據世界石油1月24日消息稱，沙特阿美表示，石油需求已接近疫情前的水平，并重申全球生產商在供應方面投資太少。

“我們看到需求正非常接近疫情前的水平，”該公司首席執行官納賽爾(Amin Nasser)周一在達蘭(Dhahran)對記者表示。達蘭是世界最大石油公司的總部所在地：“我們將繼續看到未來的健康需求。”

隨著冠狀病毒大流行的蔓延，工廠關閉并引發大規模封鎖，原油消費量從2020 年初的每天 1 億桶左右暴跌。為富裕國家提供建議的國際能源署表示，截至 9 月，全球原油日產量已恢復至近9800萬桶。

今年以來，石油價格已飆升13%，達到每桶85美元以上，原因是需求持續復蘇，而且omicron病毒的變種證明其對經濟的危害比許多交易員最初擔心的要小。與此同時，由于幾家主要生產商難以提高產量，閑置供應能力正在減少。

納賽爾說，目前還沒有跡象表明油價上漲會導致消費者減少對石油的消費。

他和沙特阿拉伯官員此前曾警告稱，如果西方政府和能源公司過快撤出化石燃料，原油價格可能會進一步攀升。

波斯灣國家是少數幾個仍在花費數十億美元增加產出的國家之一。沙特阿拉伯計劃到2027年將其原油日產量從1200萬桶提高到1300萬桶。

朱佳妮 摘譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

Saudi Aramco sees oil demand near pre-pandemic levels

Saudi Aramco said demand for oil is nearing pre-Covid levels and reiterated that producers globally are investing too little in supply.

“We are getting very close to pre-pandemic levels,” Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser told reporters on Monday in Dhahran, where the world’s biggest oil company is based. “We continue to see healthy demand in the future.”

Consumption of crude crashed from around 100 million barrels a day in early 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic spread, shutting down factories and triggering mass lockdowns. The International Energy Agency, which advises rich countries, said it was back to almost 98 million barrels daily as of September.

Oil prices have surged 13% this year to more than $85 a barrel as demand continues to recover and the omicron variant of the virus proves less damaging economically than many traders first feared. At the same time, spare supply capacity is dwindling as several major producers struggle to boost output.

There’s no sign yet that rising prices are causing consumers to cut back on oil, Nasser said.

He and Saudi Arabian officials have previously warned that crude could climb even more if Western governments and energy companies pull back from fossil fuels too quickly.

Persian Gulf countries are among the few still spending billions of dollars to increase their output. Saudi Arabia plans to raise its daily crude-production capacity to 13 million barrels from 12 million by 2027.