起诉人声称德士古公司在拉戈阿格里奥周边倾倒了3.3亿加仑石油，远远超过了英国石油公司在墨西哥湾的原油泄漏量，石油污染了当地的饮用水，引发了癌症和其他疾病。
The plaintiffs claim that Texaco dumped 330 million gallons of oil--far more than the BP spill--around Lago Agrio, poisoning their water supply and sickening them with cancers and other diseases.
4月20日，位于美国墨西哥湾的一座英国石油公司的钻井平台爆炸起火。此次爆炸造成11人死亡，数百万加仑原油流入墨西哥湾水域。
A BP drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers and sending millions of gallons of oil into the water.
现在英国出售的新车平均每加仑汽油跑52.5英里，比十年前40.6英里已经大大提高。
The average new car sold in Britain now does 52.5 miles per gallon, up from 40.6mpg ten years ago.
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