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UAE has no plans to divert oil to Europe
ISTANBUL — The UAE does not plan to increase supplies to Europe to make up for the boycott of Iranian fuel, Energy Minister Mohammed bin Dha’en Al Hamili said. Global oil prices are rising despite a well-supplied market, and producers are “living with” these price levels, Al Hamili said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Istanbul.
“Our oil goes east, that’s our national market. We have our partners — Total, ExxonMobil, Shell, BP — they also take the oil to the East. So the formula is more favouring the East,” Al Hamili said.
The European Union agreed in January on an embargo of Iranian oil imports to pressure Teheran over its nuclear programme, which the West believes is aimed at developing nuclear weapons.
Teheran says it developing atomic power for peaceful energy and medical purposes.
Negotiations between Iran and major world powers on nuclear issues resumed in Turkey last week after a 15-month hiatus. Another round of talks is expected in Iraq next month.
Concern about possible supply shortages as Western sanctions target Iran helped to send Brent to above $128 a barrel in March, the highest since 2008. The world’s top exporter Saudi Arabia is pumping crude at the highest rate in decades to compensate for any perceived shortages.
Al Hamili declined to say whether the UAE, Opec’s fifth-biggest producer, would change its production levels if high prices threatened demand.
“From our side as suppliers we believe the market is well supplied, there is no shortage of oil, but we have been living with these levels of oil prices,” he said.
Asked whether the UAE would boost output, he said: “We have been consistent for the last five months. We are building up capacity, and that is a long-term project. This is a continuous process, that capacity does not come overnight.” The UAE’s capacity is about 2.7 million barrels per day. —
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