三个欧佩克成员国考虑深化减产

中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价2月21日报道，据《华尔街日报》周五援引知情人士的话报道，沙特阿拉伯及其海湾阿拉伯邻国以及欧佩克的大型产油国阿联酋和科威特本周正在讨论联合石油减产30万桶，以应对冠状病毒爆发期间的需求低迷。

沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋和科威特分别是欧佩克中最大、第三大和第四大生产国，它们占欧佩克产能的一半以上。

据报道，关于三方联合减产的讨论将打破欧佩克与俄罗斯的契约模式，沙特在过去四年一直依赖石油供应和定价政策。

自2017年初以来，当欧佩克及其以俄罗斯为首的非欧佩克伙伴开始减产以支撑价格并消除供应过剩时，欧佩克领导者沙特阿拉伯一直与俄罗斯一起采取行动，正式做出有关生产政策的决定 。迄今为止，尽管俄罗斯一直在最后时刻宣布立场，但俄罗斯一直坚持减产。

郝芬 译自 今日油价

原文如下：

The 3 OPEC Countries Considering Deeper Output Cuts

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab neighbors and large fellow OPEC producers the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait are discussing this week a potential joint oil production cut of 300,000 bpd in response to the depressed demand amid the coronavirus outbreak, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, quoting people with knowledge of the issue.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait are the largest, third-largest and fourth-largest producers in the cartel, respectively, and they hold together more than half of OPEC’s production capacity.

The reported discussions about a three-way joint cut would be a break from the OPEC+ pact format with Russia, on which the Saudis have been relying for oil supply and price-fixing policies in the past four years.

Since the start of 2017, when OPEC and its Russia-led non-OPEC partners began their production cuts to prop up prices and erase the glut, OPEC’s leader Saudi Arabia have always acted in concert with Russia in the formal taking of decisions about production policies. So far, Russia has always been on board with the cuts, although it has always announced its position at the last possible moment.