每日影響570萬桶石油
On Saturday, key oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia were struck by drones reportedly dispatched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
週六，葉門胡塞叛亂分子出動無人機攻擊沙烏地阿拉伯重要煉油設施，
strike(v.)攻擊;襲擊(strike-struck-struck)drone(n.)無人機dispatch(v.)發送;派遣
According to Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, the attack has wiped out half of the country’s oil capacity— nearly 5.7 million barrels a day, which is around 5% of the world’s daily output.
沙烏地阿拉伯國家石油公司指出，此次攻擊摧毀了沙國一半的石油產能，每日產出石油減少570萬桶，約佔全球每日產量的5％。
wipe out 消滅=destroyshut down使停擺capacity(n.)生產能力barrel(n.)(石油)桶output(n.)產量=production(n.)
Oil prices spiked on Monday following the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq oil processing plant and the Khurais oil field.
沙烏地阿拉伯阿布蓋格煉油廠和胡賴斯油田遭攻擊後，週一油價飆升。
following(prep.)在…之後=in the aftermath of~
Brent crude futures rose as much as 19.5 percent, the biggest intraday percentage gain since the Gulf War in 1991, to a session high of $71.95 a barrel at the opening.
布蘭特原油期貨交易時段每桶一度飆漲至71.95美元，漲幅高達19.5％，同時也是1991年波灣戰爭以來最大的單日漲幅。
crude(n.)原油=crude oilrefined oil精煉過的石油futures(n.)期貨;期貨交易rise-rose-risen上升;上漲
U.S. crude futures soared by more than 15 percent, to a session high of $63.34 a barrel.
美國原油期貨價格飆升超過15％， 盤中高點達到每桶63.34美元。
soar(v.)飆升=surge=skyrocket=shoot up
A source close to the matter said that Saudi Aramco has 35 to 40 days of supply on hand to meet contractual obligations.
知情人士透露，沙烏地阿拉伯國家石油公司還有35至40天的供應可以履行合約義務。
A source close to the matter =A source familiar with the matter知情人士on hand 手邊有的meet obligations盡義務contractual(adj.)合約的
Alan Gelder, Vice President of Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets at Wood Mackenzie, had this to say: “This attack has material implications for the oil market, as a loss of 5 million barrels per day of supply from Saudi Arabia cannot be met for long by existing inventories and the limited spare capacity of the other OPEC+ group members.”
能源和自然資源諮詢公司伍德麥肯茲的煉油、化學及石油市場副總裁蓋德說，此次攻擊對石油市場有重大影響，因為現有庫存以及石油輸出國組織與盟友（OPEC+）其他成員的備用產能很有限，無法長期滿足沙國減少的500萬桶石油供應。
material(adj.)重要的;重大的;實質性的=important=significantimplication(n.)可能的影響;可能的後果=consequence=ramificationinventory(n.)存貨spare capacity備用產能