布倫特原油跌破每桶30美元 Brent drops below $30 a barrel
Whoooossshhh.
嗖嗖嗖。
That’s the sound of Brent crude, the global oil marker, falling below $30 a barrel for the first time since April 2004.
這是全球原油基準布倫特原油(Brent crude)自2004年4月以來首次跌破每桶30美元時發出的聲音。
Brent, which started the day in the red only to climb as much as 3.4 per cent, fell 2.8 per cent to $29.99 in late afternoon trading.
早盤還攀升多達3.4%的布蘭特原油價格尾盤下跌了2.8%，報收於29.99美元/桶。
Crude’s slide comes after the latest weekly report from the US Energy Information Administration showed inventories of crude at Cushing, a key delivery point, climbed to a record high and gasoline and distillate inventories rose more than expected.
此番原油價格下滑之前，美國能源情報署(US Energy Information Administration)最新的週報顯示，關鍵交割地點——俄克拉何馬州庫欣(Cushing)的原油庫存已升至創紀錄高位，汽油和餾分油庫存增加超出預期。
The news also prompted West Texas Intermediate, the US oil marker, to give up its gains for the day.
這一消息還使美國石油基準西德克薩斯中質原油(West Texas Intermediate)失去當日之前的漲幅。
A glut of supply that has prompted crude to fall more than 70 per cent since mid 2014 has been exacerbated this year amid rising concerns about the health of the Chinese economy and strength in the US dollar.
在各方對中國經濟形勢以及美元走強越來越擔憂的背景下，自2014年中期以來導致原油價格下滑逾70%的供應過剩問題今年以來加劇。
Some analysts have warned that crude could slide to $20 a barrel.
一些分析師警告稱，原油價格可能下跌至每桶20美元。
