Viewed most cynically, Myanmar's accession was part of a bid by ASEAN members to secure access to the country's rich resources: timber, oil, gas and minerals.

然而看来具有嘲讽意味的是，缅甸加入东盟是部分是由于东盟成员国争取确保获得这个国家丰富的资源：木材、石油、天然气和矿藏。

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We cover more than 50% of the world's gas flaring in our partnership and the OPEC secretariat is also a partner and through them we get access to another 25 percent of the gas flaring countries.

我们的伙伴目前包括全世界50%以上的天然气燃除国，连OPEC的秘书处也是我们的成员。我们通过它们与另外25%的天然气燃除国接触。

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That has opened more access to areas holding about 22 percent of the world's untapped oil and natural gas, including deposits off Alaska, according to U.S. Geological Survey estimates.

根据美国地质勘查局估算，包括阿拉斯加海岸在内的北极海底蕴藏着全球未开采油气资源的22%，这些资源如今正因冰盖的融化离人们越来越近。

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Cyprus is one of a handful of countries in the Eastern Mediterranean with a firm claim on one of the largest natural gas finds in the region, offering access to an estimated 50 to 60 tcf of gas and 1.7 billion barrels of crude in waters off its southeastern coast.

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Reports in the Russian media said that the Kremlin was considering a bailout-for-gas type of deal, where Russia would gain access to Cyprus natural gas reserves.

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Despite the difficulty of access, inspectors had uncovered tons of deadly chemicals, among them mustard gas.

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