There is a scramble for these newly-uncovered resources. There is a new Arctic oil rush.

现在他们争相夺取这些新发现的能源，争相开采北极的石油。

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WHEN BP branded itself as “Beyond Petroleum”, and the fashionable colour among oil companies was green, Exxon Mobil stood aloof from the rush to embrace alternative sources of energy.

当英国石油公司（BP）标榜自己为“BP——Beyond Petroleum 超越石油”，而且各家石油企业崇尚环保的浓浓绿意之时，埃克森美孚（Exxon Mobil）却远离拥抱替代能源的时尚潮流。

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Or take the case of Verenex, a small Canadian oil firm that joined the rush into Libya in 2005 and struck an exciting find.

或者举verenex的案例，vernex是加拿大一家小型油公司，它于2005年加入涌向利繁荣市场的大军中并且得到了令人振奋的发现，它的几乎全部财产都在利比亚。

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Family members rush to take advantage of every precious drop before the afternoon, filling plastic jugs,oil drums, and pails with water for use by the 15 people who live in this home.

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When speculators start unwinding their oil futures positions, the rush for the exits will begin, pushing down oil prices.

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Indeed, a rush to oil is a flight of talent and capital to the basic, easily taxable and regulatable commercial concepts of yesterday.

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