美国油价跌过50美元恐供应过剩

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【原文标题】US oil price falls below $50 on supply glut fears

【中文标题】美国油价跌过50美元恐供应过剩

【原文链接】

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30687669

【更新时间】

5 January 2015 Last updated at 22:06

【正文】

The US oil price fell below thesymbolic threshold of $50 abarrel for the first time since April 2009, before finishing the day at $50.05.

自从2009年四月，美国油价首次跌破象征性临界值每桶50美元。是日油价在收市前已跌至50.05美元。

Theprice of Brentcrude alsofell on Monday, dipping 6% to $53 abarrel.

布伦特原油的价格在周一也下跌了6%，至每桶53美元。

Theprice of both Brent crude and US oil, known as WestTexas Intermediate crude, have now lost more than half oftheir value since mid-2014.

从2014年中旬以来，布伦特原油与美国原油西德克萨斯中质原油的价格已双双下跌逾50%。

Investorsare worried that combination of a global supply glut and weak demand could causeprices to tumble further.

投资者担忧全球供过于求与低需求会造成油价进一步波动。

US oil production has soared recently, as fracking - or theprocess of extracting oil from shale rock by injecting fluids into the ground -has revolutionised oil production in the country, transforming US states suchas North Dakota and Pennsylvania in the process.

美国原油产量最近一直飙升，水力压裂技术或注入液体至岩层以从页岩开采原油的过程彻底改变美国原油产量，极大地改善了美国如德克萨斯和北达科他的情况。

However,the increase in production has come just as economies across the world - fromEurope to China- have slowed their once voracious demand for oil.

然而，产量增加的同时，世界从欧洲到中国的各经济体减缓了他们之前贪婪的原油需求。

This,combined with Opec's decision to continue extracting oil at its current pace,has left many investors worried.

减缓的需求，并之石油输出国家组织继续以现有速度开采原油的决定使得很多投资者担忧不已。

Thathas in turn led shares of many of the world's leading energy firms, from BP toExxon Mobil, to decline sharply over the past few months.

这样的情况继而影响到全球领先的能源企业如英国石油公司和埃克森美孚的市场份额在过去几个月急剧下滑。