墨西哥湾漏油"后事"花费超30亿美元

　　BP石油泄漏花费超30亿

　　The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has so far cost BP a total of $3.12bn (?2bn), the company has said. The total includes the cost of containing the spill and cleaning up the oil, and the cost of drilling relief wells. It also includes the $147m paid out in compensation to some of those affected by the spill. But BP again warned that the total cost of the spill is likely to be much higher. The cost is already significantly higher than the $2.65bn cost reported a week ago. BP said there were now 44,500 people working on the spill response - nearly 5,000 more than a week ago.

　　根据来自英国石油公司方面的消息，为处理墨西哥湾石油泄漏事件，该公司花费已逾三十一亿两千万美元，其中包括收集、清理漏油、打钻减压油井，以及向被漏油事件所影响的居民支付一亿四千七百万补偿金。但是该公司同时表示该事件需要支付的花费将远高于这个数字。而这个数字已经大大超过了一周前报道的二十六亿五千万美元。该公司称目前有四万四千五百名员工正为处理该事件努力——比上周增加五千名。

　　But the company also confirmed that efforts to collect oil from the surface of the water had been temporarily placed on hold due to Hurricane Alex, which is currently passing through the region. Oil is continuing to leak into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April. BP said two relief wells being drilled to stop the leak are still on course for completion by August.

　　英国石油公司同时确认因飓风“Alex”目前正要刮过该区域，从海面收集漏油的工作只能暂时停止。自从今年四月“深水地平线”钻井平台发生爆炸之后，原油就在源源不断地流向墨西哥湾。而该公司表示，为阻止石油继续泄漏而打钻两个减压井的工程目前正在进行中，并将在8月完工。