据道琼斯2月27日消息，美国石油产量的持续大幅增加可能破坏欧佩克再平衡石油市场的努力。

据国际能源署（IEA）称，美国石油产量正在迅猛增长，这个全球最大的经济体当前有望最早在今年成为全球最大的产油国。

据路透社称，IEA署长比罗尔在东京表示，在去年底超过沙特成为全球第二大产油国后，如果今年美国不能成为全球第一大产油国，那么毫无疑问明年也将超过俄罗斯成为全球最大的产油国。

受页岩油快速增长的刺激，2017年美国石油产量自1970年代初以来首次突破1000万桶/天。

据美国能源信息署（EIA）称，2018年美国石油产量继续增长，1月份产量达到1020万桶/天，预计2018年底将达到1100万桶/天。

作为对比，当前沙特石油产量略低于1000万桶/天，而俄罗斯的石油产量约为1095万桶/天。这两个国家已经限制了产量，作为欧佩克和一些非欧佩克产油国达成减产降低全球石油库存和支撑油价协议的一部分。

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U.S. set to become world's largest oil producer as early as 2018, IEA says

The 'colossal' rise in U.S. oil production could scuttle OPEC's efforts to rebalance the oil market

U.S. oil production is storming ahead and the world's largest economy is now set to also become the world's largest oil producer as early as this year, according to the International Energy Agency.

After taking out Saudi Arabia as the No. 2 in global oil production late last year, the Americans are on track to blast past Russia's output "definitely next year," if not sometime in 2018, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said at an event in Tokyo, according to Reuters.

In 2017, U.S. oil production topped 10 million barrels a day for the first time since the early 1970s, boosted by a rapid ramp-up in shale oil output. Production has continued to rise in 2018, with output reaching 10.2 million barrels a day in January and forecast to top 11 million by the end of 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

In comparison, Saudi Arabian oil production currently stands just below 10 million barrels a day, while Russia is pumping about 10.95 million barrels. Both countries have curbed their output as part of a pact between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and a group of non-cartel members in a bid to bring down global stockpiles and boost prices.