Turmoil in Egypt spooked oil traders last month, threatening to close the Suez Canal. Now Libya, which accounts for about 2 per cent of global production, seems on the brink of civil war, creating further disquiet. With prices above $100 a barrel, the world must prepare for further oil price volatility – and the threat of a genuine crisis if production is disrupted in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere.
埃及上月的動蕩令蘇伊士運(yùn)河面臨被關(guān)閉的風(fēng)險，這讓石油交易員們驚慌。眼下，占全球石油產(chǎn)量約2%的利比亞似乎也處在內(nèi)戰(zhàn)邊緣，進(jìn)一步加劇了市場的不安情緒。隨著油價突破每桶100美元，世界必須對油價的進(jìn)一步波動做好準(zhǔn)備——如果沙特阿拉伯或其它國家的石油生產(chǎn)中斷，世界有可能陷入一場真正的危機(jī)。
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