据世界石油1月24日消息称，沙特阿美表示，石油需求已接近疫情前的水平，并重申全球生产商在供应方面投资太少。

“我们看到需求正非常接近疫情前的水平，”该公司首席执行官纳赛尔(Amin Nasser)周一在达兰(Dhahran)对记者表示。达兰是世界最大石油公司的总部所在地：“我们将继续看到未来的健康需求?！?/p>

随着冠状病毒大流行的蔓延，工厂关闭并引发大规模封锁，原油消费量从2020 年初的每天 1 亿桶左右暴跌。为富裕国家提供建议的国际能源署表示，截至 9 月，全球原油日产量已恢复至近9800万桶。

今年以来，石油价格已飙升13%，达到每桶85美元以上，原因是需求持续复苏，而且omicron病毒的变种证明其对经济的危害比许多交易员最初担心的要小。与此同时，由于几家主要生产商难以提高产量，闲置供应能力正在减少。

纳赛尔说，目前还没有迹象表明油价上涨会导致消费者减少对石油的消费。

他和沙特阿拉伯官员此前曾警告称，如果西方政府和能源公司过快撤出化石燃料，原油价格可能会进一步攀升。

波斯湾国家是少数几个仍在花费数十亿美元增加产出的国家之一。沙特阿拉伯计划到2027年将其原油日产量从1200万桶提高到1300万桶。

朱佳妮 摘译自 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.

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