One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy.
其中一个原因是，现在越来越多国家大量生产石油，因此在全球经济中，深受油价下跌之苦的国家所占份额更大了。
Other big oil companies are already there.
其他大型石油公司已经在加拿大开辟了阵地。
Only time will tell, but Big Oil is capable of change.
只有时间能告诉我们他所说的是否属实。然而，石油巨头们总能摇身一变、恢复元气。
No one likes rush-hour traffic, except for Big Oil.
没有人喜欢堵车，除了石油公司。
But the West's big oil companies are growing gassier.
但是西方的石油公司还是越来越“奔气”。
Niger has uranium and is a potential big oil exporter as well.
尼日尔拥有铀矿，同时还是潜在的石油输出大国。
When times are tough for big oil, Canada looks pretty good, eh?
对于石油巨头来说，在眼下这个艰难的时刻，加拿大看起来是个非常不错的选择。不是吗？
Algeria and Libya are already big oil and gas suppliers to Europe.
阿尔及利亚和利比亚早已成为欧洲重要的石油和天然气供应国。
Big oil firms would indeed benefit from a lower corporate tax rate.
大型石油企业的确会受益于较低的公司税率。
Geologists say the region could have big oil, gas and mineral reserves.
地质学家表示这个地区可能蕴藏着丰富的石油、天然气和矿产资源。
The big oil companies are therefore struggling to replace their reserves.
因此，大石油公司都在尽量争取更替他们的石油储备。
Big Oil may be going out of style, but it is certainly not going away.
巨无霸式的石油公司或许已是明日黄花，但还不至于一夜凋零。
Disruptions to Iran's big oil fields, and possibly to Iraq's, would be bad enough.
伊朗油田的破坏(可能还有伊拉克的油田)已经是够糟的了。
The first is new discoveries that have the potential to make Brazil a big oil exporter.
首先是新的研究发现有望使巴西成为一大石油出口国。
Nigeria is a big oil exporter, but its people get only a few hours of electricity a day.
尼日利亚是一个很大的石油输出国，但该国人民却每天只享用着每天数小时的用电生活。
Contrary to popular belief, Big oil has almost no control over the price of oil these days.
与普遍认识相反的是，大型石油公司近来几乎没有石油定价权。
Sophie's father was the captain of a big oil tanker, and was away for most of the year.
苏菲的父亲是一艘大油轮的船长，常年在外。
Sophie’s father was the captain of a big oil tanker, and was away for most of the year.
苏菲的父亲是一艘大油轮的船长，常年在外。
Annual earnings at big oil companies were dragged down by their oil-refining operations.
炼油部门压低了大石油公司的年度收益。
Not one of the knowledgeable sceptics who have torn them apart has received a cent from Big Oil.
没有一个瓦解了气候变化论的知识渊博的怀疑论者收到过石油巨头的一分钱。
Just because the big oil companies are screwing mother earth does not mean the rest of us have to.
只是因为大型石油公司压榨我们的地球母亲，而这并不意味着我们剩余的人也必须这样做。
The first big oil crisis was in the 1970s when the OPEC export embargo was followed by stagflation.
第一次大的石油危机发生于1970年代，当时OPEC的出口禁运与滞涨不期而遇。
Obama claimed this showed McCain relied on lobbyists from the big oil companies and other corporations.
奥巴马认为这说明麦凯恩依赖大型石油公司和其他公司的游说者。
But BP and the world's other big oil companies face similar problems when it comes to boosting profits.
但当涉及到提高利润的时，英国石油和世界其他几家大型石油公司都面临着类似的问题。
That compares with an average of 10 times forecast earnings for big oil companies listed internationally.
而在国际股市交易的大型石油公司基于预期收益的市盈率平均为10倍。
But ExxonMobil is known as the most conservative member of Big Oil, making any split hard to imagine.
但是埃克森美孚是大型石油公司保守派的典型代表，拆分对于该公司来说无异于天方夜谭。
He even cites Russia's Gazprom, which controls more gas reserves than all the West's big oil firms combined.
他甚至提到了俄罗斯天然气公司，这家公司的天然气储备比西方各大石油企业加起来都多。
Saudi Arabia and other big oil producers routinely blame the price on frothy markets, rather than idle wells.
沙特阿拉伯和其他大石油生产国经常责怪的价格泡沫市场，而不是闲置的油井。
Saudi Arabia and other big oil producers routinely blame the price on frothy markets, rather than idle wells.
沙特阿拉伯和其他大石油生产国经常责怪的价格泡沫市场，而不是闲置的油井。
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