据彭博新闻社2023年5月23日报道，由于交易商对沙特能源大臣萨勒曼向卖空者发出的警告进行了评估，从而抵消了美国债务上限谈判缺乏实质性进展的影响，油价升至每桶73美元附近。

这位沙特阿拉伯最高能源官员在卡塔尔经济论坛(Qatar Economic Forum)上表示：“我一直建议他们采取行动，他们在4月份确实采取了行动。”这种潜在的威胁足以推动西得克萨斯中质原油价格上涨2.5%，创下近一周以来的最高涨幅，并明显偏离了整体市场情绪。由于债务上限危机的解决方案仍难以找到，整体市场情绪出现了下跌。

Raymond James的分析师帕维尔·莫尔查诺夫表示，虽然听到沙特能源大臣向原油卖空者发出警告可能很有趣，但最终重要的是沙特阿拉伯，更广泛地说，更重要的是欧佩克做什么，而不是他们说什么，行动胜于雄辩。

沙特阿拉伯是欧佩克+联盟的事实上的领导者，是5月生效的供应削减令全球原油市场感到惊讶的国家之一。几位欧佩克代表表示，现在没有必要采取进一步行动，因为已经实施的限制措施将有助于收紧全球市场。不过，萨勒曼向来以策划出其不意的干预而闻名。

今年迄今为止，原油价格下跌了约9%，原因是经济复苏乏力，以及美联储最激进的货币紧缩行动打压了市场情绪。面对制裁，产能大国的原油出口仍保持强劲，没有显示出该国坚称正在减产的迹象。

价格：

纽约7月交割的西得克萨斯中质原油价格每桶上涨86美分，报收于每桶72.91美元。

布伦特原油7月份结算价每桶上涨85美分，报收于每桶76.84美元。

李峻 编译自 彭博新闻社

原文如下：

Oil Rises as Traders Assess Saudi Minister Warning

Oil rose to near $73 as traders evaluated a warning from Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman to short-sellers, offsetting a lack of tangible progress in US debt-limit talks.

“I keep advising them that they will be ouching — they did ouch in April,” Saudi Arabia’s top energy official said at the Qatar Economic Forum. The perceived threat was enough to send West Texas Intermediate climbing as much as 2.5% — the most in nearly a week — and notably diverging from broader market sentiment, which fell as a solution to the debt-ceiling crisis remains elusive. 

“As amusing as it may be to hear the Saudi energy minister issue a warning to oil short-sellers, what ultimately matters is what Saudi Arabia, and, more broadly, OPEC, do rather than what they say,” said Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James. “Actions speak louder than words.”

Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of the OPEC+ cartel, was among nations that surprised the global crude market with a supply cut that took effect this month. Several OPEC delegates have said there’s no need for further action now as curbs already in place will help tighten global markets. Still, Prince Abdulaziz has been known for orchestrating surprise interventions.

Crude has retreated by about 9% so far this year as lackluster recovery since the lifting of Covid restrictions and the US Federal Reserve’s most aggressive monetary tightening campaign in a generation weigh on sentiment. the largger country's oil exports have also remained robust in the face of sanctions, with flows not showing signs of the output cuts the country insisted it was making.

Prices:

WTI for July delivery rose 86 cents to settle at $72.91 a barrel in New York.

Brent for July settlement gained 85 cents to settle at $76.84 a barrel.