In recent contract auctions, US oil companies and other international majors were all but shut out.

在最近的油田投标中，美国石油公司和一些国际石油巨头所获寥寥。

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"If it gets on land, will they make us leave?" "If we have a hurricane and the oil washes over the land, they will condemn it.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Six weeks and six failed attempts later to contain the worst oil spill in US history, BP says it will try again.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31

"If the oil doesn't make it here, they say it'll be good for us.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

Texas today produces roughly 30% of US natural gas and roughly 30% of US oil production.

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But US oil prices are subdued, having lost their long-time link with the Brent crude benchmark.

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The recovery in the American economy, painfully slow though it is, should gradually increase US oil consumption.

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