CNN News: 什么原因?qū)е率蛢r(jià)格上漲?

Crude oil, also known as petroleum, is made up primarily of what element?

原油，又稱(chēng)石油，主要是由什么元素構(gòu)成的?

Hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon or oxygen?

氫，氮，碳還是氧?

While crude oil contains all of these elements, it’s mostly made up of carbon.

雖然原油包含了所有這些元素，但原油主要是由碳元素構(gòu)成的。

JOHN DEFTERIOS, CNNMONEY EMERGING MARKETS EDITOR: Just a few years ago, the fallen oil prices was so dramatic, tumbling more than 75 percent. But crude is staging a comeback, rising about 20 percent in the past year.

就在幾年前，油價(jià)大幅下跌，跌幅超過(guò)75%。但是原油正在卷土重來(lái)，在過(guò)去的一年里上漲了20%。

So, what is driving the rise?

那么是什么推動(dòng)了原油增長(zhǎng)呢?

First, demand is much higher than anticipated, especially from countries like China, India, Japan and South Korea. World consumption is expected to cross 100 million barrels per day in the coming months. And when it does, it will be the first time in history.

首先，需求遠(yuǎn)高于預(yù)期，例如中國(guó)、印度、日本和韓國(guó)等國(guó)。預(yù)計(jì)未來(lái)幾個(gè)月，全球石油消費(fèi)量將突破1億桶。這將是歷史上的第一次出現(xiàn)此狀況。

Second, supply is limited, even though the United States is flooding the market with crude, the most in 40 years, other major players are doing exactly the opposite. The two largest oil exporters, Saudi Arabia and Russia are taking millions of barrels off the market to drive up prices.

第二，供應(yīng)量有限，盡管美國(guó)市場(chǎng)上充斥著原油，但在40年里，其他主要國(guó)家的情況卻恰恰相反。兩個(gè)最大的石油出口國(guó)沙特阿拉伯和俄羅斯正從市場(chǎng)上攫取數(shù)百萬(wàn)桶石油以推高油價(jià)。

And other big suppliers, like Venezuela, Libya and Nigeria are dealing with economic and political crises at home. That’s limiting how much they can produce.

委內(nèi)瑞拉、利比亞和尼日利亞這樣的大供應(yīng)商正在處理國(guó)內(nèi)的經(jīng)濟(jì)和政治危機(jī)。這限制了他們的石油產(chǎn)量。

Then there’s the unknown. Yemeni missile launches into Saudi Arabia, ongoing tensions with regards to the Iran nuclear agreement, U.S. involvement into Syria. All these forces combined have the market worried and driving up that price of crude.

還有一些未知情況。也門(mén)導(dǎo)彈發(fā)射進(jìn)入沙特阿拉伯，伊朗核協(xié)議的關(guān)系持續(xù)緊張，美國(guó)介入敘利亞問(wèn)題。所有這些因素都導(dǎo)致市場(chǎng)擔(dān)憂并抬高了原油價(jià)格。