The hatchway closed, and Arthur, setting the precious " drink" in a safe place, climbed on to an oil barrel to eat his pork and biscuit.

舱口关闭，亚瑟将珍贵的“饮料”放在安全的地方，爬上油桶吃他的猪肉和饼干。

What this meant is that there was so much supply in the oil market that the world was running out of places to store it, and oil producers were essentially paying people to take their oil barrels.

这意味着石油市场上供应过多，而世界上几乎没有地方可以储存石油，石油生产商实际上是出钱让人们买走石油。