Countries that need oil are clawing at each other to lock up scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any government, no matter how unpleasant, to do it.

需要石油的国家正在互相撕咬以锁定稀缺的石油供应，并且，无论这种事会多么令人不愉快，它们都愿意与任何政府打交道。

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And lock up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve while you're at it - it has only about a month or so worth of oil in it, anyway.

与此同时把石油战略储备封存起来，它其实也只剩下一个月的原油消耗量。

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Be clean, be tidy, oil the lock.

要干净，要整洁，给锁头上油。

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Soultanian is recommending his clients lock in oil prices once they start falling again.

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And big oil companies are going to lock up the suppliers by acquiring them.

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