Although the cause of the fighting had nothing to do with oil, although the flames of war did not reach the world's second-largest oil pipeline located within the borders of Georgia (in which British Petroleum owns a 30 % controlling stake) and although the oil production of the world's largest producer, Russia, was not affected, as soon as fighting broke out the world oil price rose in response.
儘管戰爭起因非關石油，戰火未波及喬治亞境內由英國石油公司控股 30％的世界第二大輸油管線，也不致影響全球第一大產油國俄國的石油生產，但戰事一起，國際油價依舊應聲上漲。