- •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
Pronunciation of the name
The company name is that of its eponymous founders, the French Alsatian Schlumberger brothers. It is pronounced [ʃlʌmbʊɹʒeɪ] in IPA notation (phonetic: "shlum-bur-ZJAY").
(www. Wikipedia.ed)
6. Translate the following word groups into Russian.
Oil refinery, pipeline company, market value, production activity, oil and gas exploration, groundwater industry, software and information management, market leader, private sector energy corporation.
7. Give the synonyms to the following words.
the whole, to provide, to look for, to include, survey, manufacturer, corporation, estimation.
8. Classify the word into Business terms and Petroleum Engineering terms.
Crude oil, retail outlet, refinery, joint venture, market value, profit, pipelines, formation evaluation, share, artificial lift, headquarters, vendor, seismic acquisition, well completion, offshore location, consumer, raw natural gas, revenue.
9. Translate from Russian into English.
Сырая нефть, вся нефтяная промышленность, удобрения, нефтеперерабатывающий завод, точки розничной торговли, центральный офис, синтетический каучук, определение параметров пласта, принадлежащий государству, совместное предприятие, рыночная стоимость, наклонно-направленное бурение, сейсмическая обработка, филиал.
10. Fill in the gaps with necessary prepositions.
1. The oil industry is often divided __________ three major sectors.
2. The downstream oil sector is a term commonly used to refer ________ the refining _________crude oil, and the selling and distribution of natural gas and products derived _________ crude oil.
3. The upstream sector includes the searching _________ potential underground or underwater oil and gas fields.
5. Midstream operations are usually simply included __________the downstream category.
6. The process of oil production, transportation, refinery and sale is managed _______oil companies.
7. These are deeply involved _______ the oil business providing services that help oil companies to carry ________ their operations.
8. The company's main business is the exploration _________and the production, processing, transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons.
9. Shell is incorporated in the UK with its corporate headquarters in The Hague, its tax residence is _______ the Netherlands, and its primary listings _______ the London Stock Exchange.
10. Shell's revenues _______ $318.8 billion _______2006 made it the second-largest corporation in the world ______ revenues behind only ExxonMobil.
11.Rosneft conducts oil and gas exploration and production activities _______ Sakhalin island, _____ Siberia, ________ the Timan-Pechora province, and ___southern Russia, including Chechnya.
12. Its plant _______ Tuapse, ________ the Black Sea, focuses __________ refining high-gravity oil from western Siberia.
13. According _________its website, it seems to be completely owned _______ the Russian Federation.