VOA常速英语2007年-Nigeria Seeks to Tap into Huge Natural Gas Rese
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2007年（十一月）
Abuja
28 November 2007
Nigeria plans to reform its gas sector 1 by introducing new pricing rules and providing infrastructure 2 to improve supplies to the domestic market. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that another key component 3 of the initiative is the enforcement of a ban on gas flaring 4 by 2008.
Analysts 5 say enough gas is flared 6 in Nigeria to supply half of the power needs of sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa.
Apart from Russia, Nigeria is the world's largest source of flaring, a method used by oil field operators to get rid of gas that is released as a byproduct of crude oil production. Besides wasting gas that can be used for import and export, flaring causes the release of carbon dioxide emissions 7 into the environment.
Oil companies operating in Nigeria have until now rebuffed pressures from environmentalists and local communities to reduce gas flaring. Nigeria is slowly working towards minimizing flares 8, and has established a zero flaring deadline for 2008.
Nigeria is the world's eighth largest exporter of crude oil and has the seventh biggest proven reserves of gas, but it lacks the infrastructure and investment to utilize 9 its valuable resource.
Osita Izunaso, chairman of Nigeria's Senate Committee on Gas, says revenues from gas could surpass that of oil in the next 10 years if infrastructure constraints 10 are addressed.
"Nigeria is discovered to be a gas province, because we have more gas in Nigeria than oil," he noted 11. "And in the next couple of years, approximately in a decade if we put in the right infrastructure for gas, certainly gas will be the mainstay of the economy. We have gas everywhere in Nigeria."
The government this week announced new pricing mechanisms 12 and plans to improve infrastructure for domestic gas use, particularly for power generators 13.
Nigeria currently produces less than 3,000 megawatts of electricity per day, grossly inadequate 14 for a country of 140 million people.
Efforts to turn gas into liquefied natural gas so far have been limited by the security situation in the oil-rich Niger Delta 15.
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
- Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
- A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls. 墙壁上装饰着廉价的花纸。
- Goebbels was flaring up at me. 戈塔尔当时已对我面呈愠色。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
- Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
- The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子，一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The cook will utilize the leftover ham bone to make soup.厨师要用吃剩的猪腿骨做汤。
- You must utilize all available resources.你必须利用一切可以得到的资源。
- Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
- What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么？ 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
- Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
- She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。