22. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. What kind of decree did head of the government sign on July 2, 1918? 2. What made it possible for large-scale training of oil engineers to spread in the country? 3. What do you know about the petroleum engineering specialization before the revolution in our country? 4. What institution did I.M. Gubkin found? 5. Why was the system of Soviet higher technical education reorganized in 1930? 6. When did a systematic development of oil fields of the Volga-Urals province begin? 7. Where is the world`s biggest oil and gas-bearing province? 8. What problems arise in oil field development in Western Siberia? 9. What are the assets of Western Siberia? 10. Where can students get petroleum engineering education?

23. Перескажите текст, используя вопросы упражнения 22.

24. Постарайтесь запомнить следующие слова:

ton – тонна	to embrace – охватывать
oil-bearing – нефтеносный	amount – количество
oil-producing – нефтедобывающий	level – уровень
cure – лечить	leading oil powers – ведущие нефтяные державы
disease – болезнь	oil-field – промысел
deposit – залежь	to estimate – оценивать

Прочтите текст и скажите, какие утверждения не соответствуют тексту.

1. The history of our oil industry dates back to the old times.

2. The history of our oil industry dates back to the postwar period.

3. The oil industry of our country has gone through three stages.

4. At present 4 million tons are produced in less than four days.

The history of our oil industry dates back to the old times. At that time already oil was for the people the source of light, fuel and means to cure diseases. The oil industry of our country has gone through two stages of development. The first was the restoration and technical reconstruction of the old oil-fields of Baku, Grozny and Krasnodar. The second stage embraces the intensive geological exploration and discovery of oil and gas fields in the eastern and other parts of the country. The oil industry in this country began its development in 1920 with 4 million tons. At present this amount is produced in less than four days. The most remarkable achievement of recent years has been the establishment of new oil-producing centres in Western Siberia.

25. Выучите диалог:

A: By the way, what can you say about petroleum engineering education in the near

future?

B: You see, I think that changes occur very gradually. As you know we have not seen any big changes in petroleum engineering education lately.

A: Oh, you doubt?

B: You are right. I do doubt that we will have any monumental changes in curriculum.

A: But you know that the advances made in computer technology have affected all education in the past.

B: I am greatly interested in the qualification of the future petroleum engineers. I’d like to know your opinion on this point.

A: I think that the petroleum engineer of the future will need a better understanding of economics. I also think that he will have better communication skills, both oral and written.

B: You are quite right. I want to say that the petroleum engineer needs a better overall view of drilling, production, reservoir engineering, geology, and geophysics.

A: I suppose so. Many things should be done to solve these problems.