| 1. | Oil exploration is inherently probabilistic .
石油勘探本来就是带有概率性的。 |
| 2. | A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore .
一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。 |
| 3. | The targets in oil exploration are deeper than in mineral respecting .
石油勘探的目地层比矿物勘探的深。 |
| 4. | Such unconformities have considerably practical significance in oil exploration .
这种不整合面在石油勘探中具有很大实际意义。 |
| 5. | The introduction of geological time into our reasoning is of prime importance for petroleum exploration .
对石油勘探而言，把地质时间引入我们的推论是最重要的。 |
| 6. | Thus it should be apparent to the reader that the principles and methods discussed have application to petroleum exploration problems throughout the world .
这样读者将会明白，书中所讨论的一些原理和方法已经应用于世界各地的石油勘探工作中。 |
| 7. | Magnetic surveys are useful in oil exploration only for determining basement depths so as to cast light on the existence and geometry of sedimentary basins .
磁力测量在石油勘探中的用途仅仅是为了确定基底深度，以便查明沉积盆地的存在及其几何形态。 |
| 8. | In terms of petroleum exploration, diagenesis is an immature stage when mostly carbon dioxide, water, and some methane and heavy hetero-compounds are generated .
在石油勘探术语中，成岩作用是一个未成熟阶段，这时多半生成二氧化碳，水，一些甲烷和重质杂化合物。 |
| 9. | Oil-exporting countries found that they could now circumvent the eight international "majors" which had held sway over oil production, prices, and exploration in the opec countries .
石油输出国发现，他们现在能够击败八家“大”国际石油公司了，这些公司过去曾控制“石油输出组织”成员国的石油生产，石油价格和石油勘探。 |
| 10. | Their team will undertake exploration for oil
他们队将着手进行石油勘探工作。 |
