Opec

• Os Emirados Árabes Unidos saíram da OPEP ontem, marcando uma ruptura histórica com a Arábia Saudita durante a escalada da crise regional. • Esta decisão coincide com o fechamento quase total do Estreito de Ormuz devido a um bloqueio naval dos EUA que visa interromper as exportações de petróleo iraniano. • Os EUA estão ameaçando cortar grandes bancos chineses de seu sistema financeiro para impedir o processamento de petróleo iraniano, intensificando as tensões energéticas globais.

Defection is damaging to Saudi Arabia’s prestige – and could strengthen the US hand in the regionThe United Arab Emirates’ decision to walk out of Opec is a political as much as business decision, and will reignite the simmering rows between the UAE and Saudi Arabia – which had been covered up by their shared anger with Iran over its attacks on the Gulf states since the start of the US-Israel war on Tehran.In the short term, leaving the oil producing cartel it joined in 1967 gives the UAE the freedom to respond quickly to a long-term prospect of constrained supplies, and to maximise profit. But it is a decision the UAE has considered before, as UAE and Saudi tensions over production quotas have been longstanding. Continue reading...

UAE＝アラブ首長国連邦が、主要な産油国で作るOPEC＝石油輸出国機構から脱退すると、UAEの国営通信が報じました。欧米のメディアは原油の生産方針などでほかの加盟国との対立が生じ、脱退につながったという見方を伝えています。