低庫存導致美國全國柴油平均價格回升至5美元以上，這是兩個多月來首次出現單周價格上漲  

美國東北部餾分油庫存特別低，新英格蘭地區的柴油和取暖油供應目前比5年平均水平低63%  

人們越來越擔心，極端天氣事件可能會嚴重破壞東北部地區的餾分油供應 

據美國油價網8月30日報道，美國能源信息署（EIA）公布的最新數據顯示，截至8月29日當周，美國全國柴油平均價格再度升至每加侖5美元上方，為兩個多月來首次單周上漲。

截至8月29日的一周，美國全國柴油價格從前一周的每加侖4.909美元躍升至每加侖5.115美元。 

由于庫存不足，柴油價格上漲，運輸、農業等行業受到打擊，消費品價格也隨之上漲。 

EIA在最新的每周石油狀況報告中說，包括柴油在內的餾分油庫存比5年同期平均水平低24%左右。

美聯社援引美國能源部的一項調查結果報道稱，美國東北部地區的柴油庫存處于危險的低水平，比最近的平均水平低50%以上。調查顯示，新英格蘭地區的柴油和取暖油供應量比5年來的平均水平低63%，比馬里蘭到紐約的5年來的平均水平低58%。  

美國政府官員們擔心，極端天氣事件可能會導致東北部和整個東海岸的餾分燃料供應中斷。 

如今，美國全國柴油價格回升至每加侖5美元以上，根據美國汽車協會（AAA）數據，8月30日的柴油平均價格為每加侖5.073美元。相比之下，一個月前為每加侖4.973美元，去年同期為每加侖3.278美元。

在截至8月8日的一周，美國柴油平均價格自3月份以來首次跌至每加侖5美元以下，當時軍事沖突推高了油價，并顛覆了全球原油和燃料貿易流。

今年6月19日，柴油價格創下了每加侖5.816美元的最高紀錄，這也是AAA數據顯示的美國柴油平均價格的最高紀錄。 

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

U.S. Diesel Prices Are Back Above $5

·     Low inventories sent the national average diesel price in the United States back above $5, the first weekly price increase in more than two months.

·     Distillate fuel inventories in the Northeast are particularly low, with supplies of diesel fuel and heating oil in New England currently 63% below the five-year average.

·     There is a growing fear that an extreme weather event could significantly disrupt distillate supply in the North East.

The national average diesel price in the United States rose in the week to August 29 to above $5 per gallon again, the first weekly increase in more than two months, data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed.

For the week to August 29, the U.S. nationwide price of diesel jumped to $5.115 per gallon, up from $4.909/gal for the previous week. 

Higher diesel prices, due to low inventories, are hurting the trucking and agricultural businesses and raising the prices of consumer goods. 

Distillate fuel inventories, which include diesel, are about 24% below the five-year average for this time of year, the EIA said in its latest weekly petroleum status report.

Inventories in the Northeast are dangerously low, at over 50% below the recent average, according to a survey by the U.S. Department of Energy cited by the Associated Press. Supplies of diesel fuel and heating oil are 63% below the five-year average in New England and 58% below the five-year average from Maryland to New York, according to the survey. 

Officials are concerned that an extreme weather event could cause a major disruption to distillate fuel supply in the Northeast and the entire East Coast. 

Now diesel prices nationwide are back up above $5 per gallon, at an average of $5.073/gal on August 30, per AAA data. This compares with $4.973/gal a month ago, and with $3.278/gal at this time last year. 

In the week to August 8, the average U.S. diesel price dropped to below $5/gal for the first time since March, when the war drove oil prices up and upended global crude and fuel trade flows. 

This year’s peak diesel price was hit on June 19 at $5.816 per gallon, which was also the highest ever recorded average diesel price in America, per AAA data.