Oil rose to its highest level in a year after President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia was prepared to join Opec efforts to stem the decline in crude prices through a production cap.
油价涨至一年来最高水平，此前俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)昨日表示俄罗斯准备加入石油输出国组织(OPEC)通过限产来遏制原油价格下滑的努力。
Speaking at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul, Mr Putin said that he hoped that the producers’ group would decide at its next ministerial meeting in November to adopt quotas for member countries’ output.
普京在伊斯坦布尔的世界能源大会(World Energy Congress)上发言时表示，他希望这个产油国组织能在11月举行的下一次部长级会议上做出对成员国产出实施配额制的决定。
Last month, Opec countries reached an agreement in Algiers to curb production to between 32.5m and 33m barrels a day. But details for a binding deal to reduce supply, which would be the first since the financial crisis, still need to be ironed out.
上月，欧佩克国家在阿尔及尔达成一致，将日产量减至3250万桶到3300万桶之间。但要达成金融危机以来首个具有约束力的减产协议，还需要敲定一些细节。
Mr Putin said that the fall in prices by more than 50 per cent since mid-2014 had triggered the longest period of investment decline in 45 years. The drop in funding into future production could lead to “unpredictable jumps” in prices, he said.
普京表示，自2014年中期以来油价下跌逾50%，引发了45年来持续最久的投资下滑。他说，对未来石油生产的投资下滑可能导致油价出现“不可预测的跃升”。
“That’s why in the current situation we think that [an oil output] freeze or even an oil production cut is likely to be the only right decision to maintain the stability of the global energy sector,” Mr Putin said, according to Reuters. He added: “Russia is ready to join the joint measures to cap production and is calling for other oil exporters to join.”
“这就是为何在当前情况下我们认为冻结（石油产出）甚至减产可能是维持全球能源业稳定的唯一正确决定，”路透社(Reuters)援引普京的话表示。他补充道：“俄罗斯已经准备好加入联合限产举措，并呼吁其他石油出口国加入。”
Brent crude, the international benchmark, increased as much as $1.47 to $53.50 a barrel after Mr Putin’s remarks. This is the highest level since October 9 last year.
在普京发言后，国际原油基准布伦特原油上涨多达1.47美元，至每桶53.50美元。这是自去年10月9日以来的最高水平。
West Texas Intermediate, the US marker, rose $1.46 to a high of $51.31 a barrel, the highest since June. Earlier in the day, Khalid Al Falih, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, said that he was optimistic that a deal would be struck but any Opec output curbs should not be too severe.
美国原油基准西得克萨斯中质原油(West Texas Intermediate)上涨1.46美元，至51.31美元的高点，这是自6月以来的最高水平。昨日早些时候，沙特石油部长哈立德•法立赫(Khalid al-Falih)表示，他对达成协议抱乐观态度，但任何欧佩克限产举措都不应过于严厉。
“Opec needs to make sure we don’t crimp too tightly and create a shock to the market,” he said.
“欧佩克需要确保我们没有限制得太紧以致对市场产生冲击，”他说。
Mr Falih said the current supply and demand picture was still unclear, so Opec should not cut production more than is necessary. “We don’t want to give the market the wrong signal,” he said.
法立赫表示，当前供给和需求的情况尚不明朗，因此欧佩克的减产不应超过必要的程度。“我们不想向市场发出错误的信号，”他说。