Количественные местоимения many/ much, a few/ a little.

Количественные местоимения Many, Much, Few, Little

Many — «много», few — «мало» употребляются перед исчисляемыми существительными (примеры 1, 2, 5).

Much — «много», little — «мало» употребляются перед неисчисляемыми существительными (примеры 3, 4, 6).

В сочетании с артиклем a местоимения few, little приобретают значение «несколько», «немного» в смысле «достаточно», которое противопоставлено основному их значению «мало» в смысле «недостаточно».

1. There are few newspapers in the hall. В холле мало газет.

2. Just a few minutes ago the shuttle Atlantis was reported to have been launched. Всего несколько минут назад передали, что был запущен космический корабль многоразового использования «Атлантис».

3. Unfortunately I have little information about that. К сожалению, у меня мало информации об этом.

4. We are to wait a little (time). Нам нужно немного подождать.

5. We receive many newspapers. Мы получаем много газет.

6. I failed to hear mucn information on the radio. Мне не удалось услышать много информации по радио

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Text Types of wells.

The industry generally classifies wells as "exploration wells," on “wells," and "development wells." They also ig "infilling" wells and "step-out" wells. An or wildcat, well is one a company drills to whether oil or gas exists in a subsurface rock A wildcat well thus probes the earth where no ocarbons exist.

Ifa wildcat well discovers oil or gas, the company may drill lation wells to verify whether the wildcat well rock layer with enough hydrocarbons for the corn-develop it. One well that finds oil and gas may not enough to justify the company's preparing it for n. Usually, several wells must produce for the to get its money back ajid to make a profit, - elopment well is drilled in an existing oilfield. A drills this type of well so it can remove more rbons from the field. Engineers carefully study a Inducing characteristics. They then determine the of wells required to produce it efficiently. They es call development wells "infilling wells" if a con-drills them between existing wells. If the company wells on the edge of an existing field, perhaps to e the field's boundaries, they may call them "step-," or "outpost wells."

The number of development wells drilled into a particu-"rvoir depends mainly on its size and characteristics. A ir can cover several acres (hectares) and may be only a t (metres) thick or hundreds of feet (metres) thick. In i, the larger the reservoir, the more wells it takes to ce it. Reservoir characteristics, such as porosity and eability, also play a role. For example, a reservoir with porosity and permeability, which allow the hydrocar-to flow easily, may not require as many wells to produce reservoir with low porosity and permeability.

Regardless of the type of well, before the drilling contrac-can drill it, the operator must make the drill site ready. So, s next examine drill site preparation.