If the results are encouraging, they may soon be able to cap the gusher that has been spewing as much as 60,000 barrels a day into the Gulf and has defied BP's many efforts to contain it.

如结果令人鼓舞，他们或许将很快能够终止油井的泄漏。这个油井目前每天向墨西哥湾泄漏高达60,000桶原油，英国石油公司多次努力均未能终止泄漏。

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Even before the fires, the two-month gusher in the Gulf of Mexico was threatening the long-term survival of sea turtles.

就在燃烧石油之前，墨西哥湾漏油发生两个月以来，就已经对海龟的生存造成了长期的威胁。

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And, at this particular moment, we are confronted by the picture of an uncontrolled gusher of oil spewing destruction into the gulf.

在这个特殊时期，我们面对的是一副这样的景象——海湾内的石油喷井无法控制下来，石油不停的流向海岸。

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In response to Tony Hayward's June 4 op-ed " What BP Is Doing about the Gulf Gusher": It is time that the publicity spin that BP is putting on this disaster is put into perspective.

WSJ: The Oil Disaster Is About Human, Not System, Failure

Shell says it's working at far less depth and lower pressures than the BP well that erupted nearly a mile beneath the Gulf, killing 11 men on board a rig and unleashing an undersea gusher that took three months to cap.

CNN: Shell halts Arctic drill plans for 2013