Because that is where the oil is, oilmen retort.
就是因为油在那里，石油业的一名知情人说。
New Year 'eve has been and gone, but for oilmen, the party continues.
新年夜已经来到并且过去了。但是，对于石油商们来说，欢宴还在继续。
NEW YEAR'S EVE has been and gone, but for oilmen, the party continues.
新年之夜已经结束了，但油商们庆祝的晚会还在继续。
Just now oilmen are focused on the rapidly slowing demand for their product.
石油商们刚刚关注到石油需求大幅减少。
But for shippers no less than for oilmen and miners, expectations of quick gains may be overdone.
但是，与石油和采矿业者一样，货运业者期待尽快获益可能为时过早。
Like oilmen everywhere, Hassan Marican, Petronas's boss, is busy trying to pare costs in a global slump.
象其他所有的石油人一样，马来西亚国家石油公司的老板Hassan Marican也在全球不景气中忙于削减成本。
So although the oilmen are full of gloom over the tax rise, Aberdeen's enterprising spirit may see it through.
因此，虽然石油开采人员对税收的增加感到垂头丧气，但是阿伯丁的创业精神将使其化险为夷。
However, if Canada's oilmen are to fulfil their rosy output forecasts, they will need new ways of reaching customers.
然而，如果加拿大的石油商要完成预测的乐观产量，他们还需将石油运达客户的新途径。
Some oilmen reckon that Egypt's reserves have actually risen in recent years, and much of the country remains unexplored.
一些石油商认为近年来埃及的石油储量实际上增加了，而且埃及大部分石油仍未勘探出来。
Meanwhile in Calgary, oilmen expect a pipeline to the Pacific, and in effect to Asia, to come sooner than later, especially if Keystone XL is blocked.
与此同时，卡尔加里的石油商们正心急如焚地等待着修建一条通往太平洋，实际上就是通往亚洲的输油管线尽快开工，而且越快越好。如果“大号拱心石”管线工程受阻就更是如此了。
The oilmen politely disagree, arguing that east Africa's economy can absorb only a fraction of the petrol and other products a full-sized refinery would turn out.
油商们则委婉地表示了不同意见。他们认为，这样的炼油厂生产的少部分汽油和相关产品就足以满足东非的经济需要。
RISING oil prices and mounting concern about global warming may have stoked demand for biofuels, but oilmen and farmers still have relatively little to do with one another.
攀升的石油价格以及对全球变暖的日益担心或许会助燃对生物燃料的需求，但是，石油商们与农场主们之间相对仍然没什么联系。
He admires the cunning and devotion of the oilmen he meets. But, from his perspective, few businesses are as unrewarding, in the sense of providing jobs or useful infrastructure, as the oily one.
Maass钦佩他遇见狡诈并且有奉献精神的石油商，依他看少数石油商是无偿地提供一系列工作机会很有用的基础设施，石油产业就是其中之一。
He admires the cunning and devotion of the oilmen he meets. But, from his perspective, few businesses are as unrewarding, in the sense of providing jobs or useful infrastructure, as the oily one.
Maass钦佩他遇见狡诈并且有奉献精神的石油商，依他看少数石油商是无偿地提供一系列工作机会很有用的基础设施，石油产业就是其中之一。
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