中东发生的一桩桩事件,给人一种既尖锐而且也许是及时的暗示:世界原油的供求目前还保留着微弱的均势,并且石油输出国组织保持着对石油价格的控制。世界第二位石油输出国伊朗国内发生的动乱,阻止了这个国家每日以大约550万桶原油提供市场。因此减少提供市场的原油数量, The pile of incidents in the Middle East gives a sharp and perhaps timely indication that the supply and demand of crude oil in the world still retains a slight balance of power and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries maintains its control of oil prices. The turmoil in Iran, the world’s second-largest oil exporter, prevented the country from supplying the market with about 5.5 million barrels of crude oil daily. Thus reducing the amount of crude oil available on the market,