Analysts concluded that a cut in output had enabled Saudi Arabia to set a higher price reflected in a narrowing this week of the discount in its oil export price to the benchmark Brent crude price traded in London.

• 分析师推断，削减产量已使沙特有能力制定更高的价格，这一点已在如下事实中有所反映：本周沙特石油出口价对伦敦交易的基准布伦特原油价格之间的贴水正在缩小。