据1月17日彭博社报道，沙特阿拉伯能源部长表示，他对今年油价上涨逾10%并不担心，尽管越来越多交易员认为价格有望达到每桶100美元。

阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹·本·萨勒曼周一在迪拜参加世博会时对记者表示，“我一直感觉价格还行”。

自去年12月底以来，布伦特原油价格上涨了11%，至每桶86美元以上，有迹象表明，尽管奥密克戎病毒蔓延，但消费将保持不变。与此同时，随着一些全球最大的生产商努力提高产量，闲置产能正在减少。

全球最大独立石油交易商维多(Vitol)也预测，随着供应吃紧，油价将进一步上涨。欧佩克+成员阿曼上周表示，由沙特阿拉伯和俄罗斯领导的欧佩克+，将努力防止石油市场“过热”，不希望油价达到每桶100美元。

阿卜杜勒阿齐兹还表示,他并不担心美国从其战略石油储备中释放更多石油,因为这可能推动原油价格下降。

王佳晶 摘译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Saudi Oil Minister Says He’s Unconcerned about Rise in Prices

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said he was unconcerned about oil’s more-than-10% rise this year, even as traders increasingly raise the prospect of prices reaching $100 a barrel.

“I’ve always been comfortable,” Abdulaziz bin Salman said to reporters in Dubai on Monday, where he’s attending at Expo event.

Brent crude’s climbed 11% since the end of December to above $86 a barrel, amid signs consumption will hold up despite the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. At the same time, spare capacity is dwindling as some of the world’s biggest producers struggle to boost output.

Vitol, the world’s biggest independent oil trader, is among those predicting that prices will rise further as supplies tighten.

OPEC+ member Oman said last week that the group -- led by Saudi Arabia and Russia -- would try to prevent the oil market “overheating” and didn’t want prices to reach $100 a barrel.

Prince Abdulaziz also said he wasn’t worried about the U.S. releasing more oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which could push crude prices down.

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