Contents

UNIT 1. OIL AND GAS

Text 1 ………………………………………………………….….3

Text 2 Oil and Gas Composition……….……………………….. 4

Text 3 Oil and Natural Gas Formation…………………………...8

Text 4 Characteristics of Reservoir Rock…………….…….. …..10

Text 5 Types of Petroleum Traps…………..…………………....14

Text 6 Finding the Oil………………..……………………….…16

Oil and Gas Quiz…………………………………………………18

UNIT 2. FROM THE HISTORY OF OIL INDUSTRY

Text 1 Petroleum History ………………………………………..19

Text 2 Petroleum Timeline…………………………………...….24

Text 3 From the History of Oil Production in Russia………….. 29

Text 4 The Birth of the Industry …………………………….…..31

Text 5 The Rise of the Soviet Oil Industry……………………….32

Text 6 ………………………………………………….…………33

Text 7 Further Development………… ……………………...…..36

Text 8 Modern Development of Oil and Gas Industry in Russia...36

Text 9 The Role of Oil and Gas in Our Life………………….….38

Text 10 Oil and Gas Consumption…………………………....….40

Text 11The Future of Oil……………………………………..…..43

Text 12 Oil Prices…………………..………………………..…...46

UNIT 3 WORKING IN OIL INDUSTRY

Text 1 Jobs on the Rig…………………………………...….……48

Text 2 How to Get a Job in the Oil Industry………………..……51

Text 3 The Petroleum Industry……………………………….….54

Text 4 Oil Industry has Lost its Luster?.........................................56

Contents……………………………….……………………….…60

Bibliography………………………………………………….…..61

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