Ả Rập Xê Út giảm sản lượng dầu 2 triệu thùng mỗi ngày trong bối cảnh eo biển Hormuz bị đóng cửa

The Reuters reports that two sources said Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has cut its oil production by approximately 2 million barrels per day to around 8 million barrels per day, following the shutdown of part of the output from two major offshore oil fields. The sources noted that although Saudi Arabia is diverting more crude oil to Yanbu on the Red Sea coast to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, production has dropped to around 8 million barrels per day after the shutdown of the Safaniya and Zuluf offshore fields. Another source stated that Saudi production has fallen below 8 million barrels per day. These two offshore fields primarily produce heavy and medium-heavy crude, with output exceeding 2 million barrels per day, while the pipeline to Yanbu mainly transports light crude. If production has indeed dropped to 8 million barrels per day, it would represent a significant decline from February, when Saudi Arabia supplied 10.111 million barrels per day to the market and produced 10.882 million barrels per day. At the time, sources indicated that the February increase was part of an emergency plan to counter potential U.S. strikes on Iran that could disrupt Middle Eastern supplies. (Jin10)