特朗普政府就国家紧急石油储备中近4100万桶原油授予了合同，从而完成了一次大规模石油交换，此举旨在遏制与伊朗开战后飙升的能源价格。
The Trump administration awarded contracts for nearly 41 million barrels from the nation’s emergency oil reserve, completing a massive oil exchange aimed at curbing soaring energy prices after the war with Iran.
美国能源部称，托克贸易有限责任公司和埃克森美孚控股公司等企业中标。此次出售标志着战略石油储备1.72亿桶紧急释放行动的最后一批，这是该储备历史上规模第二大的释放。此次释放是美国对国际能源署一项更广泛计划的贡献，该计划旨在向全球市场投放4亿桶石油。
Trafigura Trading LLC and ExxonMobil Holdings Corp., were among the winners, according to the Energy Department. The sale marks the last of a 172 million-barrel emergency release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the second-largest in its history. The release was the US contribution to a broader International Energy Agency plan to put 400 million barrels onto global markets.
自战争开始以来，美国已累计释放1.741亿桶石油，超过了其最初与国际能源署共同承诺的1.72亿桶。
The US has released a total of 174.1 million barrels since the war started, exceeding its initial 172 million-barrel pledge made with the IEA.
自2月28日对伊朗的军事行动开始以来，原油、汽油、柴油和航空燃油价格大幅上涨，这加大了总统唐纳德·特朗普在11月中期选举前应对燃料成本上涨的压力。中期选举可能决定众议院和参议院的控制权。
Crude, gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices have surged since military operations against Iran began on Feb. 28, intensifying pressure on President Donald Trump to address rising fuel costs ahead of November’s midterm elections, which could determine control of the House and Senate.
尽管如此，能源部长克里斯·赖特已表示，再次动用该储备的可能性不大。赖特本周早些时候在接受采访时说：“我认为释放行动会延续到1月，此后不久，你就会看到补充储备的开始。”
Still, Energy Secretary Chris Wright has signaled another drawdown from the reserve is unlikely. “I think the releases will spill into January and soon after that, you’ll see the refill start,” Wright said in an interview earlier this week.
战略石油储备已降至1982年以来的最低水平，部分原因是前总统乔·拜登政府通过一系列释放行动从该系统中提取了约2.9亿桶石油，包括在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰之后。
The SPR has already fallen to its lowest level since 1982, in part because former President Joe Biden’s administration withdrew roughly 290 million barrels from the system through a series of releases, including after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
由于此次释放以交换形式安排，本质上是企业必须连本带息偿还的贷款，能源部表示，该储备最终将在未来一年内补充约2亿桶石油，比释放量多出约20%。
Because the release was structured as an exchange, essentially a loan that companies must repay with interest, the Energy Department has said the reserve will ultimately be replenished with about 200 million barrels, or roughly 20% more than what was released, over the next year.