据Oil & Gas Journal网站3月20日休斯顿报道 4月交割的轻质低硫原油价格略有下降，但3月19日已连续第二天结算价格在59美元/桶以上。一些市场参与者建议等待3月20日公布的每周美国石油和产品库存。
截至3月18日，美国原油价格达到2019年以来的最高结算价，5月合约在纽约市场收于59.38美元/桶。3月18日布伦特5月交割价在伦敦收于67.54美元/桶，略低于3月13日设定的2019年最高结算67.55美元/桶。
ClipperData商品研究主管Matt Smith对合众国际社说：“价格暂时停滞不前，低于心理水平：西德克萨斯中质原油60美元/桶，布伦特原油70美元/桶。”
摩根士丹利分析师表示，到第三季度，布伦特原油价格可能会升至75美元/桶。
摩根士丹利在一份研究报告中表示，该公司估计，第二季度石油市场供不应求50万桶/日，到第三季度将增至80万桶/日。
王 磊 摘译自 Oil & Gas Journal
原文如下：
NYMEX crude oil holds above $59/bbl for second day
Light, sweet crude oil for April delivery declined slightly but settled above $59/bbl on Mar. 19 for a second consecutive day. Some suggested market participants awaited the weekly US oil and products inventory to be released on Mar. 20.
US crude oil prices reached the highest settlement of 2019 so far on Mar. 18 when the May contract closed at $59.38/bbl on the New York market. Brent for May delivery closed in London Mar. 18 at $67.54/bbl, just under its 2019 highest settlement of $67.55/bbl, set on Mar. 13.
“Prices are pausing for now, shy of psychological levels: $60 for West Texas Intermediate, $70 for Brent,” Matt Smith, ClipperData director of commodity research, told UPI.
Morgan Stanley analysts said Brent prices could rally to $75/bbl by the third quarter.
In a research note, Morgan Stanley said it estimates the oil market is undersupplied by 500,000 b/d in the second quarter, increasing to 800,000 b/d by the third quarter.
