墨西哥石油业动乱不安

Mexico's troubled oil industry

石油业消息人士称马拉松石油公司在叙利亚发现了石油。

Oil industry sources say that Marathon Oil Company has struck oil in Syria.

英国石油业巨子英国石油公司已向法院承诺抛却该公司对海湾漏油事务的法定抵偿金上限。

British oil giant BP has told a court it was committed to waiving the legal cap on its liability from the Gulf oil spill.

近处的风景固然迷人，远处的景象才是背后的动力，那就是沿河两岸蓬勃发展的石油业和造船工业。

The near view gives the region its charm; the distant one sustains it. The oil industry and shipbuilding both thrive along the coast.

对于泄漏最凶险的结果并不是对美国石油业，而是对全球变暖和外国资金大鳄们的影响。

For spills are hardly the most baleful consequence of America's oil addiction: global warming and the funding of foreign despots surely come higher up the list.