- •Unit 5 Companies and Individuals Involved in Drilling1 Text 1. Companies involved in Drilling Process
- •Operating Companies
- •Introductory exercises
- •Express the same in English:
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Tell the class what you have learned from the text, using the outline:
- •Role play
- •Service and Supply Companies
- •Introductory exercises
- •Complete the sentences:
- •Text 3. Drilling Crew
- •Introductory exercises
- •Complete the sentences:
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the wrong ones:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Text 4. Other Rig Workers
- •Introductory exercises
- •2. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the wrong ones:
- •Practicing in translation
- •Give written translation of the text. Rig personnel
- •3. Give sight-translation of the text. The International Association of Drilling Contractors
Introductory exercises
Match the words with their meanings:
objective
выручать
skilled
нанимать
preference
делить
supervise
смена
portable
цель
relieve
руководить
shift
предпочтение
split
портативный
hire
Умелый
Complete the sentences:
Personnel run the rig and keep it running until….
Personnel directly responsible for making the rig drill are known as….
Large land rigs and offshore rigs often have….
On land rigs, the rig superintendent is usually headquartered in….
Offshore, the rig superintendent has….
The rig superintendent supervises the driller, who….
Most rigs require a derrickman when….
The monkeyboard is a small platform in the mast or derrick on which….
Besides handling pipe, rotary helpers also….
If the crews work 8-hour tours, then the contractor….
If the crews work 12-hour tours on land, then the contractor may….
Some contractors based in the U. S. have rigs working abroad, such as…
Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the wrong ones:
Personnel run the rig and keep it running until the well reaches its objective.
The contractor doesn’t have the right to hire an assistant rig superintendent.
The rig superintendent supervises the derrickman, who, in turn, supervises the driller and the rotary helpers.
The monkeyboard is a small platform in the mast or derrick on which the derrickman stands to handle the upper end of the pipe.
The number of days and the number of hours per day that a drilling crew works do not vary a great deal.
In a few areas, particularly in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico, contractors employ 8-hour tours.
One rig superintendent, or toolpusher, is on the site all the time, he has much free time.
If the crews work 12-hour tours on land, then the contractor may hire two drilling crews and two superintendents for each rig.
On land, crews also usually work 12-hour tours, but the contractor hires four drilling crews.
4. Answer the questions:
How can you call the personnel, directly responsible for making the rig drill?
Who works at large land rigs and offshore rigs?
What does the rig superintendent supervise?
Where does a rig manager live on land and offshore?
Who often relieves the superintendent during night-time hours and is thus sometimes nicknamed the “night toolpusher”?
What is a driller directly responsible for?
Where does a derrickman stand to handle the upper end of the pipe?
Why does a derrickman use special safety equipment?
On what factors does the employment of rotary helpers depend on?
Why do the number of days and the number of hours per day that a drilling crew works vary a great deal?
How many drilling crews split three 8-hour tours per day?
Who has rigs working abroad, such as in the North Sea or in Southeast Asia?
5. Make up a plan and report on it in brief.
6. Say what you have learned from the text, using the outline:
1. Drilling crews.
2. Driller and assistant driller.
3. Derrickman.
4. Rotary helpers.
5. Drilling crew work shifts.
7. ROLE PLAY
Imagine that you are a rig superintendent. Your classmates are drilling contractors. Your task is to tell them in detail conditions, under which they can hire more workers.