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Large natural gas field discovered in Xinjiang

文章来源：文章作者：发布时间：2007-05-22 03:08 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Chinanews, Urumqi, May 21 – A large natural gas field, which is expected to generate¹ 1.47 million cubic meters of natural gas every day, has been found near the Karamay oilfield. This is the largest natural gas field that has ever been found in Xinjiang, the Xinjiang Oilfield Company declared last Friday.

The natural gas field is located in the southern rim² of the Junggar Basin, with the total reserves reaching nearly 30 billion cubic meters.

According to the Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Junggar Basin has 8.6 billion tons of oil reserves and 2.1 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves in total. At present, the amount of verified³ oil reserves reaches less than one-third of the total and the verification rate of oil resources in the basin amounts to only 20%. Meanwhile, the amount of natural gas reserves that has been verified in the basin was less than 100 billion cubic meters.

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1 generate
vt.生成，产生（光、热、电等）导致
参考例句：
We need someone to generate new ideas.我们需要有人出新主意。 This book will continue to generate excitement for a long time.这本书将在很长一段时间里继续使人们为之激动。

2 rim
n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界
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The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。 She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。

3 verified
adj.已证实的，已查清的v.[计算机]检验( verify的过去式和过去分词)；证实；[军械]核查；查对
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The police verified that she had an airtight alibi. 警方查明她有着无懈可击的不在犯罪现场的证据。来自《简明英汉词典》 Subsequent events verified that his judgement was at fault. 接着发生的事件证实了他的判断有误。来自《简明英汉词典》

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