- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •Acknowledgements
- •Unit 1 petroleum engineering
- •Terms and Vocabulary
- •1. Read and remember the pronunciation.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words.
- •3. Read the text, do the exercises. Petroleum engineering
- •4. Match the English terms in column “a” with their Russian equivalents in column “b”.
- •9. Give the English equivalents to the Russian words.
- •10. Find the meaning of the words in the box in a dictionary. Match the terms with the definitions.
- •11. Classify the responsibilities of a reservoir engineer and a drilling engineer into two groups.
- •12. Complete the sentences, using the information from the text.
- •13. State whether the sentences are true or false according to the text. If true, add the information on the statement. If false, correct the sentence.
- •15. Answer the following questions.
- •Unit 2 oil companies
- •Terms and Vocabulary
- •1. Read the words, remember the pronunciation.
- •2. Read the following word formations and remember their pronunciation. Pay special attention to the stress.
- •3. Read the text and do the exercises.
- •Оil Industry Sectors
- •The entire oil industry is often divided into three major sectors: upstream, midstream and downstream.
- •Downstream (oil industry)
- •Upstream (oil industry)
- •Midstream (oil industry)
- •4. State whether the sentences are true or false. If true, add the information on the statement. If false, correct the sentence.
- •Pronunciation of the name
- •11. What do the following abbreviations stand for?
- •12. State whether the sentences are true or false according to the text. If true, add the information on the statement. If false, correct the sentence.
- •13. 9 Listen to the tape and answer the questions given below.
- •14. Fill in the chart with the information on domestic and foreign oil companies. Use some additional resources: for example, www. Wikipedia.Ed.
- •15. 9 A. Listen to the text, remember the key words.
- •16. Study the definitions in Appendix (pg. 60-61 ). Match departments and personnel with their definitions.
- •17. Match the job title with the definition.
- •18. Complete the diagram showing the company structure using the definitions in a.
- •19. Complete the sentences
- •20. Read the text and discuss the after-text questions. See appendix 3 (pg. 63-64 ). An Example of a Difference between Russian and Western Operating Company Structure
- •21. Answer the following questions:
- •22. Role play: You are welcoming a visitor to your company. Consult …
- •Unit 3 oil formation
- •Terms and Vocabulary
- •Read the words, remember the pronunciation.
- •2. Read the text and do the exercises.
- •Close-up of reservoir rock (oil is in black)
- •3.Match the headings and the paragraphs of the text you have read. There is one extra heading.
- •4. Read the following word combinations and give the Russian equivalents.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following terms and phrases.
- •6. Complete the following sentences
- •7. Draw a diagram of oil formation. Label it. Describe the process using your diagram.
- •8. Work in pairs.
- •9. Read the following text “How Oil Becomes Oil” and do the exercises
- •How Oil Becomes Oil
- •10.Give Russian equivalents to the following English ones.
- •11. Give definitions to the following terms.
- •12. State whether the following sentences are true or false.
- •13. Put the facts into the correct order showing how oil becomes oil.
- •14. 9 You will hear a lecture on petroleum. For questions 1-6, choose the best answer a, b, or c.
- •15. Discuss the following questions.
- •16. Scan the text given below and describe the main oil properties based on the information you learn. Complete the table.
- •Physical and Chemical Properties of Oil
- •17. Make a presentation on one of the topics. Consult ...
- •Unit 4 hse (Health, Safety, Environment)
- •Terms and Vocabulary
- •Read the words, remember the pronunciation.
- •Read the text and do the exercises.
- •3. Pay attention to the following word-formations.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the word(s) from the list below. Explanation to these terms are given in the brackets.
- •5. Fill in the correct preposition, then choose two items and compose sentences.
- •6. Match the problems with the ways of their solution.
- •7. Compose collocations from the following words
- •8. Match the items with their function.
- •9. Classify the words into 2 categories. Guess what these categories are. Add some more items to each category.
- •10. 9 Study the definitions given in Appendix (pg. 65-66 ).
- •11. Read the text again and make notes under the following headings, then talk about hse performance.
