Original title: US oil price hit a seven-year record
According to US media reports on October 4, when the 21st ministerial meeting of the organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non OPEC oil producing countries was held to discuss whether to increase crude oil production, US oil prices soared to the highest level since November 2014 on October 4 local time.
It is reported that the price of WTI crude oil, one of the world's main benchmark crude oils, rose 1.59% to US $77.09 a barrel, hitting US $77.26 earlier. (CCTV reporter Liu Xu)