In the case of the oil rig explosion, we might be asking why we are drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in the first place.

对于墨西哥湾的石油钻井平台爆炸案，我们首先可能会问，干吗要在墨西哥湾那个鬼地方钻井。

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Last year was catastrophe-strewn, thanks to earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and New Zealand, as well as an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

多亏了海地，智利和新西兰地震，以及深水石油爆炸泄漏事件，这些使得去年成为了灾难频发的一年。

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The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last week in the Gulf of Mexico was without question a human tragedy.

毫无疑问，上周墨西哥海湾深水地平线石油钻塔发生爆炸无疑是人类的灾难。

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An estimated 700 million liters of oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico since the April 20th explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

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An explosion nearly two weeks ago aboard the now-sunken oil rig killed 11 workers.

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President Obama will speak after returning from his fourth trip to the Gulf region since the April 20 explosion and fire, which killed 11 workers and ruptured a deep-sea oil well.

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Looking at crucial steps BP has taken in crisis management since the oil rig explosion and fire, you see a more mixed story.

FORBES: Let's Give BP Some Credit

And the proceedings will necessarily slog through all the gory details of the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, forcing those of us who follow the oil industry to suffer flashbacks of the horrific explosion, oil-soaked beaches and those endless hours keeping half an eye on the submarine video feed of oil gushing from the Macondo well.

FORBES: Dear BP: Please Don't Make Us Go Through This Again

L-shaped table in an office in Lagos, discussing a story on that morning's front page about an oil-pipe explosion.

ECONOMIST: Press freedom