The need of oil technology, such as long pipelines, electric power, good roads, airports, bring people from different lands to the Gulf countries to make a living.

对石油技术的需求，如制造长管道、发动电力、铺造良好的道路、建设机场等，使来自不同土地的人们到海湾国家谋生。

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In a study for the Carnegie Middle East Centre, Ibrahim Saif, an economist, notes that the long boom in oil prices which began in 2002 undid many of the good intentions of the Gulf states.

在卡内基中东研究中心的一项研究中，经济学家Ibrahim Saif指出，自2002年起就一直增长的油价减弱了海湾国家的良好意图。

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In a sign of some potentially good news, Allen said hundreds of boats deployed to skim oil from the Gulf surface were having trouble finding any.

已经有了好消息的迹象。Allen称在海湾布置的数百条清油船已经很难找到石油。

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And that price could go even higher if the oil spill in the gulf contaminates a good part of the domestic supply.

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Outside of the economic focus, Monday included some good news from the Gulf of Mexico, where BP permanently sealed its Macondo well over the weekend.

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Because we have been reporting for a good deal on the Gulf and it seems like a lot of local officials feel like they are having to take steps on their own and kind of deal with the problems as they come up, as opposed to waiting for the federal government.

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If good times prevail, the gulf between old-and new-economy valuations will not converge.

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