China is hoping to follow America into a shale gas revolution.

中国希望能跟随美国进天然气改革。

In between are several layers of dense shale rock.

中间是几层致密的。

That shale is now at the bottom of the Badlands.

这个现在位于荒地的底部。

American refineries require that really light shale to be mixed with heavy crude which is often found with OPEC.

美国炼油厂要求真正轻质的与石油输出国组织常发现的重质原油混合。

It is often used to recover these fossil fuels from rock called shale.

这种技术通常用于从中提取石化燃料。

Southeast shore of Lake Erie, lots of shale on the cliffs.

伊利湖东南岸，悬崖上有大量。

Experts believe Europe might have trillions of cubic meters of shale gas. Shale is a kind of rock.

专家认为欧洲可能有数万亿平方米的气，是一种石。

The land at the bottom of the sea was black shale rock.

海底的土地是黑色石。

But each shale gas well needs 15,000 tonnes of water a year to run.

然而，一个天然气井需一年15,000吨水来运转。

Chevron's boss remarked that " the shale game has become a scale game."

“油开采已然成为一个规模游戏。”

Mr Baby, and thousands like him, are scouring America's shale beds.

有成千上万的工人和他一样，在美国的各个层发掘。

The shale deposit there has proven to be a treasure for the study of ancient life.

当地矿床已被证明是研究古代生命的宝库。

A wave of consolidation could be coming to the US shale oil industry.

美国油行业可能迎来一波整合浪潮。

Clay is also a rock; and when it has been pressed a great deal, it is called shale.

粘土也是一种石头，过大力挤压之后，叫做“”。

So Argentina has started a big program of drilling to increase shale oil and gas production in Patagonia.

阿根廷已开始了一项大型钻探计划，以增加巴塔哥尼亚的油气产量。

The real wild card is shale.

真正的不确定性因素是。

The process which involves the fracturing of rock to extract oil or shale gas inside has raised safety concerns.

这种通过压裂石来开采石油或气的方法引起了安全方面的担忧。

And fracking has unleashed a flood of oil formerly trapped in shale rock underneath North Dakota, among other places.

液压破碎法将北达科他州及其他地区下的石油大量开采出来。

Next year economic growth may tick up. Investors are pressing American shale companies to reduce spending and boost profits.

明年增长可能加快。投资者正在敦促美国油公司减少支出，提高利润。

Concerns about earthquakes have also been raised in connection with the practice of hydraulic fracking to produce shale gas.

人们开始担心液压破碎法开发的做法会导致地震。