据道琼斯8月18日消息，美国能源情报署（EIA）周三公布的数据显示，上周美国原油和汽油库存大幅下降，石油产量也从两年高点回落。

EIA表示，上周美国原油库存意外大幅减少710万桶，至4.25亿桶，目前比五年平均水平低约6%。接受《华尔街日报》调查的分析师此前预计，原油库存将较前一周增加10万桶。

EIA在其周报中称，美国原油期货的交割点储存在俄克拉何马州库欣的石油较前一周增加19.2万桶，至2540万桶。

EIA的数据显示，上周美国原油日产量下降10万桶，至1210万桶。

EIA表示，上周美国汽油库存减少460万桶，至2.157亿桶，分析师此前预计库存仅较上周减少90万桶。

庞晓华 摘译自 道琼斯

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U.S. Oil and Gasoline Inventories Drop Sharply

U.S. inventories of crude oil and gasoline declined sharply last week and oil production retreated from two-year-highs, according to data released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration. 

Crude-oil stockpiles surprisingly fell by 7.1 million barrels, to 425 million barrels, and are now about 6% below the five-year average, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude stockpiles would rise by 100,000 barrels from the prior week. 

Oil stored at Cushing, Okla., the delivery point for U.S. stocks, increased by 192,000 barrels from the previous week, to 25.4 million barrels, the EIA said in its weekly report. 

U.S. crude-oil production fell by 100,000 barrels a day, to 12.1 million barrels a day, according to the EIA. 

Gasoline stockpiles dropped by 4.6 million barrels, to 215.7 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations for inventories to decrease by just 900,000 barrels from the previous week.