BP阿拉斯加油田再次开门

British Petroleum¹ has put someone new in charge of their operations in Alaska, where they spilled 800,000 gallons of oil in March and where they shut down the biggest oil field in the United States in August because of pipeline² corrosion³. BP is the largest oil and natural gas producer in the United States. Doug Suttles, who was in charge of BP's operations on Russia's Sakhalin island, will be the new head of the Alaskan unit. He replaces Steve Marshal, who is moving into a new position just created by BP: vice⁴ president of a BP training academy, where he will focus on operational issues such as safety. Safety is a big issue with BP's U.S. operations since 15 workers were killed at a BP refinery⁵ in Texas; a new report by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board says that BP was aware of "significant safety problems at the Texas City refinery" well before the explosions.

1 petroleum   

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。

2 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

3 corrosion   

n.腐蚀，侵蚀；渐渐毁坏，渐衰

参考例句：

• Corrosion is not covered by the warranty.腐蚀不在保修范围之内。
• Zinc is used to protect other metals from corrosion.锌被用来保护其他金属不受腐蚀。

4 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。

5 refinery   

n.精炼厂，提炼厂

参考例句：

• They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。