The oil futures complex weakened in the week to Aug. 15, as current thin consumption, ample inventories, and gloomy economic reports outweighed concerns that geopolitical tensions have the potential to lead to oil supply interruptions. Ongoing violence and upheavals in countries such as Ukraine, Iraq, and Syria have so far not resulted in any significant disruptions, but the specter remains lurking in the background. The market has lost barrels of Libyan crude, but the absent exports have been replaced and priced in, and Libyan oil exports appear to be slowly resuming, with output at around 430-450K b/d, still well below the 1.5MM b/d that was being produced before the unrest began in May 2013.
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机译：截至8月15日的一周，石油期货市场疲软，原因是当前稀少的消费，充裕的库存以及令人沮丧的经济报告，超过了人们对地缘政治紧张局势有可能导致石油供应中断的担忧。到目前为止，乌克兰，伊拉克和叙利亚等国持续发生的暴力和动荡并未造成任何重大破坏，但幽灵仍然潜伏在背景中。市场已经失去了每桶利比亚原油，但缺少的出口已被替换并确定了价格，利比亚石油出口似乎正在缓慢恢复，产量约为430-450K b / d，仍远低于1.5MM b / d。这是在2013年5月动乱开始之前生产的。
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