10月9日：周五油价下跌，因美国总统特朗普表示，在结束扰乱市场的战争的富有成效的谈判中，美国不会在下月大选前攻击伊朗，中东供应担忧有所缓解。
Oct 9 : Oil prices fell on Friday as Middle East supply concerns eased somewhat after US President Donald Trump said the country will not attack Iran before US elections next month amid productive talks to end their war that has disrupted the market.
布伦特原油期货下跌72美分，跌幅0.7%，至每桶103.53美元，截至格林尼治时间0220。美国西德克萨斯中质原油（WTI）期货下跌52美分，跌幅0.6%，至每桶90.97美元。
Brent crude futures fell 72 cents, or 0.7 per cent, to $103.53 a barrel by 0220 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 52 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $90.97.
尽管如此，布伦特油价本周仍有望上涨，此前周四结算价上涨4%，原因是本周早些时候针对从中东运出原油的船只的袭击增加。WTI则有望小幅周线下跌，尽管由于飓风逼近美国墨西哥湾沿岸（全球最大产油国）造成供应中断。
Still, Brent prices are set for weekly gains after settling 4 per cent higher on Thursday because of an increase in attacks on shipping carrying crude out of the Middle East earlier this week. WTI is set for a slight weekly decline even amid supply disruptions due to a hurricane approaching the Gulf of Mexico coast in the US, the world's biggest oil producer.
周四，特朗普表示华盛顿正在与伊朗进行“富有成效的讨论”，并称在11月3日国会中期选举前没有计划发动攻击，此前有媒体报道他考虑在此之前发动攻击。
On Thursday, Trump said Washington was having "productive discussions" with Iran and said no attack was planned before the November 3 midterm congressional elections after media reports he was considering an attack before then.
伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社当天报道称，外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉格齐表示，德黑兰正在审查美国对其提议的回应，该提议将在七天内重新开放霍尔木兹海峡。
Iran's Tasnim news agency reported the same day that Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Tehran is reviewing the US response to its proposal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days.
美国仍在向伊朗施加经济压力，试图结束这场已进入第八个月的战争。
The US is still pressuring Iran economically to try to end the war, now in its eighth month.
美国周四实施新一轮制裁，针对个人、网络和17艘运输伊朗原油、石油产品和石化产品的船只。
The US imposed fresh sanctions on Thursday targeting individuals, networks and 17 vessels for transporting Iranian crude, oil products and petrochemicals.
本周价格波动剧烈，因为海湾和霍尔木兹海峡的石油运输威胁在10月加剧。战前，该海峡承载的运输量约占全球石油和燃料的20%。
Prices have been volatile this week as threats to oil shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, which carried shipments equal to about 20 per cent of global oil and fuel before the war, have increased in October.
石油市场还面临墨西哥湾飓风伊萨亚斯的影响。据美国海洋矿产管理局称，截至周四，受风暴影响，该地区生产商已关闭约130万桶/日，占当前石油产量的62.9%。
The oil market is also contending with Hurricane Isaias in the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the storm, producers there have shut in about 1.3 million barrels per day, or 62.9 per cent, of current oil production as of Thursday, according to the US Marine Minerals Administration.