And then all eyes began once again turning back towards the gigantic Permian Basin over in west Texas.

然后，所有的目光又开始转向德克萨斯州西部巨大的二叠纪盆地。

The acquisition expands Chevron's shale-oil assets in America's Permian basin, where Anadarko is a leading independent operator.

此次收购扩大了雪佛龙在美国二叠纪盆地的页岩油资产，阿纳达科是该地区领先的独立运营商。

What we found here in the Permian Basin is that operators are wasting enough gas to heat about 2 million homes a year.

我们在Permian盆地发现，运营商浪费的天然气足以为约200万个家庭供暖一年。

Bnef predicts output in the Permian basin could rise by as much as 1m bpd by the end of 2023; ExxonMobil, an oil major, plans to increase output there by a quarter this year.

新能源财经（Bnef）预测，到2023年底，二叠纪盆地的日产量可能增加100万桶；石油巨头埃克森美孚计划今年将那里的产量增加四分之一。

And in the meantime, things weren't looking very good because, by 1974, the gigantic Permian Basin in Texas had reached its peak production and was providing nearly one-fourth of America's entire supply of oil.

与此同时，情况并不乐观，因为到 1974 年，德克萨斯州巨大的二叠纪盆地已经达到了产量的顶峰，提供了美国全部石油供应量的近四分之一。

Oil giants such as ExxonMobil and Chevron trod more gingerly into shalelands such as the Permian basin, not least because the wildcatters' expansionary zeal earned fracking a reputation for torching billions of investors' money.

埃克森美孚和雪佛龙等石油巨头更加谨慎地涉足二叠纪盆地等页岩地，尤其是因为这些野心勃勃的扩张热情为水力压裂赢得了烧毁数十亿投资者资金的名声。