Given the current turmoil in the Middle East, the loss of Libyan and Yemeni oil, and increasing energy demand in the oil-producing countries, any increase in Saudi oil exports, if any, would have a limited impact on the market. Oil production does not matter; exports do, which means that announcements of increases in oil output are irrelevant for prices.
考虑到最近在中东地区发生的一连串事件，利比亚和也门石油的停产，以及产油国内部不断增加的能源需求，沙特阿拉伯石油产量的增加都只能对市场产生极为有限的影响。石油产量多少其实无关大局；但出口量却至关重要，这意味着关于增加产量的声明其实根本无法影响油价。事实上，不管OPEC成员国做出何种决定，上面所述的怪圈都将继续支持全球油价维持在70%~90%美元一桶的水平上。