据美国彭博新闻社休斯顿报道，由于厄瓜多尔寻求从原油销售中增加收入，石油输出国组织（欧佩克）中最小成员国之一的厄瓜多尔将在明年1月份退出欧佩克。

由于厄瓜多尔一直在寻求增加原油产量，所以厄瓜多尔一直没有遵守欧佩克的产量配额规定。

厄瓜多尔在过去一年里的原油日产量大约为53万桶。今年9月，在欧佩克的14个成员国中，厄瓜多尔的原油产量排在刚果共和国、加蓬和赤道几内亚之后。

厄瓜多尔能源部周二在一份电子邮件声明中表示：“厄瓜多尔作出退出欧佩克决定的原因在于厄瓜多尔需要应对与财政可持续性相关的问题和内部挑战。”

厄瓜多尔能源部表示，厄瓜多尔将“继续支持欧佩克为稳定世界石油市场所做的一切努力”。

李峻 编译自 彭博社

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Ecuador to Exit OPEC in January

Ecuador, one of OPEC’s smallest members, will leave the group in January as it seeks to increase revenue from crude oil sales.

Ecuador hasn’t been adhering to OPEC quotas as it seeks to boost production, which has held around 530,000 barrels a day for the past year. In September, the country’s output was ahead of only the Republic of Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in the 14-member Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

“The decision is rooted in the issues and internal challenges that the country needs to bear related to fiscal sustainability,” the country’s resources ministry said Tuesday in an emailed statement. The country will “continue to support all efforts that seek to stabilize the world oil market,” the ministry said.