原文标题：OPEC Plus Agrees on Oil Production Increase, Ending Dispute With U.A.E.
网址：https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/business/opec-plus-oil-production.html
原文时间：July 18, 2021
Updated 8:29 a.m. ET
原文内容：
Major oil producers reached a deal on production increases on Sunday, as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia resolved a dispute that had blocked an agreement this month.
The pact clears the way for OPEC Plus, as the group is known, to begin pumping more oil, a move that could help ease a potential squeeze in supplies as global economies continue gearing up after pandemic lockdowns.
Under the agreement, OPEC Plus will increase production each month by 400,000 barrels a day indefinitely, beginning in August.
The arrangement gives the Emirates most of the increase in its production quota that it was seeking, although not until after next April. Other countries, including Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Russia, will also be granted increases in their production limits, according to OPEC’s statement.
The agreement ends a standoff between Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of the cartel, and the Emirates, which has invested heavily in expanding its oil production and has chafed against the group’s limits on output.
Earlier this month oil prices spiked, hitting a six-year highs on July 6, after the group failed to reach an agreement, underscoring concerns about rising gas prices and inflation in general in the United States and elsewhere.
The pact also appears to restore Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, as the dominant influence over the 23-member group.
“We are here to stay,” Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, said during a news conference after the group’s meeting. “What bonds us together is way beyond what you imagine.”
But how long OPEC Plus will hold together remains to be seen.
The long series of failed negotiations this month could be a harbinger of changes that may drive wedges between the different members of the group, which includes OPEC along with Russia and its allies. In the short term, countries with the ability to increase production are likely to press for the freedom to pump more oil if the pandemic’s economic effect continues to ease and demand for oil rises.
GOOGLE翻译：
OPEC+同意增加石油产量，结束与阿联酋的争端
由于阿拉伯联合酋长国和沙特阿拉伯解决了本月阻止达成协议的争端，主要石油生产国周日就增产达成协议。
该协议为 OPEC Plus 开始生产更多石油扫清了道路，此举可能有助于缓解潜在供应紧张，因为全球经济在大流行封锁后继续加速发展。
根据协议，OPEC+将从8月开始无限期地每月增加40万桶/日的产量。
该安排使阿联酋航空获得了其所寻求的大部分生产配额增加，尽管要到明年 4 月之后才能实现。根据欧佩克的声明，包括科威特、伊拉克、沙特阿拉伯和俄罗斯在内的其他国家也将获得提高产量限制的权利。
该协议结束了卡特尔事实上的领导人沙特阿拉伯与阿联酋之间的僵局，后者在扩大石油生产方面投入了大量资金，并对该组织的产量限制感到不满。
本月早些时候，在该组织未能达成协议后，油价飙升，在 7 月 6 日触及六年高位，凸显了人们对天然气价格上涨和美国和其他地方普遍通胀的担忧。
该协议似乎还恢复了世界上最大的石油生产国沙特阿拉伯对这个由 23 个成员组成的集团的主导影响。
“我们将留下来，”沙特阿拉伯石油部长阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·本·萨勒曼亲王在会议结束后的新闻发布会上说。 “将我们联系在一起的东西远远超出你的想像。”
但欧佩克+将维持多久还有待观察。
本月一连串失败的谈判可能预示著变化可能会导致该组织不同成员之间产生分歧，其中包括欧佩克以及俄罗斯及其盟友。短期内，如果疫情对经济的影响持续缓解且石油需求增加，有能力增加产量的国家可能会要求自由开采更多石油。
心得：
礼拜一油价会崩？会喷？这样油价还会上80美元吗？有没有强者大大可以分享一下？？