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(路透社) - 周四油价下跌 2%，基本消除了早先的涨势，因为每周汽油和馏分油库存的大量增加掩盖了原油库存消耗超出预期的情况。

美国东部时间上午 11 点 23 分，布伦特原油价格下跌 1.57 美元，即 2%，至每桶 79.01 美元，此前曾上涨超过 1 美元。美国西德克萨斯中质原油期货下跌 1.47 美元，即 2%，至 73.57 美元。

美国能源情报署数据显示，燃料需求低迷和库存大幅增加，对价格构成压力。

汽油库存增加 1090 万桶，至 2.37 亿桶，创 30 多年来最高周环比增幅。

上周馏分油库存增加 1,010 万桶，至 1.259 亿桶。EIA 数据显示，作为需求指标的馏分油产品供应量降至 1999 年以来的最低水平。

瑞穗能源期货总监 Bob Yawger 表示，EIA 数据显示，尽管本周原油库存减少了 550 万桶，但其中大部分反映了红海运输中断。

“红海局势迫使许多炼油商和原油买家前往美国，而不是绕行非洲之角，”约格说。

也门伊朗支持的胡塞武装周三表示，他们已经“瞄准”了一艘开往以色列的集装箱船，之后航运担忧挥之不去。美国中央司令部表示，该武装组织前一天在红海南部发射了两枚反舰弹道导弹。

疲弱的经济数据导致盘中早些时候价格走低。12 月份欧元区商业活动萎缩。德国通胀上升，可能为欧洲央行提供在一段时间内保持利率稳定的理由。

周三，两个石油基准指数均上涨约 3%，五天内首次走高。美国石油协会的数据显示原油库存减少 740 万桶，是预期跌幅的两倍，这也为油价提供了支撑。

周三，伊朗在纪念 2020 年被美国无人机杀害的指挥官卡西姆·苏莱马尼 (Qassem Soleimani) 的仪式上发生两起爆炸，造成近 100 人死亡、数十人受伤。伊朗誓言要复仇。

（劳拉·萨尼科拉报道；伊莱恩·哈德卡斯尔编辑）

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(Reuters) -Oil prices fell 2% on Thursday, largely unwinding an earlier rally, as massive weekly gasoline and distillate stock builds overshadowed a larger-than-expected crude stock draw.

Brent crude fell by $1.57, or 2%, to $79.01 a barrel by 11:23 a.m. EDT, after earlier rising over $1. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell $1.47, or 2%, to $73.57.

Low fuel demand and large inventory increases in data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration weighed on prices.

Gasoline stocks rose by 10.9 million barrels to 237 million barrels, their highest week-on-week rise in more than 30 years.

Distillate stocks rose last week by 10.1 million barrels to 125.9 million barrels. Distillate product supplied, a proxy for demand, fell to its lowest level since 1999, EIA data showed.

While crude inventories drew by 5.5 million barrels in the week, EIA data showed, much of that reflects shipping disruptions in the Red Sea, said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho.

“The situation in the Red Sea has forced a lot of refiners and buyers of crude oil to go to the United States rather than sail their boat around the Horn of Africa,” Yawger said.

Shipping concerns lingered after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday said they had “targeted” a container ship bound for Israel. U.S. Central Command said the militant group had fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles in the southern Red Sea the previous day.

Downbeat economic data sent prices lower earlier in the session. Euro zone business activity shrank in December. German inflation rose, possibly offering the European Central Bank an argument in favour of keeping interest rates steady for some time.

Both oil benchmarks gained about 3% on Wednesday to settle higher for the first time in five days. Oil also found support from American Petroleum Institute data showing crude stocks fell by 7.4 million barrels, double the expected drawdown.

On Wednesday two explosions killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone in 2020. Iran has vowed revenge.

(Reporting by Laura Sanicola;Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)