The United States was not far behind with the discovery of the shallow-water Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska five years later.

5年后，美国继而在阿拉斯加发现了普拉德霍湾(Prudhoe Bay)的浅水油田。

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This summer Fu says she’s heading off to do an engineering internship for oil field services giant Schlumberger in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

Fu说她今年夏天正准备到以油田服务为主的斯伦贝谢实习，此公司位于阿拉斯加州的普拉德霍湾。

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Then the giant Prudhoe Bay field was discovered and everyone ran off to work there instead.

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BP's stake in the Prudhoe Bay field is only 26%, meaning that its production loss amounts to 50, 000 barrels per day.

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We're talking about the loss here, by the way, of 400, 000 barrels of oil every day while the flow is shut down in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil field.

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