Giá dầu giảm vì Nháºt thêm Ä‘á»™ng đất
Tai há»a vẫn chÆ°a dừng lại mà tiếp tục áºp vào Nháºt khi có thêm hai tráºn Ä‘á»™ng đất nữa xảy ra vào chiá»u qua, khiến giá»›i đầu tÆ° thế giá»›i càng thêm phần quan ngại vá» mức Ä‘á»™ sá» dụng nhiên liệu ở quốc gia này sẽ gián Ä‘oạn.
Má»™t khi lượng tiêu thụ ở quốc gia “uống” dầu đứng thứ ba trên thế giá»›i cháºm lại, đồng nghÄ©a vá»›i nguồn cung trên thị trÆ°á»ng dồi dào hÆ¡n, chÆ°a kể là Ả Ráºp Saudi gần Ä‘ây cÅ©ng tuyên bố sẽ nâng sản lượng dầu bù đắp cho những nÆ¡i thiếu hụt, Ä‘ã tạo áp lá»±c lên thị trÆ°á»ng và đẩy giá giảm xuống.
Mặc dù tình hình bất ổn ở các nÆ°á»›c sản xuất dầu mỠở Trung Äông và Bắc Phi vẫn Ä‘ang leo thang, nhÆ°ng quan trá»ng hÆ¡n là thế giá»›i Ä‘ang hÆ°á»›ng vá» Nháºt Bản, nÆ¡i dang phải hứng chịu thảm cảnh Ä‘á»™ng đất và sóng thần tồi tệ nhất kể từ sau thế chiến thứ hai.
Trong phiên châu Âu hôm qua, giá dầu có lúc giảm qua mức 97 USD/thùng sau khi có thêm tráºn Ä‘á»™ng đất nữa xảy ra tại Nháºt gây nổ má»™t nhà máy hạt nhân của Tokyo Electric Power Co ở Fukushima.
Vào lúc 8h30 sáng nay (giá» Việt Nam), giá dầu thô WTI giao kỳ hạn tháng 04 Ä‘ang giao dịch ở mức 97,94 USD/thùng, giảm 31 cent so vá»›i mức Ä‘óng cá»a phiên Mỹ tối qua tại mức 98,24 USD/thùng.
Còn giá dầu thô Brent giao kỳ hạn tháng 04 Ä‘óng cá»a phiên hôm qua giảm 5,15 USD xuống 108,52 USD/thùng, Ä‘ây là ngày giảm mạnh nhất kể từ ngày 04/03/2011.
Viện xăng dầu Mỹ Ä‘ã công bố lượng dầu thô dá»± trữ của nÆ°á»›c này Ä‘ã tăng 91.000 thùng trong tuần qua, khả năng báo cáo từ Bá»™ năng lượng sẽ Ä‘Æ°a ra con số dá»± trữ tăng 1,3 triệu thùng, theo dá»± báo của Bloomberg News.
Crude Oil Advances From Two-Week Low Amid Middle East Concerns
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By Ben Sharples
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Oil advanced from a two-week low in New York as speculation unrest in the Middle East may lead to supply disruptions outweighed concern that damage from Japan’s earthquake will curb crude demand.
Futures climbed as much as 0.9 percent after Bahrain declared a state of emergency as a second contingent of troops from Gulf nations poured into the kingdom, while forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi moved against rebels. Prices fell the most in almost five months yesterday after explosions and fire struck Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima nuclear plant.
“The Middle East situation is still lingering in the background,” Jonathan Barratt, managing director of Commodity Broking Services Pty in Sydney, said by telephone today. “It could flare up at anytime.”
Crude for April delivery gained as much as 91 cents to $98.09 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and was at $98.08 at 11:26 a.m. Sydney time. Yesterday, the contract dropped $4.01, or 4 percent, to $97.18, the lowest since Feb. 28. Prices fell the most since Oct. 19 and are up 20 percent from a year ago.
Brent oil for April settlement rose 5 cents to $108.57 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Yesterday, the contract lost $5.15, or 4.5 percent, to $108.52, the biggest one-day drop since Feb. 4, 2010.
Libyan Exports
Libya’s oil exports may be halted for “many months” because of damage to facilities and sanctions following a rebellion against leader Muammar Qaddafi, the International Energy Agency said yesterday in its monthly Oil Market Report.
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain asked the head of the military to guarantee security across the country, state television said. Clashes between mainly Shiite protesters and Bahraini forces escalated on March 13, with more than 100 people injured as demonstrators demanded democracy through elections from their Sunni monarch.
Troops from the Gulf Cooperation Council, including Saudi Arabia, moved into Bahrain on March 14, the first cross-border intervention since a wave of popular uprisings swept through parts of the Arab world.
Iran criticized the deployment. “The presence of foreign troops and meddling into Bahrain’s internal affairs will only further complicate the issue,” Ramin Mehmanparast, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, said in Tehran yesterday. Bahrain recalled its ambassador after the statement, the island kingdom’s state television reported.
Refinery Fire
Refinery closures in Japan have affected about 1.3 million barrels of the country’s 4.52 million barrels a day of capacity, based on data from the Petroleum Association of Japan. JX-Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. closed refineries in Sendai and Kashima in the northeastern Tohoku region. A fire at the Sendai plant was extinguished at about 2:30 p.m. local time yesterday. The Negishi plant near Tokyo is also shuttered.
Theo thống kê từ Hiệp há»™i dầu khí của Nháºt, nhiá»u nhà máy lá»c và tinh chế dầu của nÆ°á»›c này Ä‘ã phải Ä‘óng cá»a sau Ä‘á»™ng đất, trong Ä‘ó có Cosmo Oil Co, Kyokuto Petroleum Industries Ltd.
Cosmo Oil Co. shut its 220,000-barrel-a-day Chiba refinery following fires at liquefied petroleum gas storage tanks. Kyokuto Petroleum Industries Ltd. has shuttered its 175,000- barrel-a-day facility in Ichihara, near the capital.
Japan was responsible for 5.2 percent of global oil demand in 2009, according to BP Plc, which publishes its BP Statistical Review of World Energy each June. Japan is the third-biggest crude-consuming country after the U.S. and China.
U.S. crude oil supplies climbed 91,000 barrels last week, according to the industry-funded American Petroleum Institute. An Energy Department report today may show stockpiles rose 1.3 million barrels last week from 348.9 million, according to the median of 15 analyst estimates in a Bloomberg News survey.
