A FEW years ago, Pinedale seemed destined to become a summer retreat for the rich.

几年前，怀俄明州的Pinedale（派恩代尔）就已经注定成为富人们的一个夏季避暑胜地。

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On a mesa south of Pinedale, Wyoming's busiest field is laced with dirt roads and pock-marked with well-heads and drilling rigs.

派恩代尔南面的一个台地是怀俄明州最繁忙的一块区域，四周散布着泥泞的道路，坑坑洼洼地分布着一些井眼和钻孔设备。

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Then the drillers and roughnecks arrived and the fate of Pinedale, together with other oil - and gas-rich parts of Wyoming, abruptly changed.

随着钻孔机和油井工人的到来，派恩·代尔的命运和怀俄明州其他盛产石油和天然气的地区一起，在瞬间被改变了。

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And if the price of gas falls so far that drilling becomes unaffordable, Pinedale will not just lose the backbone of its economy.

ECONOMIST: Natural gas in Wyoming

This acquisition is part of a broader shale gas strategy for Shell, which also owns acreage in western Canada (Horn River), the Haynesville Shale, South Texas, and the Pinedale.

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