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BP has been licensed to drill for oil in the area.

英国石油公司获得许可在此石油。

After drilling for several weeks they finally struck oil.

在了几个星期后, 他们终于发现了油矿。

It's a mean of geotechnical investigation, including borehole surveying, costeaning, trenching exploration, test pitting, hole exploration, geophysical exploration and penetration sounding.

岩土工程勘察一种手段，包括、井、槽、坑、洞以及物、触等。

It is the reason why the wildcatter, the independent oilman whose test drillings might come up dry 20 times before gushing in the end, is an enduring Texas symbol.

这就是为什么那些在投机商，那些个体石油商在石油喷发前可能要试多达二十次，这也是德州一直以来标志。