Oil slips as U.S. 地位，任命するs surprise rise in 天然のまま 在庫s
By Jessica Resnick-Ault
NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices 辛勝する／優位d lower on Wednesday as 政府 data showed a surprise rise in U.S. 天然のまま 在庫s and as 緊張s 増大するd between the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and 中国.
Brent 天然のまま 未来s settled 負かす／撃墜する 3 cents at $44.29 a バーレル／樽, while U.S. West Texas 中間の 天然のまま settled 負かす／撃墜する 2 cents at $41.90 a バーレル／樽.
U.S. 天然のまま and distillate 在庫s rose 突然に and 燃料 需要・要求する slipped in the most 最近の week, the Energy （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 行政 said on Wednesday, as the sharp 突発／発生 in coronavirus 事例／患者s has started to 攻撃する，衝突する U.S. 消費.
天然のまま 在庫s rose by 4.9 million バーレル／樽s in the week to July 17 to 536.6 million バーレル／樽s, compared with 期待s in a Reuters 投票 for a 2.1 million-バーレル／樽 減少（する）. 生産／産物 rose to 11.1 million バーレル／樽s per day, up by 100,000 バーレル／樽s per day.
"全体にわたる, this would 示唆する that the 需要・要求する 回復 we´ve seen from the 底（に届く） seems to be 立ち往生させるing," said Phil Flynn, 上級の 分析家 at Price 未来s group in Chicago.
大統領 Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the 突発／発生 would probably より悪くする before it got better, a 転換 from his 以前 強健な 強調 on 再開するing the economy.
Bjornar Tonhaugen, Rystad Energy´s 長，率いる of oil markets, said Trump's comments might be welcomed by 投資家s because they are の中で the most 手段d by him or his 行政 so far.
"This could be a 肯定的な for oil 需要・要求する prospects. Instead of an uncontrolled, 破壊的な second wave of lockdowns, maybe chances have now 増加するd that the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs will 結局 get the spread under 支配（する）／統制する," Tonhaugen said.
However, a fresh 論争 between Washington and Beijing put 圧力 on prices after the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs told the Chinese 領事館 in Houston to shut and a source said 中国 was considering の近くにing the U.S. 領事館 in Wuhan.
追加するing to 圧力 were 調印するs that Iraq, the second-largest 生産者 in t he Organization of the 石油 輸出（する）ing Countries, was still not 会合 its 的 under an 石油輸出国機構-led 協定／条約 to 削減（する） 供給（する）s.
(付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin in London, Jessica Jaganathan in Singapore; Editing by David Gregorio and Leslie Adler)
