俄罗斯计划加快石油减产步伐

中国石化新闻网讯 据莫斯科彭博社1月17日消息，俄罗斯计划加快石油减产步伐，此前该国减产受到沙特阿拉伯的批评。

“当然，我们将努力加快削减速度，”能源部长亚历山大诺瓦克在塞尔维亚贝尔格莱德对记者说。“我们有技术性的局限性，但我们的目标是达到我们商定的水平。”

诺瓦克发表这番评论的前几天，沙特能源部长法利赫（khalid al-falih）表示，俄罗斯的生产限制“开始的速度比我想的要慢”。该国的产量水平，以及沙特阿拉伯的产量水平，对于确保石油输出国组织及其盟国从石油输出国的计划取得成功至关重要，确保市场价格上涨。

俄罗斯已承诺在第一季度内逐步削减日产22.8万桶，并在第二季度保持这一上限。根据欧佩克周四的报告计算，今年上半年该国的平均产量可能比10月份的水平低13万桶，这是欧佩克认同的基线。

诺瓦克说，俄罗斯减产步伐放缓是由于该国主要石油省份西伯利亚冬季冻结造成的，他重申了此前的评论。“我们有特殊的状况，”他说。“原则上我们不能保证大幅下降。”

欧佩克本身在12月甚至在本月正式协议生效之前，将日产量降低了超过75万桶。沙特阿拉伯仅占减少额的一半以上。

他说，诺瓦克计划下周在瑞士达沃斯举行的世界经济论坛上与法利赫会晤，讨论欧佩克+协议。

胡晶晶摘译自彭博社

原文如下

Russia aims to speed up oil output cuts as Saudis criticize pace

Russia is aiming to accelerate the pace of oil production cuts after its reductions drew criticism from Saudi Arabia.

“Of course, we will try to make the cuts faster,” Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters in Belgrade, Serbia. “We have our limitations of a technological nature, yet we will aim to reach the levels we agreed on.”

Novak’s comments come just days after Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said Russia’s production curbs have “ started slower than I like.” The country’s output level, along with that of Saudi Arabia, is crucial in ensuring the success of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies’ plan of taking oil out of the market to ensure higher prices.

Russia has pledged to gradually cut its output by 228,000 bpd within the first quarter and maintain the cap in the second. The nation’s average production in the first half of the year could be about 130,000 bpd lower than its October level, the baseline it agreed to, according to calculations based on OPEC’s report Thursday.

The slower pace of Russia’s production cuts is a result of the winter freeze in Siberia, the nation’s key oil province, Novak said, reiterating earlier comments. “We have special conditions,” he said. “We cannot ensure sharp declines in principle.”

OPEC itself lowered production by more than 750,000 bpd in December, even before the official agreement went into effect this month. Saudi Arabia accounted for just over half of that reduction.

Novak plans to meet Al-Falih during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week to discuss the OPEC+ deal, he said.