Oil hit a peak even before news emerged that some foreign oil firms operating in Libya would cut production and that the country's ports had temporarily closed.

油价在消息传播开来之前就已经达到峰值，消息声称利比亚几家外国石油公司将会减少生产，国家的港口也会暂时关闭。

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Oil hit a peak even before news emerged that some foreign oil companies operating in Libya would stop some production and that the country’s ports had temporarily closed.

甚至于在有关“一些在利比亚经营的石油公司可能会停止部分石油生产以及利比亚临时关闭港口”的新闻出现之前，油价已经触及峰值。

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Oil hit a peak even before news emerged that some foreign oil companies operating in Libya would stop some production and that the country's ports had temporarily closed.

甚至于在有关“一些在利比亚经营的石油公司可能会停止部分石油生产以及利比亚临时关闭港口”的新闻出现之前，油价已经触及峰值。

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