Discovery of large oilfield will not change China's energy

时间：2007-05-11 02:53:35

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Chinanews, Beijing, May. 9 – Last week, the China National Petroleum1 Corporation (CNPC) announced the discovery of a large oilfield in the eastern part of Hebei Province. The newcomer, Nanbao Oilfield, is estimated to have one billion tons of oil reserves. Researchers say that the new discovery will, to some extent, alleviate2 China's energy shortage problem and might boost researchers' confidence in exploring more oilfields in future. However, the new oilfield cannot fundamentally change the unbalanced oil demand-and-supply situation. Neither can it avert3 China's energy saving strategy, the China Youth Daily reported.

 

If Nanbao Oilfield can be exploited on a large scale beginning from next year, and if it can produce 10 million tons of oil by 2012, as expected, then the discovery will certainly boost China's energy supply, said Wang Zhen, director of the School of Business Administration under the China University of Petroleum.

 

Furthermore, as China's exploring technologies improve, the discovery of Nanbao Oilfield might lead to the discoveries of even larger oilfields in future, he said.

 

“This (discovery of Nanbao Oilfield) gives us great hope,” he said.

 

An oilfield whose oil reserve reaches one billion tons can be termed as a medium-sized or large oilfield. Professor Wang predicted that the new oilfield might rev4 up the development of service industry and other related industries in the nearby region. In addition, the news might also raise the share price of oil companies in the stock market. In fact, the share price of CNPC has already jumped with the news.

 

However, Professor Wang also pointed5 out that the new discovery would not fundamentally change the energy shortage problem in China.

 
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1 petroleum WiUyi     
n.原油，石油
参考例句：
  • The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
  • The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
2 alleviate ZxEzJ     
v.减轻，缓和，缓解(痛苦等)
参考例句：
  • The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
3 avert 7u4zj     
v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)
参考例句：
  • He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
  • I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
4 rev njvzwS     
v.发动机旋转，加快速度
参考例句：
  • It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
  • Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
5 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

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