- •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
10.Give Russian equivalents to the following English ones.
gasoline |
fold |
opening up |
fault |
to recover = to mine = to produce |
thrust faults |
oil = petroleum |
unconformity |
mixture |
salt dome |
decompose |
fracture |
hydrocarbons |
trap |
organic matter |
sediment |
specific conditions |
accumulate |
kerogen |
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11. Give definitions to the following terms.
petroleum |
kerogen |
crude oil |
porous |
natural gas |
permeable |
hydrocarbons |
source rock |
migrate |
trap |
12. State whether the following sentences are true or false.
1. A restricted basin is not the place for the kerogen to collect.
2. Decomposition does not stop when the oxygen is gone.
3. The oil continues migrating in porous and permeable rocks.
4. The traps are important steps in the process of oil accumulation.
5. Structural geology is the subject for the students to miss.
6. Structural traps are of two types.
7. Stratigraphic traps are the ones that occur by nature.
8. It takes thousands of years for the petroleum to be made.
9. There are some specific conditions for the organisms to be met.
10. Shorter hydrocarbon chains are oil.
13. Put the facts into the correct order showing how oil becomes oil.
1. Hydrocarbon chains are freed.
2. Kerogen is developed.
3. The matter becomes buried.
4. Longer chains break into shorter ones, and methane remains.
5. The petroleum is forced into nearby sediments.
6. The organic matter begins to decompose.
7. Kerogen is broken down.
8. The petroleum will stop migrating if rocks are not porous or permeable.
9. Dead organisms accumulate on the ocean floor.
10. The petroleum will collect in a trap.
11. Kerogen is altered through high temperature and high pressure.
12. The petroleum will migrate in the rocks which are porous and permeable enough.
14. 9 You will hear a lecture on petroleum. For questions 1-6, choose the best answer a, b, or c.
1. Crude oil is
A. natural liquid
B. mixture of hydrocarbons
C. alkanes
2. Shorter hydrocarbons are
A. natural gas
B. viscous
C. paraffin wax
3.Petroleum may contain…
A. natural gas liquid
B. metallic elements
C. chemical compounds
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Crude bitumen is
A. crude oil mixed with sand
B. dark brown liquid
C. sand with semi-solid form
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Petroleum has become the most important source of energy because it
A. is the raw material for useful chemical products
B. produces energy and is easily transportable
C. is easily converted into other materials
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Recoverable oil reserves are less than total oil-in-place because
A. they are severely limited.
B. its consumption increases.
C. there are some technological problems.