Oil wells weren't drilled back then. They were essentially dug.

那时还没有钻油井。石油基本上是靠挖出来的。

And here, there has been a successful recovery injecting the water back into the wells.

而这里，人们功地将水重新注入油井。

Red Adair developed modern methods to extinguish and cover burning oil wells.

雷德·亚戴尔开发了灭火和盖油井的现代方法。

The desert sand around the well had melted into glass from the extreme heat.

极高的温度下，油井周围的沙子了玻璃。

It says that proper oversight can limit the environmental and health risks associated with fracking.

委员会还称，适当的监管会控制油井开采对环境和健康方面的危害。

Oil wells, GlassPoint's founders noticed, are far less demanding consumers in these respects.

玻璃点太阳能公司的创始人注意到，这些方面，油井是要求少的多的消费者（消耗者）。

But the problem starts before these wells are abandoned.

但问油井弃置前已经出现了。

Rawthan now works for Schlumberger where she collects information from oil wells.

拉森现美国斯伦贝谢公司工作，那里，她负责收集油井方面的信息。

As wildcatters rushed to the region, small refineries started popping up all over the place.

随着盲目开采油井者涌入该地区，小型炼油厂开始各处涌现。

On February twenty-third, the Iraqis set fire to hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells.

2月23日，伊拉克人放火烧毁数百口威特油井。

Oil driller has to save the world from an asteroid. He does.

钻油井工人拯救地球免受小行星撞击 而且功了。

Well, it costs money for a producer to shut a well down.

因为生产商关闭油井要花钱。

Travelers on the road used to pass resorts, gold mines, oil wells, railroad stops, and ranches.

路上的游客以前都会经过度假村、金矿、油井、火车站和牧场。

Adair also developed special equipment made of bronze metal to help extinguish oil well fires.

亚戴尔还开发了青铜金属制的特殊设备，以帮助扑灭油井火灾。

Part of the problem is that several government agencies share responsibility for approving fracking applications.

之所以出现这个问，有部分原因是因为有几个政府部门同时监管批准油井的开采。

A boat hit a well head last night in the shallow waters of coast of Louisiana.

昨晚路易斯安那州海岸浅水域一艘船撞到了一座关闭的油井。

The company says the well been shut down for several years after it became inactive.

该公司表示油井不活跃后关闭多年。

Money flows and oil wells explode.

金钱如潮涌来 油井不断开采。

But the authors go on to blame the government, not green campaigners, for holding the frackers up.

但是报告的撰写者旨批评政府暂停油井开采，并非环保主义者。

And once you've shut a well down, sometimes it can be hard to get it back up.

油井关闭后，有时很难重开。