石油设备网讯 据路透社5月22日伦敦报道，沙特阿拉由于担心额外的供应可能会导致库存再次增加，拉低油价，并不急于增加石油产量和出口。沙特石油部长周一表示:“我们倾向于维持生产管理，以保持库存量的逐渐、温和，但它肯定接近正常水平。”
沙特决策者正试图平衡与美国保持良好关系，同时将出口收入保持在足以支持自身预算的水平。沙特与华盛顿的关系变得比以往任何时候都更加重要，因为利雅得在应对外部敌人的同时，也在进行国内经济改革。
沙特已经与白宫达成谅解，以确保石油市场供应充足，换取政治和军事保护。然而，从金融角度来看，沙特没有动力进一步增加产量和出口，除非价格上涨，这表明市场缺乏现货原油。
孙子舒 编译自 路透社
原文如下，
Saudi Arabia waits for higher spot prices before raising oil exports
Saudi Arabia is in no rush to increase oil production and exports, fearing that additional supply would risk a renewed build up of stockpiles and push prices lower.“Our preference is to maintain production management to keep inventories on their way declining gradually, softly, but certainly towards normal levels”, the kingdom’s oil minister said on Monday.
Saudi policymakers are trying to balance the diplomatic imperative of maintaining good relations with the White House while keeping export revenues at an adequate level to support their own budget.The kingdom’s relationship with Washington has become more important than ever as Riyadh pursues domestic economic reforms while confronting its external enemy.
Senior policymakers have reached an understanding with the White House to ensure the oil market remains well supplied in exchange for political and military protection.However, from a financial perspective, the kingdom has no incentive to further increase production and exports unless prices rise, signalling the market is short of physical crude.
