中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯6月13日消息,欧佩克周二表示,5月份该组织的原油产量上升,这凸显出欧佩克与其他大型产油国达成的旨在通过减产来稳定下滑的石油市场的减产协议的脆弱性。
备受关注的欧佩克月度市场报告显示,5月份欧佩克原油产量增长1%,达到逾3214万桶/日,主要原因是14个成员国中的利比亚、尼日利亚和伊拉克三个国家提高了产量。
利比亚和尼日利亚提高原油产量并不奇怪,因为这两个国家享有减产豁免权,这两国正试图摆脱人为破坏和暴力冲突对其供应的干扰,恢复原油供应。
但是伊拉克却出尔反尔,该国曾在去年12月和今年5月份两次同意减产。但实际上,伊拉克5月份将原油产量提高了逾4.4万桶/日,达到逾440万桶/日。
欧佩克成员国已经与非欧佩克的10个产油国达成协议将产量在2016年10月份的基础上减少约180万桶/天。它们的减产目标是为了降低处于历史高位的石油库存,石油供应的过剩已经令今年大部分时间里油价保持在45美元-55美元/桶的区间内。
欧佩克周二还称,经济合作与发展组织(简称OECD)的原油库存仍然高企,高于欧佩克所希望看到的水平。OECD原油库存规模仍逾30亿桶,较欧佩克希望看到的目标水平高出2.51亿桶。
原油和石油产品库存均处于过剩状态,分别较季节性正常水平高出1.71亿桶左右和8,000万桶。
唐绍红 摘译自 道琼斯
原文如下:
OPEC Oil Production Rose in May
By Summer Said
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said Tuesday it produced more crude oil in May, underscoring the fragility of the cartel's agreement with other big producers to cut output and stabilize a slumping market.
OPEC's output rose 1% to over 32.14 million barrels in May, led largely by increases from three of its 14 members: Libya, Nigeria and Iraq, according to the cartel's closely watched monthly market report.
The increase from Libya and Nigeria wasn't a surprise because those countries were exempted from any obligation to cut as they try to come back from sabotage and violent disruptions to their supplies.
But Iraq agreed last December, and again in May, to some of the largest production cuts undertaken by the cartel. Instead its output increased over 44,000 barrels a day to over 4.4 million barrels a day.
OPEC's members have agreed with 10 nations outside the cartel to cap their production at roughly 1.8 million barrels a day lower than levels in October 2016. Their goal is to draw down historically high amounts of oil in storage, which represent a global oil supply that has kept prices between $45 and $55 a barrel for much of the year.
OPEC said Tuesday that oil inventories in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development--a group of industrialized, oil-consuming nations--remained higher than the cartel wants. OECD stocks were still over 3 billion barrels, 251 million barrels above OPEC's target.
Crude and products stocks stood at a surplus above the seasonal norm of around 171 million barrels and 80 million barrels, respectively.