Although these suggested there might be oil, further exploration was not then seen as profitable.

虽然这些油井推测可能蕴藏石油，但是进一步开采当时被视为无利可图。

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In Israel, which has pledged to be oil independent by 2020, the company will benefit from lower taxes on electric vehicles and escalating taxes on gas-powered cars.

在以色列，这个到承诺到2020年实现对石油零依赖的国家，贝塔·佩斯将受惠于对电动车的实行低税以及对汽车税收逐步加大的政策。

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Meaning on the bottom is mud, then a layer of something they presume to be oil, and on top of that a two-inch thick goop that Asper calls "slime snot," possibly made up of oil and bacteria.

这条纹状泥土底层是烂泥，其上一层科学家估计可能是原油。再往上(也就是最上面)是两英尺厚的粘稠物，Asper称其为——粘稠的鼻涕(译者注：看起来很恶心啊，这科学家幽默感不好啊)，这粘稠物极有可能是由原油和细菌组成的。

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But,once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered,or capped, to stop the flow of oil.

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So if you had a jar full of triglycerides it would behave like an oil, many would be liquid at room temperature.

所以如果你有一满瓶甘油三酯,它看上去就好像油一样,它们在室温下都是液体

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We would be then reaching to the EU, and saying: "Look, you got some oil, and you've also got possibilities of developing alternative sources of energy, We'll work with you.

我们主动和欧盟交谈，你们有石油资源，你们还有可能,开发可替代能源资源，我们想和你们合作。

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But some would-be oil investors are held back by the half-threat of American sanctions.

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So there will still be oil on the surface the day the well is capped.

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