Ua hāʻule nā kumukūʻai aila ʻo West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ma kahi o 100% a ua hele maikaʻi ʻole i kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa no ka US benchmark.

ʻO ka nalowale ʻana o ka noi a me ka nui o ka lako i hui pū ʻia e hoʻopilikia nui i ka wahie benchmark US, me ka hāʻule ʻana o nā kumukūʻai mai $18.27 a pani i - $37.63 hoʻokahi barela ma ka Pōʻakahi - iho ma luna o 300 pakeneka mai ka pani ʻana o ka lā ma mua. ʻO ia ka manawa mua i kūʻai aku ai ka ʻaelike aila ʻaila i ka maikaʻi ʻole mai ka Ka Hoʻolaha Kūleʻa Hou (NYMEX) i hoʻomaka i ke kālepa ʻana ma 1983.

ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana ka aila WTI me ka hoʻopuka ʻana ma Mei 2020 i hāʻule i kahi kokoke i 100% a i $ 0.01 i ka pahu ma ka ICE i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Lākana ma ka Pōʻakahi.

Ua hōʻea nā kumukūʻai aila WTI i ka pae zero no ka manawa mua i ko lākou mōʻaukala. I ka manawa like, ua nalowale nā ʻaila WTI me ka hoʻoponopono i Iune i ka 14.1% i $ 21.5 i ka barela.

Ke hōʻea nei ka waihona aila honua i nā palena, a ʻoiai ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo OPEC i kahi 9.7 miliona barela i kēlā me kēia lā i ʻoki ʻia i ka hana ʻana, ke kaupaona nei ka US Department of Energy i ka manaʻo o ka uku ʻana i nā mea hana hale e waiho wale i ka aila i loko o ka lepo i ʻole. hoemi hou i na kumukuai.

Me nā ʻaelike o ka wā e hiki mai ana o Mei e hoʻopau ʻia i ka Pōʻalua, ke ʻimi nei nā mea hoʻopukapuka e hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou mau kūlana, e nānā ana i ka mākeke i hoʻopiha ʻia a hopohopo e waiho ʻia me kahi waiwai ʻole.

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