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The project now involves dozens of companies, including BP, an oil major, and Socar and TPAO, the state oil companies of Azerbaijan and Turkey respectively.
现在该项目涉及几十家公司，包括石油巨头BP以及Socar 和TPAO，两家分别为阿塞拜疆和土耳其的国有石油公司6dl^1coKT2bd35g9#。
Despite the years of planning and complexity of the project, its capacity, at 16bn cubic metres per year, is about half what European planners had hoped.
虽然规划多年且项目复杂，但其每年160亿立方米的产能约为欧洲规划者所期待的一半SDEf5TqIS|%ol@MTtZa。
The SGC is set to meet just 2% of EU demand.
SGC仅能满足欧盟需求的2%TWbz,65I^+K[。
At market prices, SGC gas is competitive in Turkey and south-east European countries but not in the more distant western European markets.
在市场价格上，SGC天然气在土耳其和欧洲东南部很具竞争力，但在更远的西欧市场则失去了竞争力*MIe9G0)7kuQY^&o。
Moreover, one of its developers is Lukoil, an oil firm backed by Russia.
此外，其开发商之一是卢克石油，一家由俄罗斯支持的石油公司cscvTTczu8uL59*xsi。
In its current form the SGC therefore does little to curb dependence on Russia. That is unlikely to change, for two reasons.
在其目前的形式中，SGC确实无法抑制对俄罗斯的依赖nf=qJz!o7eLIZL8。这一点不可能改变，原因有两点(WTe|cB)j;。
First, in addition to NS2, Russia has devised its own plans to bring gas into southern Europe.
首先，除了NS2外，俄罗斯已计划将天然气运往南欧p_@r3LJQywIgvLRkq。
TurkStream, a pipeline to transport Russian gas across the Black Sea to Turkey, is scheduled to become operational this year.
TurkStream这条沿黑海将俄罗斯天然气运往土耳其的管道计划于今年运营11=IlZr,MmNkI。

Gazprom, Russia's energy giant (and NS2's sole shareholder), plans to build a second line to the EU and is negotiating its destination.
俄罗斯能源巨头Gazprom（也是NS2的唯一股东）计划建立通往欧盟的第二条线，线路终点还在协商中LX2(,Erhto。
That would make the EU-backed SGC even less competitive.
这将使EU支持的SGC更不具竞争力ktdXLPL1J~3#OXH-ae。
Second, changes that would make the SGC more commercially viable are unlikely.
第二，变化使得SGC更不可能具备商业利益可行性Jn6_cX]U&89。
Advocates of the project argue that they plan to double the volume of exports if more gas becomes available, notably from Turkmenistan.
该项目的支持者争辩称如果能够得到更多的天然气，尤其是来自土库曼斯坦的天然气，那么他们计划将出口量翻倍DA=]zXlGj0S5vwgk。
But the expansion would require new infrastructure and additional costs.
但是扩张需要新的设施和额外的成本ABCoU=cpXM|&9x。
A way of avoiding that would be to feed new gas from Turkmenistan into SGC through a swap deal involving transit through Iran.
避免这些需求的方法是通过交换协议（通过伊朗进行中转）从土库曼斯坦供送新的天然气到SGC
But renewed American sanctions on Iran preclude this option.
但是美国恢复对伊朗的制裁妨碍了这一选项^eb1sl%Nr+8F。
They also hinder the development of rich gas resources in Iran, which could have otherwise been exported to the EU.
他们还阻碍了伊朗丰富天然气资源的开发，否则这些天然气可以出口给欧盟QxBvOL0N2f&VLbnU。
At least one energy giant appears to take seriously the idea that the SGC could expand.
至少有一位能源巨头似乎认真考虑过SGC扩张的问题%-d!i[JbO5.e#AF。
But it will not reassure the EU that this firm is none other than Gazprom, whose chief executive has said it would bid for access.
但这无法消除EU的疑虑—这家公司正是俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司（Gazprom），其CEO表示公司将参与竞标!a0],4%CH=G--。
European rules require the SGC to open capacity expansion to the most cost-competitive supplier.
欧洲法规要求SGC对最有成本竞争力的供应商扩大生产力l_P=^D#6UX%U|-@5~T。
In that event, Gazprom's vast reserves and low costs would be hard to rival.
如果那样的话，则很难与Gazprom丰富的储量和低廉的成本竞争_.Dur*MEd1nP#|w。
A project touted as a way to diversify Europe's gas supply might end up providing an additional route for its current, unloved, supplier.
一个被吹捧为扩大欧洲天然气供应方法的项目，结果可能是为其目前失宠的供应商提供了额外的线路kexUk_%q2;gsWJKL6vBY。

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词语解释

1.involve涉及；卷入
If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government.
如果有掩盖真相的行为，它就牵扯到了处于政府最高层的那些人3n]K*f%*7-I0!JW#。
2.complexity 复杂性
I was astonished by the size and complexity of the problem.
这个问题的复杂性和涉及面之广使我感到惊讶tJfs_7XW8-^y%。
3.curb抑制
A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation.
为了抑制通货膨胀实施了一系列的政策2kf)M(2pT%w,[R,zy。
4.notably 尤其
The divorce would be granted when more important problems, notably the fate of the children, had been decided.
当更重要的问题，尤其是孩子们的命运被决定时，离婚就会获得批准8U(f4pv*~U]TnRE3aM。