据能源经济10月21日伦敦报道，沙特能源部长阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹·本·萨勒曼王子称，从天然气转向石油的用户可能占每天50万至60万桶的需求，他补充说，世界现在已经意识到能源领域的短缺。
阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹王子表示，可能的能源转换取决于冬季天气的恶劣程度以及替代能源价格的昂贵程度。
他概述了导致最近能源价格飙升的一系列因素，包括对碳氢化合物和基础设施的投资有限、库存低、疫情封锁解除和新冠疫苗接种率。
阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹王子在CERA周印度能源论坛表示：“人们突然意识到他们正在耗尽一切的现实：他们耗尽了投资，用完了库存，用完了……失去了试图解决实际问题的创造力。”
他还表示，飓风影响了石油生产和炼油，以及“人们认为我们将迎来一个严冬，这可能会发生，也可能不会发生，”导致油价上涨。
他说，人们对世界经济会像现在这样快速增长缺乏预期。
国际能源署(IEA)上周上调了其对2021年和2022年全球石油需求增长的预测，部分原因是由于发电和重工业部门从更昂贵的天然气和煤炭转向燃料油和汽油，预计日需求量将增加50万桶。
IEA表示，能源短缺可能引发通胀，减缓全球从疫情中复苏的速度。
阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹王子说，世界必须关注能源供应安全，这在应对气候变化的斗争中不应妥协。
他表示，沙特阿拉伯希望与欧盟和英国在绿色氢方面进行合作，并补充说，对燃料的不确定需求是沙特面临的最大挑战。
裘寅 编译自 能源经济
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Saudi energy minister sees demand from gas-to-oil switch at up to 600,000 bpd
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said users switching from gas to oil could account for demand of 500,000-600,000 barrels per day(bpd), adding that the world was now waking up to shortages in the energy sector.
Prince Abdulaziz said the potential swithc depended align="justify"> He outlined a wide range of factors that have led to a recent spike in energy prices, including limited investment in hydrocarbons and infrastructure,low inventories, the lifting of pandemic lockdowns and COVID-19 vaccine uptake rates.
“people all of a sudden woke up to the reality that they are running out of everything: they are ran out of investments, they ran out of stocks and they ran out of…creativity in trying to be attending to real solution that address real issues,”Prince Abdulazis told the CERA Week India Energy Forum.
Prices have also risen due to hurricanes which have impacted oil produciotn and refining and”a perception that we will have a severe cold(winter)which may or may not happen,”he added.
He said there was a lack of anticipation that the world economy would grow as fast as it it doing now.
The International Energy Agency last week adjusted its world oil demand growth forecast higher for 2021 and 2022, partly due to an anticipated boost by 500,000 bpd as power generation and heavy industry sectors swithc to fuel oil and gasoil from more expensive natural gas and coal.
The IEA said that the energy crunch could stoke inflation and slow the world’s recovery form the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prince Abdulaziz said the world must pay attention to energy supply security, which should not be compromised in the fight against climate change.
He said Saudi Arabia hoped to cooperate with the European Union and Britain on green hydrogen, adding that uncertain demand for the fuel was the biggest challenge for the kingdom.