lọc dầu hoạt Ä‘á»™ng vá»›i 90.3% công suất, mức cao nhất trong vòng gần má»™t năm nay.

Dầu thô giao tháng 9 tăng 40 cent lên 98.80 USD/thùng trong giao dịch Ä‘iện tá»­ tại sàn New York Mercantile Exchange, đạt 98.68 USD/thùng lúc 8h56, giờ Sydney. Hôm qua, giá hợp đồng tăng 54 cent lên 98.40 USD/thùng. So vá»›i năm trÆ°á»›c, giá Ä‘ã tăng 29%.

Dầu thô Brent giao tháng 9 tăng 1.09 USD, tÆ°Æ¡ng Ä‘Æ°Æ¡ng 0.9% chốt phiên hôm qua ở mức 118.15 USD/thùng tại sàn ICE Futures Europe – London. Chênh lệch giá giao dịch chuẩn châu Âu vá»›i giao dịch Mỹ đạt 19.75 USD/thùng. Hôm 14/7, chênh lệch lập ká»· lục má»›i vá»›i 22.63 USD/thùng.

Dá»± trữ dầu thô tại Cushing, Oklahoma, Ä‘iểm cung dầu WTI cho giao dịch chuẩn của Mỹ tuần trÆ°á»›c Ä‘ã giảm 977,000 thùng xuống 36.7 triệu, báo cáo của Bá»™ Năng lượng cho biết.

Lượng cung xăng 757,000 thùng lên 212.5 triệu, mức tăng dầu tiên trong vòng 5 tuần. Dá»± Ä‘oán, mức này sẽ giảm 250,000 thùng. Dá»± trữ nhiên liệu chÆ°ng cất bao gồm dầu đốt nóng và diesel, tăng 3.43 triệu thùng lên 148.5 triệu thùng.

Crude Oil Climbs for Third Day as Shrinking U.S. Stockpiles Signal Demand

By Mark Shenk and Ben Sharples - Jul 21, 2011 5:57 AM GMT+0700

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Oil climbed for a third day in New York as investors bet that shrinking U.S. crude stockpiles indicate fuel demand will increase in the world’s biggest consumer of the commodity.

Futures for September gained as much as 0.4 percent. The contract rose 0.6 percent yesterday after the Energy Department said inventories fell 3.73 million barrels to 351.7 million for a seventh week of declines. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News forecast a decrease of 2 million. Refineries operated at 90.3 percent of capacity, the highest in almost a year.

“The crude number was very strong,” said Phil Flynn, vice president of research at PFGBest in Chicago. “Refineries are operating at the highest rate this season, which suggests there is pretty strong demand somewhere. It looks like U.S. refineries are producing a great deal of fuel for export.”

Crude for September delivery gained as much as 40 cents to $98.80 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $98.68 at 8:56 a.m. Sydney time. The contract yesterday gained 54 cents to $98.40. Prices are 29 percent higher the past year.

Brent oil for September settlement rose $1.09, or 0.9 percent, to end the session at $118.15 a barrel on the London- based ICE Futures Europe exchange yesterday. The European benchmark contract traded at a premium of $19.75 a barrel to U.S. futures, compared with a record close of $22.63 on July 14.

Cushing Supplies

Stockpiles at Cushing, Oklahoma, the physical delivery point for West Texas Intermediate oil, the grade traded in New York, tumbled 977,000 barrels to 36.7 million, according to the Energy Department report.

Refinery operations advanced 2.3 percentage points last week, the report showed. Operating rates were forecast to be unchanged, according to the median of 14 analyst estimates in a Bloomberg News survey.

Gasoline supplies increased 757,000 barrels to 212.5 million, the first gain in five weeks. They were forecast to decline 250,000 barrels, according to the survey. Inventories of distillate fuel, a category that includes heating oil and diesel, rose 3.43 million barrels to 148.5 million barrels.

Profit margins for refiners, as expressed by the so-called crack spread, climbed to a record $34.993 a barrel July 14, based on New York futures prices. The hypothetical profit to refine three barrels of oil into two barrels of gasoline and one of heating oil was $32.10 a barrel, based on yesterday’s settlement prices of September contracts.