- •625000, Тюмень, Володарского, 38.
- •625039, Тюмень, ул. Киевская, 52
- •A. Company research
- •Look through the text and find English equivalents to the expressions:
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the words from exercise 1.
- •Discuss which ways exist to research company. Which ways would you use? Describe three of them in details.
- •Read the article and check your answers.
- •Read the sentences and choose the right variant.
- •B. World’s leading companies
- •7. Which oil and gas companies do you know? What can you tell about them? To which countries are they related? In your opinion, what are the most successful companies?
- •9. Divide into two groups and analyze Chart 1 and Chart 2. Make a report about one of the charts. Describe as much point as possible, compare the data and make your conclusions. Use Application 1.
- •1. Match the words and their definitions:
- •2. Fill in the gaps using the words and expressions above:
- •3. Discuss the following questions:
- •4. Read the first part of the text and find English equivalents for the given words and expressions:
- •5. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions:
- •6. Read the second part of the text and answer the questions:
- •7. Match the parts of the sentences:
- •8. True or False? Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •9. Make a short report about the text.
- •1. Study the terms:
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions above. There are four words you needn’t use:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Read the text and check your answers:
- •6. Read the text and find English equivalents for the words and expressions:
- •8. Translate the text from Russian into English:
- •1. Study the terms:
- •3. Choose the odd one out in each line and explain your choice:
- •5. Read the text and say if the statements are true or false:
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •6. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below:
- •Injected submersible pumper drive
- •7. Describe the process of a tertiary recovery technique presented in the picture. Describe all the stages and the effects of this process. Use Application 1 to help you present your description:
- •1. Study the terms:
- •2. Read the text and say if the statements are true or false:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •Bibliography
7. Match the parts of the sentences:
To create a 'movie' of what is going on under the ground |
that it is now possible to incorporate the data obtained from different types of tests |
Although this technology is very useful |
an extremely important tool in the search natural gas |
3-D allows the geophysicist and geologist |
is one of the greatest innovations in the history of petroleum exploration |
3-D seismic imaging has become |
data to be collected from several thousand locations |
The use of computers to assemble geologic data into a 'map' of the underground |
allows the geophysicist and geologist to see a clear picture of the composition of the Earth's crust in a particular area |
The generation of 3-D images requires |
it is also very costly |
It is now possible to incorporate the data obtained from different types of tests |
the fourth dimension in 4-D imagining |
Time is |
different images are amalgamated |
Computer technology has advanced so far |
to create a 'visualization' of the underground formation |
8. True or False? Agree or disagree with the following statements.
a. Logging doesn’t have any meaning during the drilling process.
b. Seismology refers how energy, in the form of seismic waves, moves through the Earth's crust and interacts differently with various types of underground formations.
c. Three-D imaging utilizes seismic field data to generate a three dimensional 'picture' of underground formations and geologic features.
d. Drilling an exploratory well is the cheapest way to study formation.
e. Magnetometers were always able to survey a large area.
f. Trucks and geophones are used to survey a seabed.
g. In the early days of the industry, the only way of locating underground petroleum and natural gas deposits was to search for surface evidence of these underground formations.
h. Monitoring logs don’t show that the correct drilling equipment is used.
i. Computer allows processing of very large amounts of data, increasing the reliability and informational content of the seismic model.
j. There are two main types of computer-assisted exploration models.
9. Make a short report about the text.
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UNIT 3 WORLD OIL AND GAS RESERVES |
1. Study the terms:
Figure, n – data, numbers.
Pool, v - to form a pool, the only whole volume.
Recoverable, adj – smth that is able to be brought back to normal position, condition or quantity.
Infeasible, adj – impracticable.
Unconventional oil, n – a type of petroleum that is produced or obtained through techniques other than traditional oil well extraction.
Shale, n – a fissile rock that is formed by the consolidation of clay, mud, or silt, has a finely stratified or laminated structure, and is composed of minerals essentially unaltered since deposition.
Tar, n – a dark brown or black bituminous usually odorous viscous liquid obtained by destructive distillation of organic material (as wood, coal, or peat).
In situ, adv – in the natural or original position or place.
Prohibitevely, adv – almost certainly performed as predicted.
Gush out, v – to emit a sudden copious flow.
Rank, v – to arrange in lines or in a regular formation.
Confound, v – to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity.
Output, n – something produced.
Abundance, n – an ample quantity, wealth.