经济学家和企业高管警告称，全球油料缓冲剂正在减薄，中东和乌克兰的冲突正在给能源供应链带来压力。
Economists and executives warned of thinning global oil buffers, with conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine piling pressure on the energy supply chain.
高盛在周末上调了其对全年平均油价的预测，警告称存在“供应下行风险、库存低位以及利率对油价的高度敏感性”。
而主要产油国沙特阿美和贸易巨头维托尔的首席执行官分别警告称，库存“惊人地薄弱”，并且“没有更多的库存可供消耗”。
Goldman Sachs over the weekend raised its forecast for average year-end oil prices, warning of “downside risks to supply, low stocks, and the high sensitivity of interest rates to oil prices,” while the CEOs of major producer Saudi Aramco and trading giant Vitol respectively warned that stockpiles were “scarily thin” and that “there aren’t any more inventories to drain.”
尽管通过建设新管道和贸易路线来适应的努力正在进行，但华盛顿战略与国际研究中心的专家警告称，伊朗等国家“不太可能坐视不管”。
Though efforts to adapt by building new pipelines and trade routes are underway, countries such as Iran are “not likely to stand by,” experts at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies warned.
