- •Астраханский государственный технический университет
- •«Английский язык»
- •Методическое пособие утверждено на заседании кафедры “ияито” протокол № 10 от 16.05.07
- •IV. Read the text carefully and say what you have learnt about petroleum. A. Petroleum
- •B. Formation of petroleum Biogenic theory
- •Abiogenic theory
- •C. From the history of the oil industry
- •Exercises
- •III. Read the text carefully and say what you have learnt about natural gas. A. Chemical composition of natural gas
- •V. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •B. Storage and transportation of natural gas
- •C. The use of natural gas
- •D. Sources of natural gas
- •E. Possible future sources
- •F. Safety
- •Exercises
- •VII. Render the text about natural gas in the oral form. Unit 3 Oil well
- •I. Study and learn the vocabulary list:
- •II. Look at the title and the picture and say what information the text gives. Read the text attentively for the details and be ready to discuss it with your groupmates.
- •A. The history of an oil well
- •B. Life of a well
- •Drilling
- •Completion
- •3) Production
- •4) Abandonment
- •C. Types of oil wells
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Translate the following sentences into English using your active vocabulary:
- •III. Create a questionnaire on the topic “Oil wells” and test your groupmates’ knowledge. You can use the following questions:
- •Unit 4 Oil exploration
- •I. Study and learn the vocabulary list:
- •II. Read the text carefully and say what you have learnt oil exploration.
- •A. Searching for Oil and Gas
- •B. Oil extraction
- •C. Working conditions in the oil industry
- •D. Occupations in the oil industry
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Give definitions to the following jobs:
- •III. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations:
- •IV. Write down own sentences using words and word combinations from exercise 3.
- •V. Make up dialogues using the following situation:
- •Unit 5 How oil drilling works
- •I. Read and learn the vocabulary list:
- •II. Read the text carefully and say what you have learnt oil drilling. A. Preparing to drill
- •B. Setting up the rig
- •C. Drilling
- •D. Drilling rig classification
- •Exercises
- •V. Look at Fig. 4 and tell about the structure of an oil rig.
- •III. Read the text attentively and say what you have learnt about offshore drilling. A. The drilling template
- •B. Moveable offshore drilling rigs
- •1) Drilling barges
- •2) Jack-up rigs
- •3) Submersible rigs
- •4) Semisubmersible rigs
- •5) Drillships
- •C. Permanent platforms
- •1) Fixed platforms
- •2) Compliant towers
- •3) Seastar platforms
- •4) Floating production systems
- •5) Tension leg platforms
- •6) Subsea system
- •7) Spar platforms
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the false sentences.
- •III. Translate the following sentences into English using your active vocabulary:
- •Unit 7 How oil refining works
- •I. Study and learn the vocabulary list:
- •II. Read the text attentively and say what you have learnt about oil refinery. A. From the history of oil refinery
- •B. The refining process
- •Treating and blending the fractions
- •D. Safety and environmental concerns
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Say if the statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •III. Translate the following text into English using your active vocabulary:
- •IV. Render the text about oil refinery in the oral form.
- •II. Read the text attentively and say what you have learnt about gasoline. A. What is gasoline?
- •B. Chemical analysis and production of gasoline
- •C. Octane rating
- •D. Volatility
- •E. Gasoline Additives
- •1) Lead
- •3) Oxygenate blending
- •F. Health concerns
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Say if the statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •III. Translate the following sentences into English using your active vocabulary:
- •IV. Render the text about gasoline in the oral form. Contents
Exercises
I. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the main difference between offshore drilling and drilling onshore? 2. When was the first offshore drilling applied? 3. What does the form of an artificial platform depend on? 4. What is the function of a blowout preventer? 5. What basic types of offshore drilling rigs do you know? 6. Where are drilling barges used? 7. What distinguishes a jack-up rig from a drilling barge? 8. What does a submersible rig consist of? 9. Why are semisubmersible rigs so popular in oil industry? 10. How do semisubmersible rigs operate? 11. What is a drillship? 12. In what case is a permanent platform built?
II. Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the false sentences.
1. The drilling mechanism used onshore and offshore is quite different. 2. Offshore drilling is applied only in the Gulf of Mexico. 3. A blowout preventer is used against wind and water currents. 4. A spar platform is a large offshore platform. 5. Drillships are specially designed to carry drilling crews to drilling platforms. 6. Moveable offshore drilling rigs can be moved to any place in the world. 7. Drilling barges can be used in any water. Jack-up rigs are not dangerous to operate. Drilling barges move with the help of a tugboat.
III. Translate the following sentences into English using your active vocabulary:
1) В середине 20 века были созданы первые морские нефтепромыслы на Каспийском море и в Мексиканском заливе. 2) Полупогружные плавучие буровые установки могут производить бурение при высоте волн до 10-12 м, скорости ветра 18-24 м/с, скорости течения до 1,5 м/с. 3) Буровое судно представляет собой обычное морское судно, имеющее площадь палуб и грузоподъемность, достаточные для размещения буровой установки и запаса различных материалов. 4) В настоящее время морская добыча нефти ведется в 46 странах. 5) К полустационарным буровым установкам относятся плавучие буровые установки. 6) Погружные буровые установки используются для разведочного и эксплуатационного бурения на глубинах до 30 м. Установка состоит из верхнего строения и стабилизирующих колонн, которые заканчиваются понтоном, общим для всех колонн или отдельным для каждой колонны. 7) В России в настоящее время достаточно интенсивно разрабатываются шельфовые месторождения нефти и газа в Баренцовом море и на Дальнем Востоке у острова Сахалин. 8) Платформа полупогружного типа крепится к фундаментной плите с помощью натянутых вертикальных тросов. 9) В системе бурового оборудования применяются специальные компенсаторы вертикальной качки. 10) Первая полупогружная плавучая буровая установка катамаранного типа была построена в 1976 г. Она имела 4 стабилизирующие колонны, водоизмещение 19 600 т, длину 98,3 м, ширину 67,4 м, возвышение верхней палубы над основной плоскостью - 36,6 м. 11) Буровые установки на натянутых связях целесообразно использовать на глубинах 200—300 м для бурения эксплуатационных скважин и освоения мелких месторождений, где стационарные и плавучие установки других типов невыгодны. 12) При бурении с буровых судов технологический процесс практически не отличается от бурения на суше.