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

人们始担心液压法发页岩的做法会导致地震。

In between are several layers of dense shale rock.

中间是几层致密的页岩。

That shale is now at the bottom of the Badlands.

这个页岩现在位于荒地的底部。

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

液压法将北达科他州及其他地区页岩下的石油大量采出来。

The process of getting natural gas and oil out of sedimentary rock called shale.

从称为页岩的沉积岩中提取天然气和石油的过程。

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

这种通过压裂岩石来采石油或页岩气的方法引起了安全方面的担忧。

When they do, some of the new supplies will be used to generate electricity.

等这些国家始采时，新供应页岩气中的一部分将用于发电。

The book has a stab at outlining the potential impact of shale gas.

这本书陈列出了发页岩气的潜在影响，见解精辟。

A lot of the world's natural gas is found inside a type of rock called shale.

世界上很多天然气都存在于一种叫做页岩的岩石中。

So analysts view this as a big step in consolidating the shale oil industry in the US.

分析师认为，这是整合美国页岩油行业的一大。

We call rocks made of mud, Mudstone or sometimes Shale.

我们称由泥土、泥岩或有时页岩制成的岩石。

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

根廷已经始了一项大型钻探计划，以增加巴塔哥尼亚的页岩油气产量。

More recently, the supermajors' shale ambitions have grown.

最近，超级巨头的页岩油野心不断增强。

Decades later, amid different norms, the shale oil and gas booms had different effects.

几十年后，在不同的规范下，页岩油气的繁荣产生了不同的影响。

But shale oil is extracted using hundreds of small wells, so scaling back output is far easier if prices fall.

可页岩油的采需要数以百计的小油井，一旦油价下跌，缩减产量更容易。

So, Myles, what are these moves within the US shale oil industry mean for the transition to cleaner energy?

迈斯，美国页岩油行业的这些举措对向清洁能源的过渡意味着什么？

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页岩气，页岩是一种岩石。

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页岩与石油输出国组织经常发现的重质原油混合。

The acquisition expands Chevron's shale-oil assets in America's Permian basin, where Anadarko is a leading independent operator.

此次收购扩大了雪佛龙在美国二叠纪盆地的页岩油资产，纳达科是该地区领先的独立运营商。

Have you heard about utica shale or the process of fracking?

你听说过尤蒂卡的页岩 或水力压裂技术吗？