据路透社伦敦9月4日消息称，由于两个墨西哥湾石油平台撤离以准备抵抗飓风，周二油价大幅上涨。
美国轻质原油期货价格从上周五接近每桶71.11美元的高点上涨1.31美元，达到7月中旬以来的最高水平，随后在格林威治标准时间0900点回落至71.00美元，上涨1.20美元。美国股市周一因劳工节休市。
周一交易的基准布伦特原油上涨1.00美元，至每桶79.15美元。
阿纳达科石油公司周一表示，在戈登飓风登岸之前，该公司已撤离并关闭了墨西哥湾的两个石油平台的生产。
曹海斌 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Oil prices jump as Gulf of Mexico rigs evacuated
Oil prices rose sharply>U.S. light crude rose $1.31 a barrel from Friday’s close to a peak of $71.11, its highest since mid-July, before easing to around $71.00, up $1.20, by 0900 GMT. U.S. markets were closed>Benchmark Brent crude, which traded>Anadarko Petroleum Corp said on Monday it had evacuated and shut production at two oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the approach of Gordon, which is expected to come ashore as a hurricane.
