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本周一，美国原油期货---西得克萨斯中间基原油A man with a face mask is seen at a gas station in New York, on April 20, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] The price of US oil has turned negative for the first time in history. 美国原油期货价格史无前例地跌至负值。 That means oil producers are paying buyers to take the commodity off their hands over fears that storage capacity could run out in May. 这意味着，由于担心5月份原油存储能力可能耗尽，石油生产商正在付钱给买家以抛出手中的存货。 Demand for oil has all but dried up as lockdowns across the world have kept people inside. 由于全球各地都在采取封锁措施，让人们居家不外出，石油需求几乎已经枯竭。 As a result, oil firms have resorted to renting tankers to store the surplus supply and that has forced the price of US oil into negative territory. 因此，石油公司不得不通过租用油轮来储存过剩的供应量，这迫使美国原油期货价格跌至负值。 Because of oversupply, storage tanks for WTI are becoming so full it is difficult to find space. The US Energy Information Administration said last week that storage at Cushing, Oklahoma, the heart of the US pipeline network, was about 72% full as of April 10. 由于供应过剩，西得克萨斯中间基原油的储罐即将被填满。美国能源信息署上周表示，截至4月10日，位于俄克拉何马州库欣的美国石油管网核心存储基地存储空间已占用大约72%。 | 
