飓风破坏了供油设施,但是最终的油价定位还将取决于美国能源中心恢复的速度。 人们正在接受经济地理所给予 的痛苦教训。正如华尔街之于金 融、好莱坞之于娱乐的举足轻重地 位一样,美国海湾地区对能源的重 要性也是有目共睹的。那里聚集着 大量的炼油厂、生产平台、储存库 和输送管线,聚集着使这些设施运 转起来的大量石油工程师、能源咨 询人士和运作工人。 The hurricane destroyed the fueling facilities, but the final oil price positioning will also depend on how fast the US Energy Center is recovering. People are receiving painful lessons from economic geography. Just as Wall Street is at the forefront of finance and Hollywood in entertainment, the importance of energy in the U.S. Gulf is obvious to all. There are a large number of refineries, production platforms, repositories and transfer lines gathering with a large number of oil engineers, energy consultants and workers working to make these facilities work.