That falling demand pushed down global prices and, ironically, hurt U.S. frackers.

需求的减少使得全球油价下跌，令人感到讽刺的人，也损害了美国采用液压破裂法的石油公司。

One reason is that America's frackers have continued to pump more oil.

其中一个原因是美国的水力压裂组织在继续开采更多的石油。

But investors have grown impatient with frackers' meagre profits.

但投资者已经对石油公司的微薄利润失去了耐心。

But the authors go on to blame the government, not green campaigners, for holding the frackers up.

但是报告的撰写者旨在批评政府暂停油井开采，并非环保主义者。

In January it promised to let local councils keep all the money frackers pay in business rates, up from half at present.

今年一月，以市场价支付补偿，目前只有市场价的一半。

The biggest frackers have also responded to pressure from Wall Street to increase returns rather than output.

最大的水力压裂公司也回应了华尔街的压力，要求增加回报而不是产量。

It was conquered by wildcat frackers, who came up with clever ways of horizontal drilling and releasing oil trapped in the rock formations.

它被野猫压裂者征服了，他们想出了水平钻井和释放岩层中困油的巧妙方法。

They're trying to put the shale gas revolution on hold. They're trying to flood the market with oil and drive prices even lower in the hopes the frackers will stop fracking.

他们试图遏制液压破碎法。他们想要通过石油占领市场，把油价压到更低，希望液压破碎法退出。

A lot of the banks that lend money to the frackers are a little bit tighter with their wallet right now because they are concerned about the long-term viability of this industry.

很多以前借钱给石油开采商的银行现在都收紧了钱包，因为他们担心这个行业长远的发展。