OPEC heeft geen extra light sweet crude capaciteit
3 juni 2005. Bijdrage geleverd door Rembrandt Koppelaar.
De Iraanse man bij OPEC, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili heeft openlijk aangekondigd dat OPEC alleen maar extra zware olie kan pompen. Deze vorm van olie die veel dikker is en bevat o.a. meer sulfur. Om het te kunnen gebruiken moet er extra verwerking plaatsvinden om o.a. het sulfurgehalte te verlagen. Op het moment is er een tekort aan verwerkingscapaciteit. Zie nieuwsbericht: Teweinig olie raffinaderijen tot 2008 van 25 mei. De capaciteit om de lichte variant oftewel light sweet crude te pompen is er niet meer. Dit betekent dat Saudi Arabie, het enigste land met extra capaciteit alleen maar extra heavy sour crude pompt. Als dus de vraag naar olie blijft stijgen wat de verwachting is zal zeker in het 4de kwartaal zal de prijs van olie sterk stijgen.
OPEC Should Adhere to Oil Output Quotas – Iran Official
TEHRAN, May 30, 2005 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex)
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries should adhere to its output quotas to prevent a surge in unneeded heavy crude oil hitting the market, reducing producers’ income, a top oil official said Monday.
Iran’s OPEC governor, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, told the Iranian Students’
News Agency that more OPEC supply will merely fill oil inventories with crudes unsuitable for refineries.
“All extra levels of crude oil sent to the market stay in the oil stockpiles, since the crude oil coming to the market now has got limited refinery demand,” he said.
In the summer, refineries want light crude, which is more easily processed into gasoline, but OPEC has no more light crude capacity available, he said.
He said under current conditions, additional production by OPEC isn’t economically justifiable as it won’t lead to more income for producers.
“We believe, in view of the increase in the level of oil reserves, there must be more caution in any additional supply, and we emphasize that the OPEC producers observe their quotas,” he said.
Kazempour said any additional OPEC production would exacerbate the differential in prices between light and heavy grades. He said the current $4-$5 a barrel price differential between Iran’s crude oil and the Brent benchmark price could jump to $12-14/bbl.
He noted that during some months last year the differential between heavy Dubai and light West Texas Intermediate benchmarks leapt to $15-$16/bbl.
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