據加拿大艾伯塔報道，周五，加拿大主要的原油生產省艾伯塔省政府放寬了9月份的石油減產政策，將新的上限設定為每天376萬桶。

這比8月份的產量上限增加了2.5萬桶/日。艾伯塔省自2019年1月1日起實施減產措施，以緩解出口管道的擁堵，擁堵的管道使原油滯留在儲油罐中，并將加拿大原油相對于美國原油的折扣提高到創紀錄的水平。

省政府在一份聲明中表示：“艾伯塔省正在提高9月份的石油產量上限，這反映了鐵路原油運輸量的增加、庫存的減少和出口管道效率的提高。”

根據國家能源委員會監管機構的最新數據，加拿大5月份通過鐵路出口的原油量為28.5萬桶/日，較4月份增長23%。然而，新的出口管道項目，包括Enbridge公司3號線的更換，仍在持續延誤。

削減石油產量為許多石油生產商提供了一條生命線，他們在低油價問題上苦苦掙扎，但卻遭到了森科能源公司和Imperial石油公司等綜合性石油公司的批評。

根據現行政策，生產限額將持續到2019年底到期，但艾伯塔省省長Jason Kenney警告稱，可能必須延長至明年。

詹曉晶摘自路透社

原文如下：

Alberta government eases oil production curtailments for September

The government of Canada’s main crude-producing province Alberta eased oil production curtailments for September on Friday, setting the new limit at 3.76 million barrels per day (bpd).

That is a 25,000 bpd increase on the August production limit. Alberta introduced curtailments effective Jan. 1 2019 to ease congestion on export pipelines that left crude stranded in storage tanks and pushed the discount on Canadian crude versus U.S. barrels to record levels.

“Alberta is increasing September’s oil production limit to reflect increased movement of crude by rail, declining inventory and improved efficiencies in export pipelines,” the government said in a statement.

Canada exported 285,000 bpd of crude by rail in May, according to the latest data from the National Energy Board regulator, up 23% from April. However, there are ongoing delays to new export pipeline projects, including Enbridge Inc’s Line 3 replacement.

Curtailment threw a lifeline to many oil producers who were struggling with low prices but was criticized by integrated oil companies like Suncor Energy and Imperial Oil.

Under current legislation the production limits are set to expire at the end of 2019 but Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has warned they may have to be extended into next year.