VOA慢速英语20060811a
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：2006年慢速英语（八）月
ECONOMICS REPORT - Oil Company Shuts Down a Pipeline 1 at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the Largest Oil Field in the United StatesBy Mario Ritter
Broadcast: Friday, August 11, 2006
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
Oil pipelines 2 in Alaska
The oil company British Petroleum 3 has shut down a pipeline connecting the Prudhoe Bay oil fields in Alaska to the Trans-Alaska pipeline. The Prudhoe Bay field, north of the Arctic Circle, provides eight percent of America's oil production. It is the largest oil field in the United States.
On August seventh, B.P. said it had discovered a leak and a small oil spill of four or five barrels in the frozen arctic area. The company said thinning of the wall of the pipeline had taken place. At the time, B.P. said it was testing the thirty-five kilometer oil transit 4 pipeline.
Last Sunday, B.P. cut the flow of two hundred thousand barrels of oil a day. B.P. plans to shut down the rest of the line soon. The company says the four hundred thousand barrels of oil a day represent half of all the oil produced in Alaska's North Slope area.
On news of the shutdown, the price of oil increased three percent to about seventy-seven dollars a barrel.
The Department of Energy remains 5 hopeful that the reduction in oil production will be limited. On Wednesday, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman said he believed other supplies could be found to take the place of the Alaskan oil. But, experts say it would probably be months before the flow of oil from Prudhoe Bay returns to normal.
B.P. said it deeply regretted the action it had to take. It said it is using all necessary resources to complete the work. BP is not the only company affected 6 by the shutdown. The Wall Street Journal reports that oil companies Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips own even larger shares in Prudhoe Bay than B.P.
The shutdown is expected to affect the economy of the state of Alaska the most. Almost ninety percent of Alaska's money comes from taxes on oil. The state does not have a sales tax or income tax. The Associated Press reports that Alaska is losing more than six million dollars in oil taxes every day. Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski has temporarily stopped all hiring of new state employees. He has called for an investigation 7 of the shutdown.
The affected pipelines are not part of the Trans Alaska pipeline, but feed into it. B.P. owns forty-seven percent of the Trans-Alaska pipeline system.
And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter. Transcripts 8 and archives are at www.unsv.com. I'm Steve Ember.
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- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
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