据油价网5月16日报道，今年3月，世界最大原油出口国沙特阿拉伯的原油出口较2月略有下降，这是自2020年4月以来的最高水平。

联合组织数据倡议（JODI）周一显示，2022年3月沙特的原油出口量平均为723.5万桶/日，低于2月的730.7万桶/日，这是自2020年4月以来沙特原油出口量首次超过700万桶/日。

尽管3月份原油出货量下降，但沙特阿拉伯的出口量仍保持在700万桶/日以上，因为该国正在根据欧佩克+协议解除减产。

汇总各国自行报告数据的JODI上月数据显示，沙特2月份原油出口升至自2020年4月与欧佩克+盟友进行长达一个月的价格战以来的最高水平。当时，由于各国为应对疫情而采取封锁措施，沙特未能就全球石油需求骤降的应对措施达成初步协议，导致石油市场充斥着大量石油。

根据欧佩克+协议，沙特阿拉伯每月将其原油产量提高超过10万桶/日，该协议的所有成员国总共增加了40万桶/日。在2022年2月之前的几个月里，沙特阿拉伯每个月都在小幅提高原油出口量。但1月至2月的增幅超过30万桶/日，表明沙特从其他地方进口的原油远远超过其月度原油产量增幅。国际原油价格高企和需求回升也可能是沙特2月份原油出口增加的原因。

3月底，引发对第二季度需求和今年全球石油总需求的担忧。

根据JODI数据，沙特3月原油产量增加7.5万桶至1030万桶/日。这与沙特3月份向欧佩克自我报告的数字相同，但欧佩克的二次来源显示，3月份沙特原油日产量增加5.4万桶，至1026.2万桶。

黎泱 编译自 油价网

原文如下：

Saudi Oil Exports Dropped in March From Two-Year High In February

Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia fell slightly in March from February, when the world’s top crude exporter shipped the highest level of crude since April 2020.

The Kingdom’s crude oil exports averaged 7.235 million barrels per day (bpd) in March 2022, down from 7.307 million bpd in February, which was the first time since April 2020 that the Saudis had exported more than 7 million bpd of crude, data from the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Monday.

Despite the decline in crude shipments in March, Saudi Arabia’s exports still held above the 7 million bpd mark as the Kingdom is unwinding the production cuts per the OPEC+ agreement.

Data from JODI, which compiles self-reported data from the countries, showed last month that Saudi crude exports rose in February to the highest level since the April 2020 month-long price war with OPEC+ ally. Back then, the Saudis flooded the market with oil after failing to initially agree on a response to the plunge in global oil demand as countries imposed lockdowns to fight COVID.

Saudi Arabia has been raising its crude oil production by over 100,000 bpd each month under the OPEC+ deal for a total of 400,000-bpd increase from all members of the pact. In the months leading to February 2022, Saudi Arabia had been raising slightly its crude exports each month. But the increase between January and February was more than 300,000 bpd, suggesting that the Kingdom drew more crude from elsewhere to export much more than its monthly increase in crude production. The high international crude oil prices and recovering demand probably also played a role in the higher Saudi crude exports in February.

At the end of March, it is leading to concerns about demand in the second quarter and total global oil demand for this year.

Saudi crude oil production increased by 75,000 in March to 10.3 million bpd, per JODI data. That’s the same figure the Saudis self-reported to OPEC for March, although the cartel’s secondary sources pegged Saudi crude production as rising by 54,000 bpd to 10.262 million bpd in March.