據油價網2022年9月19日報道，美國彭博新聞社周一援引了解阿聯酋新增產計劃的消息人士的話報道稱，歐佩克主要成員國之一阿聯酋正在加快計劃，將其原油日產能提高到500萬桶，比原計劃提前5年。

阿聯酋和沙特阿拉伯被認為是世界上僅有的兩個目前還有一些備用原油產能的原油生產國之一。

阿布扎比國家石油公司（ADNOC）多年來一直計劃在2030年前將其原油日產能從目前的400萬桶提高到500萬桶。  

但現在，生產阿聯酋幾乎所有原油的ADNOC將這一目標實現日期提前至2025年。ADNOC和阿聯酋此前曾考慮將這一目標從2030年提前至2027年，但現在據報道，他們計劃到2025年前將原油日產能提高100萬桶。  

由于全球原油消費預計在本世紀30年代的某個時候將趨于穩定，因此，ADNOC和阿聯酋可以利用全球原油需求持續增長和高油價的優勢增加原油產量。 

然而，據彭博社消息人士稱，加速增加原油產能可能是一次非常昂貴的努力。

ADNOC在給彭博社的一份聲明中表示：“由于我們接受能源轉型和我們的業務具有前瞻性，我們將繼續探索可以進一步釋放價值、釋放資本和提高回報的潛在機會。”但ADNOC沒有評論2030年500萬桶的原油日產能目標是否已經改變。  

阿聯酋被認為是目前全球少數幾個能夠利用備用產能提高原油產量的產油國之一。然而，由于全球備用產能處于極低水平，阿聯酋、沙特阿拉伯或歐佩克都不急于使用更多的備用產能，特別是考慮到短期內全球原油需求的諸多不確定性。 

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

The UAE Plans To Ramp Up Its Oil Production Capacity

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of OPEC’s key members, is accelerating plans to raise its oil production capacity to 5 million barrels per day (bpd) five years earlier than planned, Bloomberg reported on Monday, quoting sources with knowledge of the new plans.

The UAE is thought to be one of the only two oil producers in the world—together with Saudi Arabia—with some spare oil production capacity currently left.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has had for years planned to boost its oil production capacity from 4 million bpd currently to 5 million bpd by 2030.

But now ADNOC, which produces nearly all the crude in the UAE, is moving that target date forward to as soon as 2025. The company and the UAE had considered moving the target ahead to 2027 from 2030, but now they are reportedly planning to have the capacity raised by 1 million bpd by 2025.

ADNOC and the UAE could thus take advantage of still rising global oil demand and high oil prices before consumption is expected to plateau at some point in the 2030s, according to most estimates.

However, accelerating the increase in oil production capacity could be a very costly endeavor, according to Bloomberg’s sources. 

“As we embrace the energy transition and future-proof our business, we will continue to explore potential opportunities that can further unlock value, free up capital and enhance returns,” Adnoc said in a statement to Bloomberg, without commenting on whether the 2030 target for 5 million bpd production capacity had been changed.

The UAE is considered one of the very few oil producers currently capable of ramping up production using some spare capacity left. However, with global spare capacity at critically low levels, neither the UAE, Saudi Arabia, or OPEC, for that matter, are in a rush to use more of their spare capacity, especially in view of many uncertainties in global oil demand in the short term.