The islands provide a sense of scale for the ribbons of oil swirling into the area from the south.

这些岛屿给人一种石油带从南部旋转进入该地区的规模感。

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It recognised that oil bunkering had caused spills, but said "the scale of this problem is not clear".

组织承认盗油也是漏油的原因，但大规模的漏油原因尚不明确。

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Although some people make their own diesel at home from leftovers and recycled cooking oil, coffee-based biodiesel seems better suited to larger-scale processes.

尽管有些人在自己家里从残剩品和回收的烹饪油做柴油机，基于咖啡的生物柴油看起来更适合大范围的过程。

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Earlier Friday, BP's incoming CEO Bob Dudley, said it is time to scale down the vast operation to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but he stressed his company's commitment to fully restore the environment.

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South Sudan has large-scale oil production, but is landlocked and reliant on Sudan's ports for export.

BBC: South Sudan restarts oil production

Sakhalin may soon offer all of Russia a foretaste of what large-scale oil investment can mean.

ECONOMIST: Where there��s a well. . .

But the government is keenly aware that large-scale oil production may come at a price.

ECONOMIST: The hidden costs of exploration in the Caspian