- •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:
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- •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
6. Read the text and find English equivalents for the words and expressions:
cуточная норма; баррель в день; извлекаемые запасы нефти; улучшить результат; относительно небольшая область; избыток ресурсов месторождения; временный спад; подобно, так же.
The world gets its daily ration of 85 million barrels of oil from more than 4,000 fields. Most of these are small, less than 20,000 barrels per day. Giants, producing more than 100,000 bpd, account for just 3%. Then there's the megafields that gush out 1 million bpd. These are the most important sources of energy in the world.
Ghawar, in Saudi Arabia, ranks first. It is thought to have had more than 100 billion barrels of recoverable oil in place. At 160 miles long and 16 miles wide it confounds even the most experienced geologists. The Saudis insist that Ghawar is still going strong, producing 4.5 million bpd from six main producing areas with the ability to do 5 million bpd.
Second is West Qurna, in Iraq, home to an expected 21 billion barrels of oil. The developers will aim to raise output from 300,000 bpd to 2.3 million bpd.
Third is Majnoon, also in Iraq. At 13 billion barrels, these massive reserves are in a relatively small area near the Euphrates River in southern Iraq. The field's abundance was so frightening that it was named Majnoon, Arabic for "crazy." The field produces just 50,000 bpd now, but has the potential to do 1.8 million bpd.
The Rumaila field in Iraq, with 17 billion barrels, is the fourth-largest field. Located on the border with Kuwait, the field is already producing 1 million bpd, half of Iraq's total production.
What oil fields are out of the list? Mexico's Cantarell is nowhere to be seen. It used to be the second-biggest producer in the world, giving more than 2 million bpd; it's now in terminal decline, slipping below 400,000 bpd. Likewise Russia's Samotlor. It was the monster field of the Soviet Union, with production peaking at 3.5 million bpd in the 1970s. Today it's doing more like 350,000 bpd.
7. Look at the map. Find the fields mentioned in the text. Find other giant oil fields and compare their location. Tell about possible troubles and profits of work at these fields. Use Application 1 to help you present your ideas.
8. Translate the text from Russian into English:
Доказанные запасы нефти в России составляют около 6,6 млрд. тонн, или 5% от мировых запасов. На территории России открыто около 2000 нефтяных и нефтегазовых месторождений, крупнейшие из которых находятся на шельфе Сахалина, Баренцева, Карского и Каспийского морей. Большая часть разведанных запасов нефти сосредоточена в Западной Сибири и на территории Уральского федерального округа. В Восточной Сибири и на Дальнем Востоке добыча нефти практически не ведется. Наиболее старыми и истощенными районами нефтедобычи в России являются Урало-Поволжье, Северный Кавказ и остров Сахалин.
Самотлорское нефтяное месторождение (Самотлор) — крупнейшее в России и одно из крупнейших в мире месторождений нефти. К 1997 году из Самотлорского месторождении за тридцать лет было добыто более 1,9 млрд т. нефти. Добыча упала до 36 тыс. т. в день; предполагалось, что месторождение практически исчерпано. Однако современные технологии позволяют несколько увеличить отдачу.
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