The economic downturn is drying up demand for oil and natural gas, dropping the benchmark price for a barrel of oil to below $50.
经济低迷正在抑制市场对石油和天然气的需求，导致基准原油价格跌破每桶50美元。
They get caught in trees (hence the epithet "Witches' Knickers"), take hundreds of years to decompose and push up demand for oil, used to make plastics.
它们挂在枝头（由此而得“巫婆的灯笼裤”之名），需要数百年才能分解，它们助长石油需求，正是石油用于制造塑料。
Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.
不幸的是，目前石油、天然气和煤炭的低价格可能无法激励研究人员去寻找更便宜的那些燃料的替代品。
Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean's continental shelves—those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents.
海底钻井平台将寻找石油的区域延伸到了海洋大陆架——大陆边缘那些平缓倾斜的海底区域。
For decades Israel drilled for oil with scant success.
数十年来，以色列在石油开采方面不算成功。
MOSCOW - The Arctic Ocean is a forbidding place for oil drillers.
莫斯科-对于海上钻探，北冰洋是一个令人望而却步的地方。
It reportedly will be used for oil exploration and aircraft design.
据报道它将会被用于石油勘探和飞行器设计。
Poorer countries' demand for oil is still rising, albeit at a slowing pace.
虽然增速缓慢，但欠发达国家石油需求还是在增加。
High prices for oil, food and other products have raised inflation concerns worldwide.
原油，粮食和其它产品的高价已经加剧全球性的通货膨胀焦虑。
Economic data was soft early in the week though micro news for oil continued to be bullish.
本周早期经济数据疲软，但宏观层面的消息继续看涨石油。
The surging demand for oil is creating a growing market for drilling and production equipment.
国际市场对石油的需求剧增，钻井和生产设备市场也跟着水涨船高。
The quake aftermath is likely to result in increasing demand for oil in Japan in the medium term.
震后日本的石油需求在中期内会有所增长。
China has vied with western groups in Africa for oil and minerals for the best part of a decade.
过去十年的大部分时间里，中国都在与西方集团争夺非洲的石油与矿产品。
Most people who run for office in Texas and Louisiana like all the sweet tax deals for oil extractors.
而得克萨斯州和路易斯安娜州大部分参选的政客们都喜欢给石油行业各种美好的税收待遇。
Japan, with its own need for oil, has pressed a competing proposal for a pipeline that would bypass China.
日本，出于其自己对石油的需求，一再坚持其绕过中国的输油管线竞标方案。
The money - billions in tax breaks for oil and drug companies, but almost nothing for families like yours.
他将给石油和制药公司数十亿美元的税务优惠，但你们这样的普通家庭几乎什么好处也得不到。
An upward trend is definitely in place for oil, and also for copper, silver and platinum, among others.
石油的上升趋势绝对已经形成，铜、银和铂等大宗商品也是如此。
Speculators also provide futures, or hedging, markets for oil and other producers of commodities and assets.
投机者为石油，以及其他商品和资产的生产者提供了期货或对冲市场。
Due to strong prices for oil, iron ore, aluminum and other materials, the dollar value of imports increased.
因为原油，铁矿石，铝以及其他资源的涨价，进口产品的美元价值也增加了。
The world's demand for oil has been growing faster than supply in recent years, leaving little spare capacity.
最近几年，世界石油需求相比供给迅速增长，几乎已没有备用产能。
As elsewhere in Asia, higher prices for oil and food are the main cause of the jump in headline inflation.
和亚洲其他国家和地区一样，原油和食品价格上升是通胀率上升的主要原因。
The higher working standards will push up production costs for oil companies, both globally and at home, said Qiu.
更高的作业标准将推高石油公司的生产成本，无论是全球还是国内都是如此，邱说。
Just before their letter arrived, he hit upon an ingenious idea: rather than dig for oil, why not drill for it?
但是在信件到达前，开采者突然意识到：与其挖石油，为何不钻探石油？
If house prices drop and if America's economy slows sharply, then producers may find demand for oil sinking fast too.
如果房价下跌并且美国经济增长下降很多，生产者就会发现对油的需求会急剧下降。
That would dent demand for oil, both from America itself and from countries that supply it with imports, such as China.
那样将会降低对石油的需求，无论是美国自身还是如中国依赖进口的国家。
An international race for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes, is being accelerated by the impact of global warming.
全球变暖问题正在影响着一场涉及石油，渔业，钻石和航运路线的国际竞赛。
An international race for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes, is being accelerated by the impact of global warming.
全球变暖问题正在影响着一场涉及石油，渔业，钻石和航运路线的国际竞赛。
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