巴西暂时禁止雪佛兰采油

时间：2011-11-24 08:00:38

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Brazil is temporarily banning the American company, Chevron1, from drilling for oil in its territory.

巴西临时禁止美国雪佛兰公司在其境内开采石油。

The National Petroleum2 Agency (ANP) said it would suspend Chevron's activities in Brazil until it had established the cause of an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

Chevron has apologised for the leak, but has stressed it acted as rapidly and safely as possible to contain it.

The Brazilian government has fined Chevron $28m (£18m) for the spill.

Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said Chevron could face further fines if an investigation3 into the spill revealed more infractions.

ANP also rejected a Chevron request to drill a deeper well in the Frade field in order to reach sub-salt fields, which could hold reserves of more than 100bn barrels of high-quality recoverable oil.

It said such drilling would "pose risks to the environment similar to those that occurred in the well where the spill occurred, but bigger and magnified by the greater depth".

Chevron apology

The head of Chevron's Brazil operation, George Buck4, appeared before the lower house of the Brazilian parliament to apologise for the leak.

He said the company respected Brazil and the Brazilian people, its environment, laws and institutions.

"We are going to thoroughly5 investigate the accident and present the results to the Brazilian people... so that this does not happen again either here or in any other part of the world," Mr Buck said.

Brazilian authorities said the spill was now under control and the oil slick（水面浮油） had been reduced to two square kilometres.

ANP said the leak released between 200 and 330 barrels a day at the height of the spill.

The head of the ANP, Haroldo Lima, said the accident was "serious, but not major".

He said there was "no comparison" between this spill and last year's disaster at BP's Macondo well in the Gulf6 of Mexico, where 11 people died and about 3,000 barrels a day were leaked.

In recent years Brazil has discovered billions of barrels of oil in deep water that could make it one of the world's top five producers.


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1 chevron IUxyX     
n.V形臂章；V形图案
参考例句：
  • He wore shoulderstrap rank slides with sergeant's chevrons.他佩戴标示级别的肩章，上面有中士的V形标志。
  • The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.V形或箭头路标表示有向左或向右的急转弯。
2 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。
3 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • 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。
4 buck ESky8     
n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃
参考例句：
  • The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
  • The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。
5 thoroughly sgmz0J     
adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地
参考例句：
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
6 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

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