法国经济部长罗兰·莱斯屈尔周四表示，欧洲将在未来三个月内向市场释放4200万桶石油储备，以履行其缓解价格的承诺。
Europe will release 42 million barrels of oil reserves into the market over the next three months as part of its commitment to ease prices, France’s economy minister Roland Lescure said Thursday.
莱斯屈尔在卢森堡欧盟能源部长会议前表示，其中一半将是柴油。七国集团上月同意释放多达1亿桶石油，标志着国际能源署协调的4亿桶石油释放行动（于3月启动）已完成。
Half of that release will be diesel, Lescure said ahead of a meeting of European Union energy ministers in Luxembourg. Group of Seven nations agreed last month to release up to 100 million barrels, marking a completion of an IEA-coordinated 400-million-barrel release in March.
莱斯屈尔称，法国上月宣布释放1000万桶柴油将在未来几天投入市场，价格影响最快下周将显现。他表示，储备将按成本价供应市场，将使价格每升下降12美分至18美分。
Lescure said a French release of 10 million barrels of diesel announced last month would hit the market in the coming days and the impact on prices would be felt as soon as next week. The reserves would be supplied to the market at cost price, lowering prices by 12 cents to 18 cents a liter he said.
莱斯屈尔说，柴油“是我们面临挑战的核心”，并补充称，虽然他希望当前危机能“缓慢但坚定地”得到解决，但欧洲将保留进一步释放储备的选项。
Diesel is “at the heart of our challenges,” Lescure said, adding that while he hoped the current crisis would be resolved “slowly, but surely,” Europe would keep its options open for further stockpile releases.