厄瓜多尔4月原油产量下降近2.1%

据波哥大普氏能源资讯6月23日消息，厄瓜多尔4月份的原油日产量平均为51.7万桶，较上年同期的52.8万桶下降近2.1%，但较3月份的平均日产量51.1万桶增加1.2%。

产量同比下降反映出该国正在做出的承诺，即在2016年11月向欧佩克成员国和其他产油国承诺减产4%，而厄瓜多尔的减产目标相当于削减了2.6万桶石油。

厄瓜多尔央行还宣布，4月份该国出口了约96.17万桶原油，较上年同期的约11591万桶下降17%，较3月份的约111.43万桶下降13.7%。

今年4月，厄瓜多尔原油的平均价格为每桶60.32美元，较上年同期的44.69美元/b上涨了35%，较3月份57.01美元/b的平均价格上涨了5.8%。

政府表示，结果是，出口原油的平均价格轻松地超过了该国甚至在原油生产中所需要的39.40美元/b的价格。油价同比上涨，部分原因是欧佩克为了限制全球供应而减产。

4月原油销售总出口收入为5.910亿美元，较上年同期的5.1802亿美元增长13.9%，但较3月的6.3527亿美元下降7.1%。

厄瓜多尔向中国出口的大部分原油用于偿还前总统拉斐尔•科雷亚(Rafael Correa)执政期间为其社会项目提供资金而欠下的数十亿美元债务。石油部长卡洛斯·佩雷斯说，2018年97%的出口将流向亚洲目的地，包括印度和中国的债权人。

胡晶晶摘译自普氏能源资讯

原文如下

Ecuador produced an average 517,000 b/d of crude in April, down nearly 2.1% from the 528,000 b/d it pumped in the same month a year ago, but up 1.2% from March, when it averaged 511,000 b/d, according to statistics the central bank posted on its website Friday.

The year-on-year output decline reflects the country's ongoing commitment, made in November 2016 to fellow OPEC members and other producers, to cut output 4%, which, in Ecuador's case, has equated to a targeted cut of 26,000 b/d.

The central bank also announced that, during April, Ecuador exported about 9.617 million barrels of crude, a 17% drop from about 11.591 million barrels over the same month a year ago, and a 13.7% drop from the about 11.143 million barrels shipped in March.

The average price of crude Ecuador sold overseas was $60.32/b in April, up 35% from the $44.69/b charged in the same month a year ago and up 5.8% from the $57.01/b average collected in March.

As a result, the average price of exported crude comfortably exceeds the $39.40/b price the country needs to break even on crude production, the government has said. Prices are up year on year partly because of the OPEC production cut which was made in a bid to limit global supplies.

Total export revenue from crude sales in April totaled $590.1 million, up 13.9% from the $518.02 million collected during the same month a year ago, but down 7.1% from the $635.27 million received in March.

The lion's share of Ecuador's crude exports go to China to pay down billions of dollars of debt that it took out during the administration of former president Rafael Correa to finance his social programs. Hydrocarbons minister Carlos Perez said 97% of exports in 2018 will go to Asian destinations, including Indian as well as Chinese creditors.