美國至7月17日當週國內原油產量降幅錄得2026年1月30日當週以來最大。美國至7月17日當週EIA戰略石油儲備庫存爲1983年3月25日當週以來最低。

EIA: US crude inventories for week to July 17 rose 2.01 mln bbl; consensus expected a 1.052 mln bbl draw; prior week was a 1.692 mln bbl draw.

Nikkei reports Inpex will begin trial drilling for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project offshore Chiba, near Tokyo. The work will be carried out by Inpex subsidiary Metropolitan CCS. Metropolitan CCS president Yoshiaki Oku said: "Decarbonizing industries such as steel is difficult. We hope to solve this by storing CO2 underground. This will become major infrastructure for Japanese industry."