Many economists argue that the link between China's price controls and its booming oil demand is not so clear.

许多经济学家提出，中国的价格管制与其旺盛的石油需求并无明显关联。

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"Big oil," as the old private companies are still called, controls only around 10 percent of global oil and gas reserves.

一些被称为“石油巨头”的老牌私有公司控制着全球约10%的石油和天然气。

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Some of the rubber peppers are smothered with pepper oil while others are injected with distilled water and used as controls.

诱饵中一部分涂上辣椒油；另一些注入了蒸馏水作控制之用。

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The former president says that merchants see a bleak economic future for Iran because of rising prices, lack of investment,lower oil revenues and the elimination of price controls.

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Ambani controls oil and gas conglomerate Reliance Industries.

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Then it imposed price controls on oil (and most other things) to try to check the inflation.

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So, any uncertainty over who controls the oil taps can make markets jittery - the last thing the world wants now in times of global economic troubles.

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