据外媒7月13日华盛顿报道,日前,美国政府相关部门通过了将部分凝析油作为石油产品出口的法令,就这一举措,美国独立石油协会(IPAA)主席巴里·罗素敦促美国总统巴拉克· 奥巴马进一步取消国内生产原油的出口限制。
罗素在本月7日写给奥巴马总统的一封信中说,原油出口将增加美国的GDP并刺激全国各地的经济活动,美国所有的家庭和企业将从中受益。
罗素说,向世界市场投放更多的美国原油,将减弱国内市场波动、稳定由全球市场决定的油价,从而美国的汽油价格将调低,因为美国的汽油价格与国际石油价格挂钩。
罗素指出,既然美国旨在发展成“能源超级大国”,美国的能源政策则必须反映现代全球市场,而不是只关注从20世纪70年代遗留下来的能源缺失问题。
李 峻 编译
原文如下:
Obama Urged by IPAA President to Lift Ban on US Crude Exports
WASHINGTON,DC 13/07/2015
World Oil & Gas News
Commending the administration for its actions allowing some condensate to be exported as a petroleum product, Independent Petroleum Association of America Pres. Barry Russell urged US President Barack Obama to go further and remove export restrictions for domestically produced crude oil.
“American families and businesses in every state stand to benefit as crude exports will increase the US gross domestic product and stimulate economic activity across the nation,” Russell said in a July 7 letter to Obama.
“Adding a surplus of America’s crude oil into the world market would reduce market volatility, stabilize oil prices that are set by the global market, and therefore lower US gasoline prices, which are based on international oil prices,” Russell said.
Russell noted that in order for the US to continue to grow as “an energy superpower,” the nation’s energy policies must reflect modern global markets instead of concerns over scarcity left over from the 1970s.