摘要
"Because of the decrease of demand for crudeoil caused by the global financial turmoil,the average price of crude oil in the internationalmarket is expected to be US$40-50per barrel in 2009," said an expert fromCNPC Research Institute of Economics andTechnology at the 4th Annual Petrochemical Summit,held by Noppen on April 9th10th in TianjinMunicipality. "The petrochemicalmarket in China is expected to stayslack in 2009."