尼加拉瓜钻第一口勘探油井

 　　MANAGUA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. firm Noble Energy Inc. will begin drilling on Nicaragua's first exploration oil well in August under a government concession¹, the company announced Wednesday.

　　The well is near the town of Puerto Cabezas, which is on the northern side of the Caribbean coast, Susan M. Cunningham, the company's Vice² President, was quoted as saying by Nicaragua's state-run news website El 19 Digital.

　　The U.S. company was granted the concession to explore, develop and produce hydrocarbons⁴ in the areas of Isabel, 114 kilometers south of Puerto Cabezas, and Tyra, which is further south on the Caribbean coast.

　　The initial stage of the project could see an investment of 90 million to 335 million U.S. dollars, and if successful, the development stage would begin, Cunningham said. That would mark the beginning of billions of dollars of investment in the Central American country, she added.

　　If hydrocarbons are found in the Nicaraguan Caribbean, the company estimates, it could extract from 200 million to one billion barrels of oil.

　　"If we are successful ... we will fulfill⁵ the country's hydrocarbon³ needs with potential for export," Cunningham said.

　　"The probability of success for the exploration well is 25 percent, and that percentage is not bad at all for a project of this nature," she added.

1 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 hydrocarbon   

n.烃，碳氢化合物

参考例句：

• During incomplete combustion some of the hydrocarbon fuel is cracked.在不完全的燃烧中，一些烃燃料裂解。
• The hydrocarbon must be an alkene.这个碳氢化合物必定是烯烃。

4 hydrocarbons   

n.碳氢化合物，烃( hydrocarbon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Hydrocarbons (HC), like carbon monoxide, represent unburned and wasted fuel. 碳氢化合物(HC)像一氧化碳一样，为未燃尽的和被浪费掉的燃料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• With this restricted frequency range it is not applicable to hydrocarbons. 这个较紧缩的频率范围不适用于烃类。 来自辞典例句

5 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。