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U.S. SPR Depletion Threatens Further Oil Price Volatility
📌 概要
受波斯湾局势升级及美国原油库存下降影响，国际油价再度走高。美国战略石油储备（SPR）已逼近临界水平，调控能力减弱。此前美以对伊朗动武时，正是靠库存释放（OECD协调释放4亿桶）才避免油价剧烈飙升，如今缓冲空间收窄，油价波动风险加大。
⚡ 关键要点
- ▸波斯湾战事升级叠加美国原油库存下降，推动油价再度上行
- ▸美国战略石油储备逼近临界水平，释放空间所剩无几
- ▸此前OECD协调释放4亿桶库存曾避免油价剧烈飙升，未来缓冲能力减弱
Crude oil prices are on their way up again, driven by the latest flare-up of hostilities in the Persian Gulf—but they are also up because U.S. crude inventories are down again, and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is moving closer to critical levels. The importance of oil inventories came to the fore soon after the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran at the end of February. It was thanks to these inventories that the world avoided a sharp and painful spike in oil prices. The OECD agreed a controlled release of 400 million…