eerily

原油価格市場で主要な地位を占めるブレント原油の価格が発表されました。9ヶ月ぶりに原油価格は下落したそうです。イラクやウクライナ（ロシアから原油が通るパイプラインを所有）など原油価格に影響を与える国の情勢が不安定にもかかわらずです。ある人は，この価格下落を"eerily"であると表現しておりました。『Wisdom英和辞典（第三版）三省堂』によると「得体のしれない，奇妙な，気味の悪い」などという意味がありました。ODには"Strange and frightening"とあります。他の原油産出国である，アメリカ，リビア，サウジアラビアなどから原油を調達できるため市場全体の価格下落が発生したと分析しております。(Ume)

Oil prices dip to nine-month low

Brent crude oil has fallen to $103.70 (£62) a barrel, its lowest rate since November 2013.

In July, oil hit its highest level in nine months, valued at $115.71 per barrel. Violence in Iraq was cited as the reason for the rise.

The current dip in price has led to an increase in demand from wealthy states.

Iraq has scheduled to export about 2.4 million barrels per day of Basra Light crude in September, up from 2.2 million in the previous month.

In a report on Tuesday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said: "Oil prices seem almost eerily calm in the face of mounting geopolitical risks spanning an unusually large swathe of the oil-producing world."

The agency said that while tensions in Iraq and fighting in Ukraine continued, other oil resources were available, such as those of the US, Libya and Saudi Arabia.

According to the IEA: "The Atlantic market is currently so well supplied that incremental Libyan barrels are reportedly having a hard time finding buyers."

It had been thought that sanctions imposed by the US and EU on Russia over its support for Ukrainian rebels might affect oil distribution.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28768624

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