据路透社迪拜报道，周日，沙特官方通讯社(SPA)援引沙特皇家法令表示，沙特阿拉伯已任命国王之子阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹（Abdulaziz bin Salman）王子为能源大臣，接替哈立德·法利赫。
这一任命代表了执政沙特的Al Saud家族成员第一次在世界最大石油出口国担任能源部长职务。
阿卜杜勒阿齐兹王子是出席石油输出国组织（欧佩克）的第一原油出口国代表团的长期成员，在石油部门拥有数十年的经验。
分析人士表示，作为欧佩克政策制定的老手，阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹预计不会改变沙特的石油政策，因为他帮助谈判了欧佩克和非欧佩克国家之间目前的协议，即削减全球原油供应，以支撑油价，平衡市场。
2017年，他被任命为负责能源事务的国务大臣，并与前石油部长阿里·纳伊米密切合作多年。
一些业内人士说，王子的长期经历克服了人们一直认为不可能任命皇室成员担任沙特阿拉伯能源大臣的问题。
沙特消息人士和外交官表示，传统观念认为，执政的Al Saud家族认为石油投资组合非常重要，将其交给王子可能会打破王朝微妙的权力平衡，并可能使石油政策受制于王子的政治活动。
自1960年以来，沙特阿拉伯有过五位石油部长，但没有一位是皇室成员。
上个月，沙特阿拉伯成立了一个工业和矿产资源部，将其与王国庞大的能源部分离。
在分离决定之前，法利赫曾通过成立于2016年的帮助简化新改革的“超级大部”，对超过一半的沙特经济进行了监管。
上周，法利赫也被免去了国家石油巨头沙特阿美的主席职务，主权财富基金PIF负责人亚西尔·鲁迈延被任命为新主席。
在2019年的大部分时间里，沙特阿拉伯的日产量一直低于1000万桶，低于欧佩克的产量目标。法利赫帮助促成了与俄罗斯领导的非欧佩克生产商的交易，在过去三年里，该公司成为欧佩克和沙特石油外交的主要代表。
詹晓晶 摘自 路透社
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Saudi Arabia names Prince Abdulaziz as new energy minister
Saudi Arabia has named Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, a son of the king, as energy minister, replacing Khalid al-Falih, state news agency SPA reported The appointment represents the first time a member of the ruling Al Saud family has held the energy minister post in the world’s top oil exporter.
Prince Abdulaziz is a longstanding member of the No. 1 crude exporter’s delegation to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with decades of experience in the oil sector.
As a veteran of OPEC policy-making, Prince Abdulaziz is not expected to change the kingdom’s oil policy, since he helped negotiate the current agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries to cut global crude supply to support prices and balance the market, analysts say.
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Some industry insiders say the prince’s lengthy experience has overcome what has always been seen as the impossibility of appointing a royal to the post of energy minister in Saudi Arabia.
Conventional thinking has been that the ruling Al Saud family has viewed the oil portfolio as so important that giving it to a prince might upset the dynasty’s delicate balance of power and risk making oil policy hostage to princely politicking, Saudi sources and diplomats say.
Saudi Arabia has had five oil ministers since 1960, and none of them has been a royal.
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Before the separation decision, Falih had overseen more than half the Saudi economy through the super-ministry, which was created in 2016 to help streamline new reforms.
Last week, Falih was also removed from his post as chairman of state oil giant Aramco, and Yasser al-Rumayyan, who heads the sovereign wealth fund PIF, was named as the new chairman.
Saudi Arabia has been pumping less than 10 million barrels per day for most of 2019, below its OPEC output target. Falih has helped broker the deal with non-OPEC producers led by Russia, emerging as the main face of OPEC and the kingdom’s oil diplomacy over the past three years.