Iraq's cabinet officially approved the BP-led offer on Wednesday. It rejected bids submitted for six other fields, saying the bidders' demands for per-barrel payouts were too high.

伊拉克内阁周三正式批准了BP所牵头财团提出的报价，否决了对其他6个油田的合约报价，称竞标者索要的报酬太高。

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BP wants all the cases to be held in a court in Houston; many of its plaintiffs prefer Louisiana, where rage against the company runs high.

英国石油公司希望所有的案件都在休斯顿审理；但原告方多倾向于路易斯安那，因为那里对英石油公司的不满情绪高涨。

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The obtained novel fault dictionary can diagnose fault fast owing to the high parallel information processing capabilities of the BP networks.

BP网络高度并行的信息处理能力决定了这种新型故障字典的诊断速度非常快。

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In the first testimony from a high-ranking BP executive, Mr McKay stressed that all those involved in the Deepwater Horizon disaster should take some of the blame.

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Despite declines in production volumes, high oil prices are helping BP generate a strong cash flow.

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While the calibre of civil servants was "generally very high", the former BP boss said there was a lack of staff with commercial skills or expertise in handling major projects.

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