时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2013年(四月)


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Fracking Could Lead to Big Profits for Some Companies



A machine, developed by a company called "OriginOil," removes sludge from water that came from an oil drilling site - with a process originally developed for extracting algae 1.


Petroleum 2 is nothing but old algae, so essentially 3 what we are doing is taking the organics out and leaving the clean water,” explained company CEO Riggs Eckelberry.


OriginOil has used its demonstration 4 equipment in its home state of California to retrieve 5 petroleum from water a driller had already processed.


“They gave it to us, thinking it was already clean; we brought out that gunky stuff and they saw dollar signs,” added Eckelberry.


OriginOil's General Manager Bill Charneski says even a small percentage of oil retrieved 6 from drilling operations can be valuable.


“If it is produced water and it just has oil in it, then there is going to be substantial value because you can simply put it back in the pipeline 7 that goes to the refinery,” Charneski said.


Produced water is what comes up with oil and gas from deep earth deposits, but drillers also use tons of water mixed with sand and chemicals in the fracturing process.


Currently, that water has to be trucked in -- and the contaminated water then has to be trucked out -- for disposal at great cost.


At Rice University, chemist Andrew Barron, who studies the water issue, says there are now many companies providing on-site processes and using different approaches, depending on local conditions.


“I think what you are going to see are industries within regions using specific technologies, " Barron said, "but over all in the country we will see a number of technologies being applied 8.”


Protests against fracking have grown because of concerns over water pollution. But Barron is trying to address this issue by developing tracers that can identify water from a given operation.


“The idea is that you would put these tracers in a frack job and if there is contamination in the water from somewhere else, you could potentially trace the source of that contamination,” he explained.


While that may not answer all environmental complaints about hydraulic 9 fracturing, Barron thinks it will provide better data for everyone concerned. 




n.水藻,海藻
  • Most algae live in water.多数藻类生长在水中。
  • Algae grow and spread quickly in the lake.湖中水藻滋蔓。
n.原油,石油
  • 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。
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
vt.重新得到,收回;挽回,补救;检索
  • He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
  • The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 );恢复;寻回;检索(储存的信息)
  • Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句
n.管道,管线
  • The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
  • A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
adj.水力的;水压的,液压的;水力学的
  • The boat has no fewer than five hydraulic pumps.这艘船配有不少于5个液压泵。
  • A group of apprentics were operating the hydraulic press.一群学徒正在开动水压机。
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