Oil and gas rushed up the well, dooming the rig and 11 of her crew.

石油和天然气冲出井，折断了成套装置，11位工作人员也因而丧生。

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Opponents estimate that as many as 22, 000 well-paid jobs are at stake-those of rig workers and the people who provide support services for them.

反对者估计此项禁令会影响到多达22,000个薪水丰厚的工作岗位，一些是钻塔工人，一些是相关服务支持人员。

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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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BP is the British-based energy company that operated the well and leased the Deepwater Horizon from the rig's owner,Transocean.

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Development Driller II, the rig drilling a second relief well as a redundancy measure, is completing preparations for its blowout preventer to be used on the Macondo well, while the Development Driller III -- the rig drilling the relief well expected to intercept the main well -- is standing by until that's done.

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And if so, what about the other companies that were involved in some way that may have an interest in the well or the rig -- are they liable at all?

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