據油價網7月22日報道，瑞士政府周五表示，由于萊茵河水位低和鐵路運輸出現紊亂，瑞士將石油庫存的強制性水平降低了6.5%，因此將從其緊急儲備中釋放石油。

政府發言人向路透社證實，在7月25日至9月初之間將強制性庫存水平降低6.5%的決定，將包括釋放石油儲備。

歐洲許多地區的熱浪和干旱導致包括萊茵河在內的最大航運河流水位下降。

萊茵河從瑞士向西北穿過德國、法國和荷蘭進入北海，是歐洲主要的石油產品運輸走廊。

瑞士通過萊茵河和鐵路運輸兩條主要路線獲得石油供應。政府表示，萊茵河的低水位導致河上運輸的產品數量急劇減少，而由于缺乏人員和正在進行的維修工程，通往瑞士的跨境鐵路交通被大量取消和延誤。

瑞士上一次降低石油庫存的強制性門檻是在2018年夏天，那也是一個非常干燥的夏天，萊茵河的運輸能力也被嚴重削弱。  

那年，萊茵河歷史性的低水位導致歐洲駁船運輸石油產品的運輸中斷。

黎泱 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Switzerland Releases Emergency Oil Reserves

Switzerland will release oil from its emergency reserves as it lowers the obligatory levels of petroleum stocks by 6.5% due to low water levels on the Rhine River and chaos in railway transportation, the government said on Friday.

A spokesperson for the government confirmed to Reuters that the decision to reduce the mandatory stock level by 6.5% between July 25 and the beginning of September would include the release of reserves.

Heat waves and droughts in many parts of Europe have drained the water levels at the biggest navigational rivers, including the Rhine.

The Rhine River, which runs northwest from Switzerland through Germany, France, and the Netherlands into the North Sea, is a major petroleum product transportation corridor in Europe.

Switzerland gets petroleum supplies via two key routes—via the Rhine and through railway transport. Low water levels on the Rhine have led to a drastic reduction in the amount of products shipped on the river, while the cross-border railway traffic to Switzerland is seeing massive cancellations and delays due to a lack of personnel and ongoing repair works, the government said.

The previous time Switzerland reduced the mandatory threshold of petroleum stocks was in the summer of 2018, which was also a very dry summer and transport capacity on the Rhine was also severely reduced.  

Back in 2018, historically low water levels on the Rhine River resulted in transportation disruptions for shipments of petroleum products by barge in Europe.