摘要
石油和天然气工业是面临着能否满足将来能源需求的巨大挑战。尽管对全球石油供应多久将枯竭，有许多不同的意见，而有一件事我们可以确定的，就是在开采新的和困难的资源上，技术将充当关键的角色。
The oil and gas industry is faced with great challenges in meeting the energy demands of the future. While there are many different opinions on how long the global oil supply will last, one thing we can be sure of is that technology will play the pivotal role in exploiting new and difficult resources.
