In histories of the past decade, one under-recognised landmark date is August 11 2004. That was the day the International Energy Agency revised up its estimates of oil consumption in several countries, including China and Saudi Arabia, and calculated that Opec had a mere 600,000 barrels per day of spare capacity available to cover supply disruptions.
在過去10年的歷史中,有一個里程碑式的日子一直沒有得到足夠的重視,那就是2004年8月11日。當天,國際能源署(IEA)調高了其對幾個國家石油消費的估計數字,包括中國和沙特,并且預測,石油輸出國組織(Opec,簡稱歐佩克)每日僅有60萬桶的備用產能來彌補供應中斷。
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