Could you deliver the drillers sooner?

你方的钻机能否早点交货?

Geologists, scientists who study rocks,indicate the likely places to the oil drillers .

研究岩石的科学家即地质学家给石油钻井工指明可能产生油处。

When the drill goes down,it brings up soil.The samples of soil from various depths are examined for traces of oil.If they are disappointed at one place,the drillers go to another.

钻头钻下去，把土带上来。人们检验从不同深处带上来的土样以探明油迹。如果一处落空了，钻井工就转移到另一处。

||1:Campaigners have long complained that money from oil and minerals props up predatory governments, and lobbied firms to publish what they pay.||2:Big Western miners and drillers have taken heed: the top five on TI’s list are all involved in natural resources.||3:Many firms, however, are reluctant to answer probing questions from Western busybodies: Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas giant, scores zero on the first and third measures.

||1:那些以权谋私的政府是靠着源自原油和矿产的资金来维系生存的，政治运动家们对此抱怨已久，他们也一直在游说公司们公开支付的各项费用。||2:而西方采矿大亨和石油巨头对此都很注意：透明国际在此项列表中的前五名都涉及自然资源产业。||3:但是，然而，面对国际透明度这个西方好事者的刨根问底，许多公司都不愿回应：俄气，俄罗斯国有天然气巨子，在第一和第三项标注上都是零分。

||1:Some of these problems are simply signs of age.||2:Britain’s offshore fields have gushed for longer than pioneers expected; as a result, much time and cash must be spent maintaining ageing kit.||3:As the most profitable reserves dwindle, drillers are opening up smaller fields in more difficult locations, such as the deep, wild waters found west of the Shetland Islands.

||1:这些问题的一部分仅仅是老化的迹象。||2:英国海上油田的开采程度比开发者们所预想的更深远；也因此，要花费大量的资金和时间来对老化的套件进行维修。||3:带来巨大效益的储量在日趋减少，因此，在更难开发的位置以钻井开发小领域正在进行，比如在设德兰群岛西部的远海深水海域。

Loy Sneary is now negotiating with drillers in Texas and is working on a project in West Virginia. He also is looking at other states.

斯尼里正与德克萨斯州的钻井方谈判，并致力于西弗吉尼亚州的一个项目。他还在考虑其它州。