ESL Lesson 1
Oil in Our Every Day Life
ESL Lesson 2
The History of Mining
ESL Lesson 3
Economic growth
ESL Lesson 4
Delivery Systems
ESL Lesson 5
Cities and Population Movement
ESL Lesson 6
Recycling
ESL Lesson 7
Rubber
ESL Lesson 8
Farming
Russia says Oil Reserves Repletion Lags Production
Reuters, Tuesday April 6, 2006
MOSCOW - Russia is not renewing its oil reserves quickly enough to compensate (equalize) for booming (greatly increasing) production and could therefore lack enough resources to sustain (continue) current output levels after 2010, the government said on Tuesday.
The Natural Resources Ministry said in a statement Russian oil firms discovered a total of 240 million tonnes of new oil reserves last year, when they produced 421 million tonnes. In 2002, output stood at 380 million tonnes, while only 254 million tonnes of new reserves were discovered. “But starting from 2010 and especially after 2010 [the country] might lack proven reserves.” The Ministry said in a statement.
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Delivery Systems
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Economic growth
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Mexico
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Kuwait
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China
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U.K. and Norway
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Russia