欧佩克成员国纷纷削减本国石油产量

    中国石化（600028行情,爱股,主力动向）新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社1月9日报道，由于石油输出国组织（欧佩克）从今年1月1日起实施9%减产决定，世界最大的国有石油公司沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美公司）将削减2月份供应亚洲的原油数量。

    据已收到沙特阿美公司减少原油供应量通知的日本和中国台湾炼油厂的两名要求不透露名字的官员所说，沙特阿美公司将在2月份把供应这两个炼油厂的原油数量比年度合同同意的水平减少10%。

    欧佩克在去年12月17日举行的奥兰会议上同意从今年1月1日把本组织的石油日产量在去年11月份的配额基础上削减9%。欧佩克一直在设法阻止纽约原油期货价格的下跌，如今的油价已从去年7月11日创下的每桶147.27美元历史最高纪录下跌了70%以上。

    作为欧佩克中最大的石油生产国，沙特阿拉伯已同意欧佩克为其确定的从今年1月1日起执行的日产771.4万桶原油的产量目标。沙特阿拉伯去年12月份平均日产石油840万桶，低于其上一个847.7万桶的配额。

    沙特阿拉伯是跟随欧佩克其他成员国减产而决定削减本国石油产量的。欧佩克中第2大产油国伊朗1月7日已通知亚洲炼油厂该国将把2月份的原油装运量削减14%。

    欧佩克中第3大石油生产国科威特将从1月22日起把本国的石油装运量削减5%。欧佩克中第2小成员国卡塔尔将在1月份减少5%的供应量基础上在2月份削减6%的供应量。

    阿拉伯联合酋长国国有石油巨头阿布扎比国家石油公司在去年12月26日曾说，该公司将削减今年1月份和2月份的原油出口量。

    阿布扎比国家石油公司将把1月份供应亚洲的穆尔班原油削减15%以及把上扎库姆原油削减3%。在2月份，该公司将削减穆尔班原油供应量15%，削减下扎库姆原油供应量10%，削减乌姆谢夫原油供应量10%以及削减上扎库姆原油供应量15%。

    （李 峻 编译）

    Saudi Aramco Cuts Asian Oil Supplies by 10% for Feb. (Update1)

    Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest state oil company, will lower crude supplies to Asia in February, the third month of cuts, as OPEC implements a 9 percent reduction in output.

    The Dhahran, Saudi Arabia-based producer will cut shipments by 10 percent from levels agreed in annual contracts with refiners in Japan and Taiwan, said two officials who received notices from the company. They asked not to be identified because of confidentiality agreements.

    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed on Dec. 17 to new production targets starting Jan. 1 which are 9 percent lower than its November quotas. The group is trying to stem New York crude oil futures’ more than 70 percent plunge from a record $147.27 a barrel on July 11.

    “This shows that they are really serious since this, I think, actually puts them below their quota,” said Anthony Nunan, assistant general manager for risk management at Mitsubishi Corp. in Tokyo. “As OPEC cuts back on their term, it means buyers will have to come back to the spot market.”

    Saudi Aramco sells its supplies only by long-term contracts. Refiners and traders can purchase cargoes for a specific month on the so-called spot market.

    Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest producer, agreed to an output target of 7.714 million barrels a day starting in January. The kingdom produced 8.4 million barrels a day in December, less than the previous quota of 8.477 million barrels, according to a Bloomberg survey

    Saudi Arabia’s cuts follow similar reductions from the other OPEC members.

    Iran, OPEC’s second-largest producer, told Asian refiners on Jan. 7 that it would reduce shipments by 14 percent in February.

    Kuwait, OPEC’s third-largest producer in November, will reduce oil supplies by 5 percent starting Jan. 22. Qatar, the group’s second-smallest producer, will slash cargoes by as much as 6 percent in February, compared with 5 percent a month earlier.

    Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., the United Arab Emirates state- owned producer, said Dec. 26 it would cut crude-oil exports in January and February.

    Abu Dhabi National, known as Adnoc, cut the supply of its Murban grade by 15 percent and the Upper Zakum grade by 3 percent in January, mostly in Asia. In February, Adnoc will decrease the supply of Murban by 15 percent, Lower Zakum by 10 percent, Umm Shaif by 10 percent and Upper Zakum by 15 percent.