China has earmarked more than $20 billion for oil exploration.

中国已留出二百多亿美元用于石油勘探。

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Central to the operation is a mile-deep well, dug originally to explore for oil.

那次行动的重点是一口原本为勘探石油而挖的一英里深的井。

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The economic downturn is drying up demand for oil and natural gas, dropping the benchmark price for a barrel of oil to below $50.

经济低迷正在抑制市场对石油和天然气的需求，导致基准原油价格跌破每桶50美元。

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Coastal communities have been waiting and watching for days for oil to arrive on their shores.

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This is a gift of flour and oil and incense, which is burned after a portion is removed for the priests as dues to the priests, the rest is burned on the altar again with a sweet smell from the incense.

祭品是面粉、油和香，这香的一部分被掰去，作为祭司的会费,剩下的部分摆在祭坛里燃烧,会发出一股甜甜的味道。

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I ended up in the newspaper the next day for having argued that they are way off on their investment opportunities because oil is such a volatile thing.

结果第二天的报纸就报导,我提出,他们在投资的选择上错得离谱,因为石油是易变的。

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Reasonable prices for oil and gas can only be maintained if there is a plentiful supply.

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Like Addax, Oryx will be focused on exploring for oil in west Africa and Iraqi Kurdistan.

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It was because traders thought that weaker economic performance would hit demand for oil.

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