"With demand vanishing across all key oil consuming regions, benchmark crude oil prices continue to plummet," said Merrill Lynch.

美林表示：“随着主要石油消费地区需求的不断减少，原油基准价格持续下跌。”

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Taylor said the four key issues about oil – declining output, declining discoveries, increasing demand and insufficient projects in the pipeline – have been apparent for many years.

泰勒称石油的四个关键问题——产量下降，发现量下降，需求增加及石油管道工程不足——已出现多年。

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Cost is a key component in developing Africa 's oil resources.

开发非洲石油资源，成本是个关键因素。

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A key stumbling block was Kirkuk. Ethnic Kurds would like to see the oil-rich city under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

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NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on this latest diplomatic squabble in an already tense relationship between the U.S. and a key oil supplier.

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Extensive damage wreaked on Gulf of Mexico oil refineries last week by Hurricane Katrina has spurred talk of spreading out the nation's key oil refineries.

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The Merc has agreed to be the exclusive electronic-trading post for Nymex's key oil, gas and gasoline contracts and, eventually, for the metals futures traded in Nymex's Comex division through 2016.

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