Historic flooding in the U.S. Gulf Coast has sparked fears of a gasoline shortage caused byrefinery outages, port closures and pipeline shutdowns. Nearly one-quarter of the nation's refinery capacity has been knocked offline by Harvey, according to S&P Global Platts.

美湾史上最强洪水所导致的炼厂停产、港口关闭、管道关停，加剧了市场对汽油短缺的忧虑。根据S&P全球普氏的报道，全国四分之一的炼厂受哈维飓风影响被迫关闭。

The Trump administration responded on Thursday by authorizing two releases totaling 1 million barrels of crude oil from an emergency stockpile known as the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

特朗普政府周四做出了反应，授权两次释放总计100万桶的战略石油储备（SPR）。