- •Unit 1. Leading Companies of Oil and Gas Industry
- •Chevron: Providing Energy for Human Progress
- •Preparing for an interview
- •Category 2. Questions about Education
- •Modal Expressions: Ability and Inability
- •Unit 2. Business Conduct and Ethics Code of an Engineer
- •Code of Business Policies of tnk-bp
- •Canons of Professional Conduct
- •Modal Expressions: Scale of Likelihood
- •Improbability:
- •Impossibility:
- •Unit 3. Delivering Innovative Technology
- •Delving Deeper: Unlocking Offshore Energy
- •Presentation as a Special Communicative Genre
- •1. Communicative act
- •2. Attention Curve
- •3. Mode of Delivery
- •Types of Public Speeches
- •Informative speeches
- •Persuasive speeches
- •Goodwill (ceremonial) speeches
- •The Structure of a Presentation
- •Introduction
- •Conclusion
- •Information Organisation Patterns
- •1. Field m Development History
- •2. Drilling in Extreme Northern Regions
- •3. Abiogenic Petroleum Origin
- •Modal Expressions: Obligation
- •Unit 4. Company Profile and Records
- •Language of Presentations: Style and Typical Constructions
- •1. Style: communication instead of performing
- •Most audiences prefer a relatively informal approach. Compare the two variants with different degree of formality. Which one do you prefer?
- •Predominance of passive voice
- •Long attributive groups
- •Typical constructions
- •1. Introducing the topic
- •2. Previewing your speech
- •4. Closing a point / Changing the subject
- •11. Concluding your speech
- •12. Distributing support documentation
- •13. Closing formalities
- •14*. Transitions in a group presentation (combination of one speaker’s summary and another speaker’s preview) – should provide natural and logical flow of ideas.
- •Effective Vocal Techniques
- •1. Articulation / Word Stress
- •2. Pausing
- •3. Sentence Stress
- •4. Intonation
- •Body Language
- •Powerpoint Presentation Building Tool
- •Illustrations
- •Prepare a ‘Cue-Card’ Outline
- •1. Signaling your readiness to answer the questions
- •2. Handling Interruptions
- •5. Offering help to clarify information
- •A) Agree to a request q: Could we see that slide again?
- •Evaluation form
- •Modal expressions with perfect infinitive
- •Unit 5. Communication at Work
- •Questionnaire: Are You a Model Employee?
- •1. Understanding Responsibilities
- •2. Meetings (I)
- •3. Meetings (II)
- •4. General Workplace Communication
- •5. Regulations
- •6. Purpose of Job
- •Play Well With Others: Develop Effective Work Relationships
- •Department / departmental meeting
- •Roles at the meeting: chairperson
- •Roles at the meeting: participant
- •Meetings: Politeness strategies
- •Present Tenses
- •Present Simple and Present Continuous
- •Present Perfect
- •Unit 6. Safety at the Working Place
- •The Role of hse Issues in Petroleum Technology
- •Development of Petroleum Technology
- •The Ways to Combat Pollution from Petroleum Industry
- •Information Accentuation Techniques
- •1. Emphasis
- •Intensification
- •Emphatic attitude
- •Stressing auxiliaries and negatives
- •2. Rhematization – main idea at the beginning
- •3. Rhetorical questions
- •4. Creating rapport
- •Question tags
- •Negative question forms
- •Past tenses
- •Past Simple and Past Continuous
- •Past Perfect
- •Unit 7. Geology
- •Bodies of rock
- •Types of rock
- •Geological processes
- •Geologic features
- •Miscellaneous
- •Geology Quiz – Rocks and Minerals
- •Geoscience: introduction
- •Petroleum geology
- •Active vs Passive Voice
- •Unit 8. Formation Evaluation
- •Investigation of Reservoir Rocks
- •Interrelationships between Formation Evaluation Methods.
- •Conditionals
- •Unit 9. Oilfield Exploration and Reserves
- •Oilfields and Reserves
- •Comparison of adjectives
- •Use Of Visual Aids
- •Key Points for Successful Presentation of Statistical Information
- •1. Graphs and Charts
- •Ex. 25. Match the following types of visuals to their functions.
- •Commenting On a Visual
- •Ex. 31. Study the following patterns. Cause, Effect and Purpose
- •Relative clauses
- •Unit 10. Reservoir Engineering
- •Miscellaneous
- •Reservoir engineering
- •Reading Units of Measure
- •Gerund and Infinitive
- •Unit 11. Drilling Engineering
- •Structures
- •Other equipment
- •Miscellaneous
- •The Basics of Drilling Technology
- •Various types of bit:
- •Subordinate clauses of result and purpose
- •A subordinating conjunction followed by a verb
- •Unit 12. Well Completion and Production Technology
- •Well treatment techniques
- •Reservoir treatment techniques
- •Well Completion and Treatment
- •Countable and uncountable nouns
- •Unit 13. Research and Development in Oil and Gas Industry
- •Technological Progress in Oil and Gas Industry
- •Adjectives and adverbs
- •Unit 14. Environmental Monitoring in Oil and Gas Industry
- •Types of environmental damage
- •Types of tanks
- •Protective methods and equipment
- •Miscellaneous
- •Oil Spill Prevention and Response
- •Cleanup and Recovery
- •Prepositions of place
- •Unit 15. Academic Writing and Scientific Research
- •Types of research
- •Research professionals
- •General terms
- •Writing a Research Paper
- •1. Why a Scientific Format?
