The retreat of the polar ice cap is making the region easier to work in, and there is thought to be lots of oil and gas to tap.

北极冰盖的消融使得在该地区作业较为容易，而且该地区储藏有大量可开发的石油和天然气。

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Oil prices rose, boosting export income despite the fall in volumes; and Egypt began to discover and tap big reserves of natural gas, particularly offshore, north of the Nile delta.

油价上涨，尽管出口量减少了，但收入仍旧增加了；而且埃及渐渐发现并开始开采大量藏储的天然气，特别是在尼罗河三角洲北面的近海地区。

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Crude oil product oil edible oil natural gas chemical material LNG CWM sewage tap water etc.

原油、成品油、食用油、天然气、化工物料、液化天然气、水煤浆、污水、自来水等。

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But technological advances in the way we find and tap oil and natural gas have propelled estimates of available reserves far beyond anything Hubbard could have imagined.

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As production and exploration companies use unorthodox methods to tap into large reserves of oil and gas in the U.S., both on the mainland and out in deep sea wells, MLPs are set to benefit.

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