美國石油期貨價格因熱帶風暴上漲

Oil futures rose on Tuesday supported by production suspensions in the US Gulf due to an expected tropical storm and speculation that producers meeting in Algeria next month will act to prop up prices.Brent crude futures were trading at $49.58 per barrel at 1358 GMT, up 32 cents from the previous close.US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 39 cents at $47.37 a barrel.Oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have shut output equal to 168,334 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 190 million cubic feet per day of natural gas as a precaution against a tropical storm, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said on Monday.

Shell said it had shut production at its Coulomb field in the region after BP shut its Na Kika platform ahead of Tropical Depression Nine.Oil prices are caught between concerns about oversupply and a strong dollar on the one hand and the prospect of further jawboning from Opec members that some form of production freeze could be on the cards,” CMC Markets senior analyst Michael Hewson said.