- •2. The Sections of the Paper
- •3. Section Headings
- •Introduction
- •A) Title, Authors' Names, and Institutional Affiliations
- •Oil Mobility in Transition Zones
- •Ex. 12. Read the second part of the text and note down the most useful recommendations.
- •1. Abstract
- •Ex. 13. Read an abstract of a research paper and find the following elements in the text:
- •3. Materials and methods
- •4. Results
- •5. Discussion
- •6. Acknowledgments (include as needed)
- •7. Literature cited
- •8. Appendices
- •Language of Research Papers
- •Bibliography
chat (informal discussion) with colleagues at the coffee machine.
brainstorming among colleagues: where as many ideas as possible are produced quickly, to be evaluated later.
project meeting / team meeting of employees involved in a particular activity.
Department / departmental meeting
meeting with suppliers, for example to negotiate prices for an order.
meeting with a customer, for example to discuss a contract.
board meeting: an official, formal meeting of a company’s directors.
Annual general meeting / AGM (BrE); annual meeting (AmE): where shareholders discuss the company’s annual report.
EGM: extraordinary general meeting: a shareholders’ meeting to discuss an important issue such as a proposed merger.
I’m pleased to announce another good year for shareholders of this company.
I know this sounds crazy, but how about giving away 100,000 free samples?
Things in the sales department are getting out of control. We should all start making a real effort.
So, you think you can provide 10,000 a month at a unit cost of £4.90?
Have you heard? Suzanne is being fired: apparently her sales figures aren’t good enough.
That’s a deal then. Looking forward to working with you. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.
Amazingly, we’re ahead of schedule on this project.
I recommend to shareholders that you accept Megabook’s offer for our company.
As you know, Megabook wants to buy this company. As chief financial officer, what do you think of their offer, Saleem?
Speaking and Communication Skills
Ex. 13. The following phrases are used to conduct a meeting. These phrases are useful if you are called on to conduct a meeting. Look through them and make sure you understand their meaning.
Roles at the meeting: chairperson
Opening
Good morning / afternoon, everyone. If we are all here, let's get started / start the meeting / start.
Welcoming and Introducing
Please join me in welcoming (name of participant) We're pleased to welcome (name of participant) I'd like to extend a warm welcome to (name of participant) It's a pleasure to welcome (name of participant) I'd like to introduce (name of participant)
Stating the Principal Objectives
We're here today to ... I'd like to make sure that we ... Our main aim today is to ... I've called this meeting in order to ...
Giving Apologies for Someone Who is Absent
I'm afraid.., (name of participant) can't be with us today. She is in... Unfortunately, (name of participant) ... will not be with us to day because he ... I have received apologies for absence from (name of participant), who is in (place).
Reading the Minutes (notes) of the Last Meeting
To begin with I'd like to quickly go through the minutes of our last meeting. First, let's go over the report from the last meeting, which was held on (date) Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on (date)
Dealing with Recent Developments
Jack, can you tell us how the XYZ project is progressing? Jack, how is the XYZ project coming along? John, have you completed the report on the new accounting package?
Moving Forward
So, if there is nothing else we need to discuss, let's move on to today's agenda. Shall we get down to business? If there are no further developments, I'd like to move on to today's topic.
Introducing the Agenda
Have you all received a copy of the agenda? There are X items on the agenda. First, ... second, ... third, ... lastly, ... Shall we take the points in this order? If you don't mind, I'd like to go in order today. Let’s skip item 1 and move on to item 3. I suggest we take item 2 last.
Allocating Roles (secretary, participants)
(name of participant) has agreed to take the minutes. (name of participant), would you mind taking the minutes? (name of participant) has kindly agreed to give us a report on ... (name of participant), would you mind taking notes today?
Agreeing on the Ground Rules for the Meeting (contributions, timing, decision-making, etc.)
We will first hear a short report on each point first, followed by a discussion of ... Let's make sure we finish by ... There will be five minutes for each item. We'll have to keep each item to 15 minutes. Otherwise we'll never get through.
Introducing the First Item on the Agenda
So, let's start with ... / I'd suggest we start with... / Why don't we start with...
Shall we start with … So, the first item on the agenda is … (name of participant), would you like to introduce this item?
Closing an Item
Shall we leave that item? If nobody has anything else to add, let’s ...
Next Item
Let's move onto the next item. Now that we've discussed X, let's now ... The next item on today's agenda is... Now we come to the question of…
Giving Control to the Next Participant
I'd like to hand over to (name of participant), who is going to lead the next point. Now, I'd like to introduce (name of participant) who is going to ...
Summarizing
Before we close today's meeting, let me just summarize the main points. Let me quickly go over today's main points. To sum up... / In brief, ... OK, why don't we quickly summarize what we've done today. Shall I go over the main points?
Finishing Up
Right, it looks as though we've covered the main items. If there are no other comments, I'd like to wrap this meeting up. Let's bring this to a close for today.
Suggesting and Agreeing on Time, Date and Place for the Next Meeting
Can we set the date for the next meeting, please? So, the next meeting will be on ... (day), the . . . (date) of.. . (month) at ... Let's next meet on ... (day), the . . . (date) of.. . (month) at ... What about the following Wednesday? How is that?
Thanking Participants for Attending
I'd like to thank Marianne and Jeremy for coming over from London. Thank you all for attending. / Thanks for your participation.
Closing the Meeting
The meeting is finished, we'll see each other next ... The meeting is closed.
Ex. 14. The following phrases are used to participate in a meeting. These phrases are useful for expressing your ideas and giving input to a meeting. Look through them and make sure you understand their meaning.