石油圈中國石化新聞網訊 據今日油價網站2月20日消息 沙特阿拉伯能源部長Khalid al-Falih（法利赫）周三表示，沙特阿拉伯預計今年將與科威特達成協議，從所謂的中立區的聯合油田恢復石油生產。 路透社在會見科威特Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah一天后援引法利赫的話說：“我們希望在2019年解決這一問題?！?1922年，沙特阿拉伯和科威特為解決兩國領土爭端而建立了所謂的“分割中立區”。據EIA稱，截至2015年，中立區的石油生產能力為60萬桶/日，科威特和沙特阿拉伯將其石油產量平均分配。2014-2015年，Khafji和Wafra兩個油田關閉前，該地區的平均產量約為50萬桶/日。 截至2018年10月，業務分歧和地緣政治分歧仍然阻礙沙特阿拉伯和科威特在關于聯合經營油田可能重啟的談判，因此并沒有取得任何進展，分析人士則希望該油田很快能在中東增加50萬桶/日的石油產量。 在此之前的幾周，在2018年9月底，沙特阿拉伯王儲Mohammed bin Salman在與科威特Emir的會談中討論了在中立區重新開始原油生產的問題。然而，沙特王儲對科威特的訪問被縮短，雙方之間的分歧仍然很大。 2018年12月，《華爾街日報》報道，沙特阿拉伯和科威特正準備在中立區重新開始石油生產。 在美國介入后，兩國達成了一項協議?！度A爾街日報》兩個月前援引知悉談判的石油官員的話稱，今年第一季度的石油生產可能會重新開始。據《華爾街日報》報道，隨著美國考慮逐步取消對伊朗主要石油買家的豁免，這些油田的恢復生產以及中東地區50萬桶/日的潛在新增產能可能會緩解對供應緊張的擔憂。 王磊 摘譯自 今日油價 原文如下： Source: Al-Falih Sees Saudi-Kuwait Deal To Resume Neutral Zone Oil Output This Year Saudi Arabia expects that it can reach a deal with Kuwait to resume oil production from joint oil fields in the so-called Neutral Zone this year, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Wednesday. “We hope in 2019 it will be resolved,” Reuters quoted al-Falih as saying a day after meeting with the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. The so-called Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) was established between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in 1922 to settle a territorial dispute between the two countries. As of 2015, the oil production capacity in the neutral zone stood at 600,000 bpd, equally divided between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, according to the EIA. Production from the zone averaged around 500,000 bpd just before the shutdown of the two oil fields, Khafji and Wafra, in 2014-2015. As of October 2018, operational divergences and geopolitical divisions were still preventing Saudi Arabia and Kuwait from making any progress in talks about the potential restart of the jointly operated oil fields that analysts were hoping could soon add 500,000 bpd of oil production in the Middle East. A few weeks before that, at the end of September 2018, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the restart of crude oil production in the neutral zone during a meeting with Kuwait’s Emir. The Saudi Crown Prince’s visit to Kuwait, however, was cut short, while big divergences between the two sides remained. In December 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were inching closer to restarting oil production in the Neutral Zone after the United States had intervened to broker a deal between the two countries. Production could restart in the first quarter this year, the Journal reported two months ago, citing oil officials familiar with the negotiations. The resumption of production from those fields and the potential adding of 500,000 bpd production capacity in the Middle East could alleviate concerns about tightening supply as the U.S. mulls over phasing out the waivers it had granted to key Iranian oil buyers, according to The Journal. ?
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