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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/oil_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Small Crowds at Texas Oil Technology Conference' data-article-id='1537'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8229'>Low oil prices have reduced oil exploration and development activity around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='8229' data-end-time='18750'>Tens of thousands of workers have lost jobs with oil companies and in the oil service industry in recent months.</span> <span data-start-time='18750' data-end-time='29208'>So it was no surprise that attendance was down at the recent Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas.</span> <span data-start-time='29208' data-end-time='39354'>The conference has been a meeting place for oil and gas industry representatives for the past 47 years. </span> <span data-start-time='39354' data-end-time='45063'>In other years, large crowds attended the event.</span> <span data-start-time='45063' data-end-time='51625'>A number of oil services companies were represented at the conference this month.</span> <span data-start-time='51625' data-end-time='62896'>That is because these businesses know that oil prices will one day rise and their services will be needed.</span> <span data-start-time='62896' data-end-time='68792'>Milo Lu works for the Chinese company HuangHua Group.</span> <span data-start-time='68792' data-end-time='78667'>He told VOA that low prices have reduced oil exploration activity almost everywhere.</span> <span data-start-time='78667' data-end-time='85750'>&ldquo;The only area that we still have something going on is probably (the) Middle East -- everywhere else its pretty dead.&rdquo;</span> <span data-start-time='85750' data-end-time='91708'>But he said it was important for his company to attend the conference this year.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/tex_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6187 data-hint-location='18750' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/what_does_offshore_mean.m4a'>What does offshore mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='located in the ocean away from the shore'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/located_in_the_ocean_away_from_the_shore.m4a'><span>located in the ocean away from the shore</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/until_a_later_time.m4a'><span>until a later time</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/above_the_ground.m4a'><span>above the ground</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/not_costing_a_lot_of_money.m4a'><span>not costing a lot of money</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6188 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/what_has_reduced_oil_development.m4a'>What has reduced oil development?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='low prices'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/oil_depletion.m4a'><span>oil depletion</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/demand.m4a'><span>demand</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/low_prices.m4a'><span>low prices</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/stock_market.m4a'><span>stock market</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=6189 data-hint-location='78667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/the_only_area_that_still_sees_oil_development_is_the__blank_.m4a'>The only area that still sees oil development is the <span class='blank'>Middle East</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Middle East'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/middle_east.m4a'><span>Middle East</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/everywhere.m4a'><span>everywhere</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/pacific.m4a'><span>Pacific</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1057/mediterranean.m4a'><span>Mediterranean</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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