科威特预计今年底石油市场将保持平衡

中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价网站5月27日消息 科威特石油部长哈立德·法德尔周一对路透社表示，欧佩克最大的石油生产国之一科威特预计，由于库存下降和相对稳定的石油需求，石油市场将在今年年底重新达到平衡。

科威特石油部长表示，欧佩克的任务是减少膨胀的库存，但目前还没有完成这项工作。目前，科威特每天开采约270万桶石油，是该组织仅次于沙特阿拉伯、伊拉克和阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）的第四大石油生产国。

法德尔在回答记者提问时向路透社表示：“但我们还有一些工作要做。我相信市场在2019年下半年将保持平衡，该时间更接近今年年底。”

然而，这位部长表示，现在说欧佩克及其盟国是否决定下个月将减产协议延长至整个2019年还为时过早，因为需求和供应方面都存在许多不确定性。

这位部长在回答一个问题时表示：“所有的选择都在谈判桌上。”这个问题是欧佩克及其盟国是否可以在下个月的会议上决定在2019年下半年增加产量。

王磊 摘译自 今日油价

原文如下：

Kuwait Sees Oil Market Balancing At End-2019

One of the big OPEC producers, Kuwait, expects the oil market to rebalance toward the end of this year on the back of declining inventories and healthy oil demand, Kuwait’s Oil Minister Khaled al-Fadhel told Reuters on Monday.

OPEC is on the right track on its mission to draw down swelled inventories, but the work is not yet done, said the oil minister of Kuwait, which currently pumps around 2.7 million bpd and is the cartel’s fourth-largest producer behind Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

“But we still have some more work to do. I believe the market is expected to be balanced during the 2nd half of 2019, more towards the end of the year,” al-Fadhel told Reuters in written replies to questions.

However, it’s too early to say if OPEC and its allies will decide to extend next month their production cut agreement through the whole of 2019 because there are many uncertainties both on the demand and supply side, the minister said.

“All options are on the table,” the minister said in response to a question if OPEC and its allies could decide at the meeting next month to increase production in the second half of 2019.