The graph shows oil prices in dollars per barrel from 1995 with forecasts to 2015. Overall, oil prices increased by nearly four hundred percent from 1995 to 2008, with the most dramatic increase in the two years from 2006 to 2008. This rise is predicted to continue into the future. prices started at around twenty US dollars a barrel during 1995, and then rose slightly to approximately twenty-four dollars in 1998. The cost of a barrel then dropped for two years, to the lowest point of about eighteen dollars during 2000. After that, there was a steady price rise, reaching about fifty dollars a barrel in 2006. This was followed by a dramatic climb to over ninety dollars in 2008, and it is forecast that this rise will continue into the future, and will level off slightly after 2010.
图表显示油价在每桶1995美元的预测2015。总体而言，石油价格增加了近百分之四百，从1995到2008，从2006在两年来最急剧增加到2008。这种上涨预计将持续到未来。价格开始在二十美元每桶在1995，然后小幅上涨至约二十四美元的1998。一个桶的成本就下降了两年，在2000至十八美元的低点。之后，有一个稳定的价格上升，达到约五十美元一桶2006。其次是一个戏剧性的上升到超过九十美元的2008，并预计这将持续到未来，并将水平略后2010。