NEWS-尽管欧佩克增加原油产量,但油价仍在上涨
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语听者文摘
Crude Oil Prices Surge despite OPEC Production Boost
World oil prices have surged to record highs, even as the Organization of Petroleum 1 Exporting Countries announced a boost in production.
For the first time, oil prices rose above $56 a barrel in New York for light sweet crude, while Brent North Sea crude hit a new record of $54 and 85 cents a barrel in London.
The spike 2 in prices came on a day when OPEC decided 3 to raise its collective crude-oil production by 500,000 barrels a day, from 27 to 27.5 million barrels. At a meeting in Iran, the 11-member cartel pledged to consider raising the quotas 4 even further if oil prices remain high.
The OPEC move did not appear to impress the market or many analysts 5.
"It will have some effect on prices, but it is largely symbolic," said Herman Franssen, who heads the Washington-area consulting firm, International Energy Associates. "There is very little spare capacity in the system, which makes people nervous about future supply. Outside of Saudi Arabia, the [United Arab] Emirates and Kuwait, everybody produces at maximum level. Those three countries determine in the market place how much additional oil will be added, because everybody else is at capacity."
Mr. Franssen, who previously 6 served as an advisor 7 on petroleum matters to Oman, says OPEC has established production ceilings, but has yet to set a new ceiling for target oil prices since a previous ceiling, in the mid-$20 per barrel range, was obliterated 8 in 2003.
Speaking at the OPEC gathering 9, Kuwait's energy minister, Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said surging oil prices are of great concern. He said current price levels are not sustainable, and that volatility 10 benefits neither producers nor consumers.
The minister blamed seasonal 11 factors such as winter weather in the Northern Hemisphere and supply disruptions in Iraq for high oil prices, but added that global oil supply remains 12 adequate to meet expected demand.
Michael Bowman, VOA News, Washington.
- The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
- They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- In fulfilling the production quotas, John made rings round all his fellow workers. 约翰完成生产定额大大超过他的同事们。
- Quotas of the means of production are allocated by the higher administrative bodies to the lower ones. 物资指标按隶属关系分配。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
- The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
- He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
- Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。