There are two new dimensions to international oil markets that are creating a dilemma for Opec and may be sowing the seeds of an oil price shock. The first is the fallout from the Arab uprising, which began in 2011. The second is the development and application of shale technology – horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” – to oil production.
國際石油市場的兩個新問題正給石油輸出國組織(Opec,簡稱:歐佩克)製造難題,同時可能正在播下石油價格危機的種子。第一個是阿拉伯世界的抗議活動的影響,這場運動始於2011年。第二個是頁岩技術(水準鑽井和水力壓裂)的發展及其在石油生產方面的應用。
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