双语新闻：美国石油日产量达44年来峰值

2014-06-24 11:50:57来源：可可英语

　　US production of liquid petroleum is surpassing its previous peak, reached in 1970, in the latest landmark for the country’s shale oil boom.

　　美国液化石油制品的日产量正在超过1970年达到的峰值，这对美国的页岩油繁荣来说是又一个里程碑。

　　Four decades of decline in US oil output have been reversed in just five years of growth.

　　持续40年的美国石油日产量下跌势头已经被5年来的增长逆转。

　　Petroleum production, including crude oil and related liquids, known as condensate, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) such as ethane, was 11.27m barrels per day in April, almost equalling the peak of 11.3m b/d reached as an average for 1970. Recent growth rates suggest that it has now exceeded that figure.

　　石油产品包括原油和被称为“冷凝物”的相关液体，以及乙烷这类天然气凝析液(NGL)。今年4月，美国石油产品的日产量为1127万桶，这差不多与1970年平均每天1130万桶的峰值相等。而近期的增长率则暗示这一数字如今已被超过。

　　The composition of US production today is not the same as in the early 1970s, in that it has a higher proportion of NGLs, which have a lower energy content and value than crude oil. Crude production of 8.3m b/d in April was still well short of its record high of 10m b/d in November 1970.

　　如今，美国石油产品的构成和上世纪70年代初并不相同，其中天然气凝析液所占的比重较大。与原油相比，这种天然气凝析液所含的能量较低，价值也不如原油。今年4月，美国每天的原油产量为830万桶，仍然大大低于1970年11月每天1000万桶的创纪录峰值。

　　Even so, the rebound in US output has refuted claims that it was in irreversible long-term decline. Forecasts from the US Energy Information Administration suggest that crude production will also come close to its 1970 peak in the next few years.

　　即便如此，美国石油产品日产量的反弹，仍驳斥了美国石油产量处于不可逆转的长期下跌状态的说法。此外，来自美国能源情报署(US Energy Information Administration)的预测暗示，美国原油日产量也将在今后几年接近美国1970年的峰值。

　　The US is already the world’s largest producer of oil and gas, taken together, and is one of the top three in terms of oil alone, alongside Russia and Saudi Arabia.

　　美国目前已经是全球最大的油气生产国。只看石油日产量，美国是全球三大石油生产国之一(另外两大产油国是俄罗斯和沙特阿拉伯)。

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