Norway is a nation of astonishing wealth, built on vast offshore reserves of oil and natural gas.

挪威是一个惊人的富裕国家，拥有储量巨大的近海石油和天然气。

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The quake's deep, offshore epicenter muffled its impact on a sparsely populated nation.

地震震中较深，并且处于海中，削弱了对这个人口稀少的国家产生的影响。

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The West African nation of Ghana is due to pump its first oil after the discovery of the offshore Jubilee Field three years ago.

西非国家加纳开始从朱比利油田抽取第一桶石油，据悉该近海油田早在三年之前就已经被发现。

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Among the company's motivations to settle before a trial would be to avoid the higher end of that range, which U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier could impose if he ruled the company acted with gross negligence before the well blowout on April 10, 2010, that triggered an explosion, killing 11 workers and spawning the nation's worst offshore oil spill.

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He took over the island nation of Antigua with his offshore banking empire, Stanford Financial.

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Given the time it would take to clear up any disaster, he says, Brazil may block BP or delay the offshore drilling as they are eager to avoid any catastrophe in 2014 and 2016 when the nation will be in the world spotlight for the FIFA World Cup and the summer Olympics.

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