據世界石油網站8月9日報道 在伊拉克石油部長和沙特部長周四通電話后，伊拉克做出了迄今為止最肯定的承諾，將大幅削減原油產量。

作為歐佩克第二大產油國，在滿足石油產量配額方面長期落后，該組織面臨著越來越大的壓力，歐佩克要求其提高合規性，因為該組織的耐心逐漸減弱。根據彭博社收集的油輪跟蹤數據，該國在5月和6月未能實現減產目標，上個月僅減產1.1萬桶/日。

兩國發表了一份聯合聲明，是直到最近才出現的罕見舉動。石油部長賈巴爾在聲明中承諾，伊拉克將在8月和9月每天額外減產40萬桶，這是在此前承諾每月每天減產85萬桶的基礎之上。周四晚些時候，他與沙特能源部長Abdulaziz bin Salman進行了交談。

實施這些減產是巴格達設定本月和下個月每天340萬桶的目標，遠低于彭博社調查估計的7月份379萬桶的目標。

聯合聲明寫道：“兩位部長強調，歐佩克+國家為滿足減產和補償制度下額外減產的要求所做的努力，將增強石油市場的穩定性，有助于加快全球石油市場的再平衡，并向市場發出建設性的信號。”

王磊 摘譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

OPEC+ pressures Iraq to take deeper cuts as non-compliance continues

Iraq made its strongest commitment yet to implement deep cuts in crude production after the country’s oil minister and his Saudi counterpart held a phone call Thursday.

OPEC’s second-biggest producer -- and a long-time laggard in meeting oil-output quotas -- has faced mounting pressure to boost its compliance as the group’s patience wears thin. The country failed to meet its production-cut target in May and June, and removed just 11,000 barrels a day last month, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

The two countries issued a joint statement -- a rare move until recently -- in which Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar pledged that Iraq will cut output by an extra 400,000 barrels a day in August and September. That’s on top of a previous commitment to slash 850,000 barrels a day in each month. He spoke to Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman late on Thursday.

Delivering these “compensation cuts” would assign Baghdad a target of 3.4 million barrels a day for this month and next, well below the 3.79 million that a Bloomberg survey estimates it pumped in July.

“The two ministers stressed that efforts by OPEC+ countries towards meeting production cuts and the extra cuts under the compensation regime will enhance oil market stability, help accelerate the rebalancing of global oil markets and send a constructive signal to the market,” the joint statement read.