如果人们总体上认为未来的石油价格会更高，那么油田的所有者就会推延在开发和扩大产能方面的巨额投资，而且还可能将石油产量压制在生产能力之下。
If it is generally thought that oil prices will be higher in the future, owners of oil reserves will tend to postpone costly investments in exploration and expansion of production capacity, and they may pump oil at below capacity.