沙特阿美准备将原油日产量提高至1200万桶

沙特阿美首席执行官表示：沙特阿美准备将原油日产量提高到1200万桶 

他认为：全球原油需求正呈现健康增加  

他指出：到2023年，全球原油日产量可能增加200万桶，但全球没有多余产能来满足更高的需求

据美国油价网8月15日报道，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美）首席执行官阿明·纳赛尔8月12日表示，只要沙特政府向沙特阿美提出要求，沙特阿美随时准备将其原油日产量提高到1200万桶。 

在沙特阿美第二季度和上半年业绩发布会上，纳赛尔指出，全球原油需求正呈现健康增加，更多原油需求将来自亚洲。 

与此同时，这位沙特阿美高管表示，他担心成熟油田的原油产量下降，以及全球范围内对新原油勘探项目的投资不足。

在这一点上，纳赛尔回应了沙特能源大臣的担忧。能源大臣曾多次表示，在新原油生产方面的低投资是油价上涨的要素。

事实上，纳赛尔表示，明年全球原油日产量可能增加200万桶，但全球已没有多余产能来满足更高的需求。

在最新的《石油市场月报》中，欧佩克预测今年全球原油日需求将增加310万桶，2023年将下降至270万桶，总需求将从2022年的大约1亿桶上升至2023年的1.027亿桶。  

沙特是拥有最大备用产能的欧佩克成员国，至少在账面上是这样。沙特阿美今年早些时候宣布，计划在2027年前将其所谓的最大可持续原油日产能从目前的1200万桶提高到1300万桶。  

与此同时，沙特不会因为预期原油市场吃紧而急于增产。路透社8月早些时候援引匿名消息人士的话报道说，沙特和阿联酋可能大幅增加原油产量，但只有在原油供应真的收紧的情况下才会这么做。

一位消息人士解释说：“由于欧洲今年冬天可能没有天然气供应，而产能大国在明年可能会对原油销售实行价格上限，因此不能在此刻把所有的原油都投放到市场上。”

李峻 编译自 美国油价网 

原文如下：

Aramco Stands Ready To Boost Oil Output To 12 Million Bpd

·     Aramco CEO Nasser: Aramco is ready to ramp up oil production to 12 million bpd.

·     Nasser: global oil demand is exhibiting healthy growth.

·     Nasser: in 2023, the world could see 2 million bpd in additional global growth with no spare capacity to meet this higher demand

Aramco is ready to ramp up oil production to 12 million bpd whenever the Saudi government asks this of the company, CEO Amin Nasser said this weekend, as quoted by Arab News.

Speaking at the presentation of Aramco's second-quarter and first-half results, Nasser noted that global oil demand is exhibiting healthy growth, and more would be coming from Asia.

At the same time, the executive said he was worried about declining production rates at mature fields and the lack of investment in new oil exploration on a global scale.

In that, the Aramco chief executive echoed the concern of Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman, who has repeatedly said that low investments in new oil production are the basis of higher oil prices.

Indeed, Aramco's Nasser said that next year could see 2 million bpd in additional global growth with no spare capacity to meet this higher demand.

In its latest Monthly Oil Market Report, OPEC forecast global oil demand growth at 3.1 million bpd this year, set to decline to 2.7 million bpd in 2023, with the total rising from about 100 million bpd in 2022 to 102.7 million bpd in 2023.

Saudi Arabia is the OPEC member with the greatest spare capacity, at least on paper, and Aramco earlier this year announced plans to boost what it calls Maximum Sustainable Capacity from the current level of 12 million bpd to 13 million bpd by 2027.

At the same time, the Saudis will not rush into production ramp-ups in anticipation of tighter oil markets. According to unnamed sources cited by Reuters earlier this month, Saudi Arabia and the UAE could increase their oil output significantly but would only do it if oil supply really tightened.

"With possibly no gas in Europe this winter, with a potential price cap on the larger producer 's oil sales in the New Year, we can't be throwing every barrel on the market at the moment," one of the sources explained.