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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
reluctant reserve
By 2003, however, the Forties field was in decline. Production had peaked in 1979, and most of the easy oil had been pumped out long ago. Now it was costing more and more to get less and less from the reservoir deep below the tumultuous seas. It wasn’t the sort of field that BP wanted to hang onto. Under (chief executive) John Browne, the company wanted big new discoveries with fast payouts.
It didn’t want to squeeze reluctant reserves from old, lingering fields.
BP planned to sell its interest in the Forties field and all its platforms to Apache Corporation, a Houston-based oil company.
I know the common meaning of this word, but it's so weird here that I don't know the meaning.
It didn’t want to squeeze reluctant reserves from old, lingering fields.
BP planned to sell its interest in the Forties field and all its platforms to Apache Corporation, a Houston-based oil company.
I know the common meaning of this word, but it's so weird here that I don't know the meaning.
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"reserves" refers to the remaining stores of oil in the oil field. "reluctant" means that the oil was hard to extract (did not "want" to be extracted).
- "reserves" refers to the remaining stores of oil in the oil field.
- "reluctant" means that the oil was hard to extract (did not "want" to be extracted).
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"reserves" refers to the remaining stores of oil in the oil field.
"reluctant" means that the oil was hard to extract (did not "want" to be extracted).
"reluctant" means that the oil was hard to extract (did not "want" to be extracted).
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