Oil prices 落ちる on U.S. 在庫 build, 増加するing pandemic 恐れるs

By Jessica Jaganathan

SINGAPORE, July 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Wednesday as 産業 data showed a bigger- than-推定する/予想するd 在庫 build in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs where coronavirus 事例/患者s continue to climb, 潜在的に その上の denting 需要・要求する in the world's biggest oil 消費者.

In his first 要点説明 in months 焦点(を合わせる)d on the pandemic, U.S. 大統領 Donald Trump said that the 突発/発生 would probably get worse before it gets better, one of his first 最近の 承認s of the spread of the problem.

産業 group American 石油 学校/設ける (API) 報告(する)/憶測d U.S. 天然のまま 在庫s rose last week by 7.5 million バーレル/樽s compared with 期待s for a draw of 2.1 million.

Brent 天然のまま fell 32 cents, or 0.7%, to $44 a バーレル/樽 by 0156 GMT, and U.S. West Texas 中間の (WTI) 天然のまま dropped 33 cents, or 0.8%, to $41.59.

Oil prices climbed about $1 the previous day, reaching their highest since March 6.

"天然のまま's 決起大会/結集させる 攻撃する,衝突する a brick 塀で囲む after the API 報告(する)/憶測 showed a sharp rise in 備蓄(する)s and on 大統領 Trump's 警告 that the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. is likely to より悪くする," said Edward Moya, 上級の market 分析家 at OANDA in New York.

"The 天然のまま 需要・要求する 見通し just got a 二塁打 whammy with what could be the biggest rise in 備蓄(する)s since late May if 確認するd by the EIA 報告(する)/憶測 tomorrow and on Trump's downbeat ウイルス 要点説明."

The U.S. Energy (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) 行政 (EIA) will 解放(する) 公式の/役人 oil 在庫 data later on Wednesday.

経済的な data from Japan, the world's fourth-largest oil 消費者, also 重さを計るd on prices. Factory activity 契約d for a 15th straight month in July, 示すing lower 経済的な activity because of the pandemic is 延長するing into the third 4半期/4分の1.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday on 楽観主義 for a COVID-19 ワクチン and after European Union 貸す人s agreed on a 750 billion-euro ($859 billion) 基金 to 支え(る) up coronavirus-攻撃する,衝突する economies.

Still, the effec t of those 基金s on 誘発する oil prices will be mute as it may take months to start flowing and the 衝撃 may take years to show, Stephen Innes, 長,指導者 全世界の markets strategist at AxiCorp said in a 公式文書,認める on Wednesday.

There are also 調印するs that Iraq, the second-largest 生産者 in the Organization of the 石油 輸出(する)ing Countries (石油輸出国機構), is still not 会合 its 的 under an 石油輸出国機構-led 供給(する) 削減(する) 取引,協定.

Southern Iraqi 輸出(する)s in the first 20 days of July 普通の/平均(する)d 2.70 million bpd, によれば data from Refinitiv Eikon and two 産業 sources, equal to 公式の/役人 data for 輸出(する)s in all of June. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Jessica Jaganathan; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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