offshore exploration

American drivers are counting on Congress to lift the ban on offshore exploration, and so are American workers.

我们的司机们也在期待国会解除禁令，全国的工人们也在期待。

So in June, I called on Congress to lift the legislative ban that prevents offshore exploration of parts of the Outer Continental Shelf, or OCS.

所以在六月，我呼吁国会解除关于阻止在部分大陆架（简称OCS）进行海上勘探的立法禁令。

First, Congress should open the way for environmentally responsible offshore exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf.

首先, 国会应该开放在环境上可靠的外层大陆架海面开发的道路.

The oil companies, meanwhile, have done some furtive checking on their own practices, to minimise the risk that they might suffer a similar accident, but they have all insisted that the disaster will make no difference to their plans for offshore exploration and development.

与此同时，石油公司私下里对自己的活动进行了一些核查，将自己遭遇类似事故的风险最小化。但它们都坚称，这场灾难不会影响其海上勘探和开发计划。