A wave of consolidation could be coming to the US shale oil industry.

美国页岩油行业可能迎来一波整合浪潮。

It also reveals the idea that shale oil might guarantee energy security to be a fallacy.

这也揭示了页岩油可能保障国家能源安全的观点是一种谬论。

Shale oil is already gushing out of the ground in America, displacing imports to the world's largest consumer.

作为全球最大的石油消费国，美国国内的页岩油早已喷薄而出，开始替代进口石油。

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

阿根廷已经开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。

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步。

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

可页岩油的开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?

迈尔斯，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？

ExxonMobil's purchase of Pioneer could reshape the US shale oil industry, and Israel is stepping up its offensive in Gaza.

埃克森美孚收购 Pioneer 可能重塑美国页岩油行业，而以色列正在加大对加沙的攻势。

But in the U.S. there’s a shale oil boom.

但在美国，出现了页岩油繁荣。

But in the last decade, the rise of shale oil has made the United States the leading producer, though not exporter of oil.

但在过去10年里，页岩油热潮使美国成为最大的石油生产国，但不是石油出口国。

Before 2008, the United States imported most of its crude but technological innovation allowed U.S. companies to tap into vast shale oil reserves.

2008年之前，美国大部分原油依靠进口，但技术革新使美国公司得以开采巨大的页岩油储量。

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。

And even better, the massive Texan shale oil and gasfield are all perhaps the strategically well-located of all the major petroleum reserves on the planet.

更妙的是，德克萨斯州的大型页岩油气田可能是地球上所有主要石油储备的战略要地。

Shale oil and gas are extracted using pressurized fluid to blast the product out from the rock, a process known as hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking.'

页岩油和页岩气是通过承压流体开打碎岩石从而获得产品的，这个过程被称作“水压致裂”法。

It thanks in large part to drops in crude oil prices that are fueled by the shale oil boom in Texas, North Dakota and Canada.

这要感谢得克萨斯州、北达科塔州和加拿大充裕的页岩油产量大幅拉低了原油价格。

Overlap the map of Texan shale oil and gas fields with Texan population density and remember the 22 million people that live within the Texas Triangle.

将德克萨斯州页岩油气田地图与德克萨斯州的人口密度重叠起来，就会发现德克萨斯三角区内居住着 2200 万人口。

Flynn said the rise in the number of wells, and developing and expanding the system to refine and transport shale oil, are game changers for U.S.energy independence.

他表示油井的增多、提炼和运输系统的发展和壮大对美国的能源独立而言是个转折点。

The EIA's estimates for shale oil, not included in the 2011 numbers, are a staggering 345 billion barrels, adding a tenth to the world's total oil resources.

同时EIA还估算，除去2011年的储量，全球未探明页岩油储量竟然有3450亿桶，占全球石油总资源的十分之一。

Instead, the massive Texan shale oil and gas fields, among the largest anywhere in the world, can be found almost precisely where many of America's largest cities and most advanced infrastructure had already been built.

相反，德克萨斯州的大型页岩油气田是世界上最大的油气田之一，几乎就在美国许多最大的城市和最先进的基础设施已经建成的地方。