- •12. Read the introduction to bp’s 8 golden rules. Find words in the text that mean the same as the words and phrases below. Getting the basics right
- •13. Write each safety rule in the box next to explanation.
- •Bp’s 8 golden rules of safety
- •14. A. Listen to Bob describing an incident. Think of questions you would like to ask about it.
- •15. Describe some incident really happened in oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Report it to the group, answer possible questions.
- •Appendix unit 2 company structure
- •Unit 4 health, safety and environment
- •References
17. Match the job title with the definition.
A. CEO (Chief Executive Officer) |
1. refers to a rank in senior management, usually reports directly to the president or CEO of the company, could be more than one in different areas (Upstream, Downstream, Oilfield services) |
B. CFO (Chief Financial Officer) |
2. a person in charge of the Board of Directors |
C. CIO (Chief Information Officer) |
3. a mid-level manager who has a specialized, but multidisciplined understanding of everything related to exploration and production, is responsible for tactical decisions within a subsidiary, reports to a managing director |
D. Chairman of the Board of Directors |
4. a job title for somebody who is a second in command after a General Director in an oil producing subsidiary |
E. EVP (Executive Vice-President) |
5. job title for the head of the information technology group within an organization |
F. Development Director (DD) |
6. is the highest-ranking corporate boss in charge of total management of a corporation, company, or organization |
G. Asset Manager (AM) |
7. a person who deals with all the governmental authorities regarding the licenses and permits, and also looks after the reservoir development |
H. General Director (GD) |
8. is responsible for financial planning and record-keeping, as well as financial reporting to higher management |
I. Chief Engineer (CE) |
9. a lower-level manager whose decisions are generally short-term, responsible for operational decisions related to an asset, in some companies reports to a Development Director |
J. Chief Geologist (CG) |
10. a person in charge of a legal entity or a subsidiary, reports to the headquarters, but usually is located in the region |
18. Complete the diagram showing the company structure using the definitions in a.
19. Complete the sentences
1. The most important person in charge of an oil company is ………..
2. ……………. defines the strategy and set targets for the company.
3. More profitable is ………………………………………………….
4. An oil company consists of ……………………………………….
5. Chief engineer is more important than …………….
20. Read the text and discuss the after-text questions. See appendix 3 (pg. 63-64 ). An Example of a Difference between Russian and Western Operating Company Structure
The information about the companies that are mentioned above refers to the Central Headquarters of these companies. This could be described as the mother company. All of these companies have operating companies that are spread out regionally or internationally which report to the Central Headquarters, where financial and performance indicators are consolidated. An example of this is Royal Dutch Shell that has its Central Headquarters in The Hague in Holland. Royal Dutch Shell also has operating companies in Nigeria, Oman, Australia and many other countries around the world. Rosneft has headquarters in Moscow and operations in Sakhalin island, in Siberia and the Timan-Pechora province.
An Integrated Asset Based Organization that you would typically find in a western operating company is centered around Asset teams. These asset teams look after and are responsible for ALL activities relating to an asset (or a group of assets). In a way an Asset team can be seen as a micro company within the main company. To operate in this way the Asset team needs to contain an integrated team of specialists. The reason for working in this way is the idea in the west that integrated teams are more effective than the functional approach. The Asset based organization also allows management to allocate budget, set targets and manage improvements more effectively because each Asset Manager is responsible for his Asset. The disadvantage of an Asset based organization is that it is difficult to maintain the technical level of functional specialists.
Until twenty years ago Functional based organizations as seen in Russian operating companies were also typical in Western companies. In such organizations all specialists of one function work together in one room and support all of the operating companies assets. The advantage of this system is that by working closely together within the function, specialists maintain a high level of technical expertise. The disadvantage is that integrated team work is absent and responsibility for a single asset is held only at the General Director level (see pictures below) this system is that by working closely together within the function, specialists maintain a high level of technical expertise. The disadvantage is that integrated team work is absent and responsibility for a single asset is held only at the General Director level (see pictures below).