To find buyers for all this extra oil, roughly equal to the extra output produced by the US shale revolution, Iran will have to compete fiercely not only with Saudi Arabia, but also with Iraq, Kazakhstan, Russia, and other low-cost producers. All of these countries are also determined to restore their output to previous peak levels and should be able to pump more oil than they did in the 1970s and 1980s by exploiting new production technologies pioneered in the US.
要为这一大致等于美国页岩革命所增加的产出的额外产量找到买家，伊朗不但需要和沙特阿拉伯进行激烈竞争，还需要面临伊拉克、哈萨克斯坦、俄罗斯和其他低成本产油国的竞争。所有这些国家也决心要将产出恢复至此前的巅峰水平，只要利用美国率先采取的新生产技术，它们将产量提高到20世纪七八十年代以上应该不是难事。