Benzină demand surged last week, buoyed by increased pre-vacanţă încrederea consumatorilor. But fears of the COVID-19 omicron variant’s economic impact may threaten future global oil consumption. As a result, pump prețurile fell again last week as brut ulei prețurile wobbled—neither rising steadily nor falling rapidly. The national average for a gallon of gas dipped three cents to $3.30.
“A recovering economy coupled with strong employment is leading to increased demand for benzină,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “This demand increase should drive pump prețurile higher, but it’s been blunted by the wavering price of brut ulei."
According to recent data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), total casnic benzină stocks decreased by 700,000 bbl to 218.6 million bbl last week. Meanwhile, benzină demand increased from 8.96 million b/d to 9.47 million b/d. Typically, growing demand and tight supply would support rising pump prețurile; however, fluctuations in the price of brut oil have helped to put downward pressure on prețurile. Săptămâna trecută, brut prețurile crept above $70 per barrel and if oil prețurile continua să urcăm, pompează prețurile va urma probabil exemplul.
As of December 20, the national average of $3.30 is 11 cents less than a month ago and $1.09 more than a year ago.
Statistici rapide
Top 10 cele mai mari scăderi săptămânale ale națiunii: Indiana (−6 cents), Michigan (−6 cents), Ohio (−5 cents), Arizona (−5 cents), Illinois (−5 cents), Florida (−4 cents), Colorado (−4 cents), Alabama (−3 cents), Kentucky (−3 cents) and Wisconsin (−3 cenți).
The nation’s top 10 most expensive markets: California ($ 4.66), Hawaii ($ 4.33), Washington ($ 3.86), Nevada ($ 3.86), Oregon ($ 3.77), Arizona ($ 3.69), Alaska ($ 3.69), Idaho ($ 3.60), Utah ($ 3.55) și Pennsylvania ($ 3.55).
Dinamica pieței petrolului
La sfârșitul sesiunii oficiale de tranzacționare de vineri, WTI a scăzut cu 1.52 USD pentru a se stabili la 70.86 USD. Brut prețurile declined last week due to growing market concerns that the omicron variant of COVID-19 will lead to a decrease in demand as governments around the globe increase measures to curb transmission rates. Additionally, brut prețurile declined despite EIA’s new data revealing that total domestic brut stocks decreased by 4.6 million bbl to 428.3 million bbl. The current stock level is 14.4 percent lower than mid-December 2020. For this week, brut prețurile could drop further if omicron concerns persist.
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