據油價網利雅得報道，沙特日前敦促其歐佩克成員國及其非歐佩克產油國進一步削減石油產量，以期加快石油市場的再平衡。

沙特政府在一份聲明中表示：“沙特的這個舉措旨在敦促參與歐佩克+協議的國家和其他石油生產國堅持減產承諾以及在生產中提供更多的減產來幫助恢復全球石油市場的理想平衡。

沙特阿拉伯王國早些時候曾宣布，該國將進一步日減100萬桶原油產量，達到日減750萬桶原油產量，以支撐低得令人沮喪的油價。油價暴跌加上疫情蔓延的影響，沙特阿美第一季利潤已經減少了25%。

隨著石油收入的大幅下降，沙特阿拉伯政府不得不采取一些措施，比如將增值稅提高3倍、暫停發放2018年出臺的生活補貼，以及削減260多億美元的公共支出。

布倫特原油價格在第一季度下跌了65.6%，導致油價暴跌的主要原因是沙特阿拉伯及其歐佩克+友敵俄羅斯的增產，以及冠狀病毒疫情大流行對全球石油需求造成的沉重打擊。結果，沙特阿拉伯發現自己擁有數百萬桶賣不出去的石油。

今年4月，歐佩克+同意從5月開始把原油日產量減少970萬桶。然而，對于石油市場而言，減產幅度過低，這一決定并未對油價產生持久影響，而隨著全球石油需求受到疫情大流行的沖擊，油價下跌趨勢有所加劇。

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia Urges OPEC+ To Cut Oil Output Even Further

Saudi Arabia has urged its fellow OPEC members and their partners outside the cartel to cut deeper into their oil production to speed up the rebalancing of oil markets, Reuters reports, citing the Saudi Press Agency.

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s initiatives aim at urging the countries participating in the OPEC+ agreement and other producing countries to adhere to the cut rates and to provide more reduction in production in order to contribute to restoring the desired balance of the global oil markets,” a government statement read.

The Kingdom earlier announced it would deepen its own cut quota by as much as 1 million bpd to 7.5 million bpd to prop up depressingly low prices that have already cost Aramco 25 percent of its first-quarter profits, in combination with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

With plunging oil revenues, the Saudi government has had to resort to some unpopular measures such as a threefold increase in value-added tax, a suspension of the cost of living allowance it introduced in 2018 and reducing public spending by more than $26 billion.

The price of a barrel of Brent crude fell by 65.6 percent over the first quarter, under the combined pressure of rising production, notably from Saudi Arabia as well as its OPEC+ frenemy Russia, and the coronavirus pandemic, which took a solid bite out of global oil demand. As a result, Saudi Arabia found itself with millions of barrels of temporarily unsellable oil.

In April, OPEC+ agreed to reduce their combined output of crude by 9.7 million bpd, beginning this month. However, the size of the cut turned out to be too low for oil markets, and the news did not have a lasting effect on prices, while the downward trend intensified as the pandemic crushed oil demand globally.