原文標題：OPEC Plus Agrees on Oil Production Increase, Ending Dispute With U.A.E.
網址：https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/business/opec-plus-oil-production.html
原文時間：July 18, 2021
Updated 8:29 a.m. ET
原文內容：
Major oil producers reached a deal on production increases on Sunday, as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia resolved a dispute that had blocked an agreement this month.
The pact clears the way for OPEC Plus, as the group is known, to begin pumping more oil, a move that could help ease a potential squeeze in supplies as global economies continue gearing up after pandemic lockdowns.
Under the agreement, OPEC Plus will increase production each month by 400,000 barrels a day indefinitely, beginning in August.
The arrangement gives the Emirates most of the increase in its production quota that it was seeking, although not until after next April. Other countries, including Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Russia, will also be granted increases in their production limits, according to OPEC’s statement.
The agreement ends a standoff between Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of the cartel, and the Emirates, which has invested heavily in expanding its oil production and has chafed against the group’s limits on output.
Earlier this month oil prices spiked, hitting a six-year highs on July 6, after the group failed to reach an agreement, underscoring concerns about rising gas prices and inflation in general in the United States and elsewhere.
The pact also appears to restore Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, as the dominant influence over the 23-member group.
“We are here to stay,” Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, said during a news conference after the group’s meeting. “What bonds us together is way beyond what you imagine.”
But how long OPEC Plus will hold together remains to be seen.
The long series of failed negotiations this month could be a harbinger of changes that may drive wedges between the different members of the group, which includes OPEC along with Russia and its allies. In the short term, countries with the ability to increase production are likely to press for the freedom to pump more oil if the pandemic’s economic effect continues to ease and demand for oil rises.
GOOGLE翻譯：
OPEC+同意增加石油產量，結束與阿聯酋的爭端
由於阿拉伯聯合酋長國和沙特阿拉伯解決了本月阻止達成協議的爭端，主要石油生產國周日就增產達成協議。
該協議為 OPEC Plus 開始生產更多石油掃清了道路，此舉可能有助於緩解潛在供應緊張，因為全球經濟在大流行封鎖後繼續加速發展。
根據協議，OPEC+將從8月開始無限期地每月增加40萬桶/日的產量。
該安排使阿聯酋航空獲得了其所尋求的大部分生產配額增加，儘管要到明年 4 月之後才能實現。根據歐佩克的聲明，包括科威特、伊拉克、沙特阿拉伯和俄羅斯在內的其他國家也將獲得提高產量限制的權利。
該協議結束了卡特爾事實上的領導人沙特阿拉伯與阿聯酋之間的僵局，後者在擴大石油生產方面投入了大量資金，並對該組織的產量限制感到不滿。
本月早些時候，在該組織未能達成協議後，油價飆升，在 7 月 6 日觸及六年高位，凸顯了人們對天然氣價格上漲和美國和其他地方普遍通脹的擔憂。
該協議似乎還恢復了世界上最大的石油生產國沙特阿拉伯對這個由 23 個成員組成的集團的主導影響。
“我們將留下來，”沙特阿拉伯石油部長阿卜杜勒阿齊茲·本·薩勒曼親王在會議結束後的新聞發布會上說。 “將我們聯繫在一起的東西遠遠超出你的想像。”
但歐佩克+將維持多久還有待觀察。
本月一連串失敗的談判可能預示著變化可能會導致該組織不同成員之間產生分歧，其中包括歐佩克以及俄羅斯及其盟友。短期內，如果疫情對經濟的影響持續緩解且石油需求增加，有能力增加產量的國家可能會要求自由開採更多石油。
心得：
禮拜一油價會崩？會噴？這樣油價還會上80美元嗎？有沒有強者大大可以分享一下？？