据美国油价网2022年8月22日报道，路透社援引美国能源部公布的统计数据报道说，美国战略石油储备（SPR）库存在上周再次大幅下降以后，目前仅为4.531亿桶，这使美国的紧急石油储备处于35年来的最低水平。
在8月19日结束的那周里，SPR又减少了810万桶，此前几周的SPR库存减少较小。
今年3月，政府批准在6个月内从SPR中每天释放100万桶原油，以降低油价，并通过与公司签订以固定价格购买未来原油的合同来提高国内产量。SPR的释放是对地缘政治冲突和随后西方制裁导致石油和天然气价格飙升造成的全球石油市场混乱的回应。
最终的计划要求从SPR释放1.8亿桶原油，以应对市场紧张情况下油价不可阻挡的上涨。
SPR创纪录的原油释放量将于今年秋季结束。
除了SPR的库存处于1985年以来的最低水平外，美国能源信息署（EIA）8月17日估计，美国国内原油库存（不包括SPR）下降了710万桶。
在8月19日结束的那周里，美国原油库存（不包括SPR原油库存）仅为4.25亿桶，比5年来的平均水平低6%。
美国SPR最大的一次原油出售是在8月11日宣布的，当时美国能源部表示，9家公司将购买2000万桶原油。
据美国能源研究所预计，到今年10月底，SPR库存将降至40年来低点，届时库存为3.58亿桶，而去年同期为6.21亿桶。
李峻 编译自 美国油价网
原文如下：
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls To 35-Year Low
The United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) now has only 453.1 million barrels in its inventory, following another significant drop in the past week that puts the emergency reserve at a low not seen in three and a half decades, Reuters reports, citing the Department of Energy.
In the week ending August 19th, the SPR saw another draw of 8.1 million barrels, following smaller releases in the weeks leading up to that.
In March, the Administration authorized the release of 1 million bpd from the SPR over a period of six months in a bid to lower oil prices and to potentially boost domestic production through contracts with companies to purchase future oil at fixed prices. The SPR releases are a response to the disruption of global oil markets caused by the war and subsequent Western sanctions that have led to soaring oil and gas prices.
The final plan called for a total release of 180 million barrels of crude from the SPR to counter the inexorable increase in oil prices amid a tight market.
The record-high release of crude oil from the SPR will end this fall.
In addition to the lowest inventory levels in the SPR since 1985, last Wednesday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimated that crude oil inventories (excluding the SPR) had fallen by 7.1 million barrels.
For that week, U.S. crude oil inventories, excluding those in the SPR, were at only 425 million barrels, or 6% below the five year average.
The largest sale from the SPR was announced on August 11, when the Department of Energy said that nine companies would buy 20 million barrels.
According to the Institute of Energy Research, the SPR is expected to shrink to a 40-year low by the end of October, with inventories then at 358 million barrels, compared to 621 million barrels a year ago.
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