俄罗斯和格鲁吉亚的战事打乱了高加索地区的原油输出后，世界石油价格在今天的交易中反弹。在纽约市场，每桶原油的期货交货价格上涨了将近两美元，逼近117美元。
格鲁吉亚不生产石油，然而是阿塞拜疆输出原油的重要传输站。高油价迫使消费者减少开支，而对石油需求的减少促使油价连续几星期下降，今天的油价上涨扭转了这一趋势。
World oil prices rebounded in today’s (Monday’s) trading after fighting between Russia and Georgia disrupted crude exports from the Caspian region. The price of a barrel of oil for future delivery rose nearly two dollars to nearly 117 dollars a barrel in New York trading.
Georgia does not produce oil, but is a transit point for crude exports from Azerbaijan.Today’s (Monday’s) price spike reverses weeks of declining oil prices as demand fell when high prices forced consumers to cut consumption.