据世界石油2月3日消息称，欧佩克+表示将继续努力迅速清除疫情留下的石油过剩，这对已经飙升至一年高点的油价来说是一个利好信号。
在全球经济和石油需求前景“不确定”的背景下，以沙特阿拉伯和俄罗斯为首的部长们周三“强调了尽快加速市场再平衡的重要性”。公报公布后，纽约原油价格继续上涨，涨幅高达2.9%，达到每桶56美元以上。
欧佩克及其盟友已经暂停了两个月的原油供应，同时恢复了一些原油产量。去年春天，冠状病毒出现，抑制了燃料需求，欧佩克组织暂停了数百万桶原油生产。沙特阿拉伯本月和下月将进一步收紧石油供应，每日额外削减100万桶。
在为期两个月的休会期结束至3月初的下一次全面部长级会议后，委员会就该做什么没有任何讨论。欧佩克+目前扣留了略高于700万桶的日产量，约占全球供应的7%。
部长级联合监测委员会的在线会议对于欧佩克+会议来说异常顺利且简短，持续了一个多小时。当23个国家组成的联盟上个月举行会议时，部长级会谈持续了两天，并因在限制供应的程度上存在分歧而陷入僵局。
沙特能源部长阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·本·萨勒曼王子不顾俄罗斯外长亚历山大·诺瓦克的建议，将沙特额外减产100万桶的计划推给了一个几乎毫无戒心的市场。自那时以来，WTI已上涨约17％。
尽管利雅得经常寻求支持油价的措施，从而帮助弥补政府支出，但莫斯科方面却持不同观点，担心高油价会引发美国页岩油开采企业等竞争对手大量供应。
但在部长们周三签署的公报中，欧佩克+成员国似乎在严格控制供应的好处上保持了密切一致。委员会“满怀感激”沙特的额外减产措施。
该集团的内部数据显示，他们的战略将继续取得成功。根据JMMC编制的报告，到8月份，发达国家过剩的石油库存应在8月前回落至2015-2019年的平均水平。
该委员会在声明中表示:“全球疫苗的逐步推广对今年剩余时间提振全球经济和石油需求是一个积极因素。”
朱佳妮 摘译自 世界石油
原文如下：
OPEC+ members focus on reducing pandemic’s crude oil surplus
OPEC+ said it will keep pushing to quickly clear the oil surplus left behind by the pandemic, a bullish signal for prices that have already surged to a one-year high.
Ministers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia “stressed the importance of accelerating market re-balancing without delay” amid “uncertain” prospects for the global economy and oil demand on Wednesday. Crude in New York extended gains after the communique, advancing as much as 2.9% to above $56 a barrel.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies have taken a two-month pause while restoring some of the millions of barrels of crude output they halted when the coronavirus emerged to crush fuel demand last spring. Saudi Arabia is tightening supplies further this month and next with an extra cut of 1 million barrels a day.
The committee left any discussion about what to do after the two-month hiatus ends to its next full ministerial meeting in early March. OPEC+ is currently withholding just over 7 million barrels of daily output, or roughly 7% of global supplies.
The online meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee was unusually smooth and brief for an OPEC+ gathering, lasting just over an hour. When the 23-nation coalition met last month, ministerial talks spilled into two days and were marred by discord over how far to constrict supplies.
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman had sprung the kingdom’s extra million-barrel cutback onto a mostly unsuspecting market, and against the counsel of his Russian counterpart, Alexander Novak. WTI has risen about 17% since then.
While Riyadh has often pushed for measures that would support prices -- and thus help cover government spending -- Moscow takes a different view, fearing that high prices will provoke a flood of supplies from rivals like U.S. shale drillers.
But in the communique endorsed by ministers on Wednesday, OPEC+ members seemed closely aligned on the merits of keeping a tight leash on supplies. The additional Saudi curb was “noted” by the committee, “with gratitude.”
The group’s internal data showed their strategy will continue to succeed. Bloated oil inventories in developed nations should subside back to their 2015-2019 average by August, according to a report compiled for the JMMC.
“The gradual rollout of vaccines around the world is a positive factor for the rest of the year boosting the global economy and oil demand,” according to the committee’s statement.?
