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賴特稱,儘管原油價格飆升,美國仍不太可能續簽俄羅斯石油豁免協議。

-- 美國能源部長克里斯·賴特週三表示,由於伊朗衝突導致供應中斷,油價已上漲超過30%,美國不太可能延長俄羅斯石油採購的豁免。 賴特是在《華爾街日報》主辦的活動上接受採訪時發表上述言論的。 他表示,先前的豁免是一項臨時措施,並暗示美國政府不打算在本月到期後續簽。 賴特說:「那是一項廣泛的豁免。」他補充說:「我認為不會延長。」他指的是先前允許購買俄羅斯石油的政策。 美國在3月中旬推出了這項豁免,允許出售當時已滯留在海上的俄羅斯原油,以緩解伊朗衝突造成的供應短缺。該豁免已於4月11日到期。 上個月,美國還批准了一項為期30天的豁免,涵蓋伊朗海上石油運輸,該豁免將於4月19日到期。 當被問及美國汽油價格何時可能回落時,賴特表示,衝突結束後價格可能會下降,並補充說:“我認為衝突將在未來幾週內解決。” 至於美國實施封鎖期間伊朗將會發生什麼,賴特表示,伊朗的儲存能力有限。 「他們將停止石油生產,停止天然氣生產。他們的儲存能力並不強,」他說。 他還補充說,伊朗的石油、天然氣、凝析油和其他石油產品將不再從海灣地區出口。 「伊朗的任何產品都不會再從海灣地區出口,」他說。 關於戰略石油儲備的釋放,賴特表示:“我們願意採取一切必要措施來彌補能源供應中斷,但全球協調釋放4億桶石油固然數量巨大,但我們面臨的更多是流量問題,而非數量問題。” 他表示,釋放工作需要幾個月才能完成,屆時衝突早已結束。 賴特指出,委內瑞拉的石油產量在過去三個月有所成長,日產量超過120萬桶,這意味著三個半月內產量增加了約25%,新增日產量25萬桶。 「因此,委內瑞拉新增的石油產量已經滿足了過去三個月原本需要滿足的所有需求增長。隨著今年的推進,你會看到更多的石油從委內瑞拉湧出,當然,我認為在未來幾年,委內瑞拉的石油產量將會大幅增長……」賴特說。

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