INTRODUCTORY EXERCISES

1. Match the words with their definitions:

2. Express the same in English:

первоначальная задача, независимый или главный, неочищенная нефть и природный газ, потребитель, гонорар, опытный персонал, особое оборудование, различная глубина

3. Rephrase the sentences, using the words from the box. Pay attention to the form.

1) Consequently, many companies and individuals are involved.

2) An independent company produces and sells crude oil and natural gas.

3) An operator must acquire the right to drill for and produce petroleum at a particular site.

4) Major companies, such as Exxon Mobil, BP Amoco, or Shell, may have thousands of employees.

5) Drilling is a unique undertaking that requires experienced personnel and special equipment.

4. Say whether the following statements are true or false.

1) People drill wells on land and ice, in swamps, and on waters as small as lakes or as large as the Pacific Ocean.

2) Drilling is simple; so simple that every company is diverse enough to perform all the required work.

3) An independent company and a major one differ from each other in size.

4) An operating company usually owns the land or the minerals lying under the land.

5) The operator pays only the landowner a fee for leasing, it doesn’t pay the mineral holder a royalty, which is a share of the money made from the sale of oil or gas.

6) Drilling is a unique undertaking that requires experienced personnel and special equipment.

7) Land contractors operate land rigs & offshore contractors – offshore ones.

8) A drilling contracting company may be small or large; it may own rigs that drill only in a local area.

5. Answer the questions.

1) Where do people who work for companies drill?

2) Who is involved in the process of drilling?

3) What does an operating company work with?

4) What differences are there between an independent company and a major one?

5) What must an operator acquire to drill for and produce petroleum?

6) Who can own land and mineral rights?

7) Whom does an operator pay a fee and a royalty?

8) What do most operating companies consider more cost effective?

9) What size may a drilling contracting company be?

6. Tell the class what you have learned from the text, using the outline:

1) An independent company.

2) A major company.

3) A drilling contractor.

7. ROLE PLAY

Imagine that you are an unemployed worker. You take a chance of getting a job. You must decide which company to go: an independent or a major. Say what you prefer and explain why.

Date: 2015-04-20; view: 1218