价格大幅上涨难阻美国汽油消费强劲态势工业风扇

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯4月12日消息，随着原油价格飙升至2014年末以来的最高水平，汽油价格也大幅上涨，这一点也不奇怪。美国能源信息署（EIA）在一份报告中称：“预计今年夏天，美国常规汽油的平均价格将达到2.74美元/加仑，这是四年来最高的夏季汽油价格。”但享受美国强劲经济的塑料旋钮消费者似乎并不太受价格上涨的影响，EIA称：“预计美国2018年夏季汽车汽油消费量将达到960万桶/日，较去年夏天小幅增加0.2%，夏季公路旅行预计将增加1.3%。”

唐绍红 摘译自 道琼斯

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Gasoline Usage Strong Despite Price Hikes

With crude oil prices soaring to their highest since late 2014, it's no surprise gasoline prices are also on fire. "EIA forecasts that drivers in the United States will pay an average of $2.74 per gallon (gal) this summer for regular gasoline, the highest average summer gasoline price in four years," the government agency says in a report. But consumers enjoying a strong US economy don't seem too切丝机 fazed by the price hikes so far, with EIA saying it "expects US motor gasoline consumption for summer 2018 to average 9.6 million b/d, up slightly (0.2%) from last summer. Summer highway travel is projected to increase by 1.3%."