A flat world sounds like something from the dark ages. Indeed, a world of flat oil prices could, for some, be a very unpleasant place. The lack of upward movement has already had an impact on the behaviour of major oil-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Oman and Bahrain. These nations have slowed the pace of budgetary expansion from a regional average of 14 per cent growth last year to less than 3 per cent this year.
“平坦的世界”听起来好像来自黑暗时代（欧洲历史上一段被认为愚昧落后的时期——译者注）的东西。的确，平坦的油价世界，对某些国家来说将是一个非常不愉快的前景。油价缺乏上扬趋势，已经对主要产油国的行为产生了影响，例如沙特阿拉伯、卡塔尔、科威特、阿联酋、阿曼和巴林。这些国家放慢了预算扩张的步伐，从去年平均增长14%，降到今年的不到3%。
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