据道琼斯4月13日消息,伍德赛德石油公司首席执行长Peter Coleman对年底前石油市场能否恢复供需平衡持怀疑态度。他暗示,需求状况明朗化可能还需要几个季度的时间,但从目前状况来看,无法预测需求增长会来自哪里。然而他表示,已经有早期迹象显示美国石油供应对低油价做出反应,石油钻井平台数量开始减少。Coleman还称,他对伊朗能有多快回归油市持怀疑态度。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Doubts Raised About Whether Oil Market Will Balance This Year
[Dow Jones] Woodside Petroleum's (WPL.AU) chief has doubts supply and demand in the oil market will balance by the end of the year. Chief executive Peter Coleman suggests it may be a couple quarters before there is clarity on the demand picture, but as it stands he can't see where demand growth would come from. Still, there have been early signs of supply response in the U.S. to low prices, with rig counts beginning to decline, he says. Coleman also says he is skeptical about just how fast Iran will be able to return to the market.