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Vocational English

Course Book

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Function Language Vocabulary

Introductions p.4 In t roduc ing yourse l f Verb be

I 'm Jennifer Burgess. I'm fromScotland. I'm a radio operator.

Jobs in the oil i ndus t ry

Coun t r i e s

Getting oil to the customer p.5 Desc r ib ing peop le Presen t s imp le

Matthew works on an oil rig.

Presen t s imp le of be

Ricardo is a roustabout.

Stages in get t ing oil to the cus tome r

Spelling p.6 Exchang ing in fo rmat ion How do you spell... ? The a l phabe t

Jobs p.7 Desc r ib ing peop le ' s jobs Presen t s imp le

We transport the oil.

Presen t s imp le of be

I'm the supervisor.


Introducing yourself and others p.6 In t roduc ing yourse l f and o the r s As k i ng ques t i ons

Where does he work?

What does he do?


Health and safety: Personalprotective equipment (PPE) p.9

Desc r ib ing persona l p ro tec t ivee q u i p me n t

As k i ng ques t i ons

What does a helmet protect?

Persona l p ro tec t ive equ ipment

Oilfields p.10 Ta lk ing about oil f ie lds a round the

wo r l d

As k i ng ques t i ons

Where is Ghawar?

Oi l -p roduc ing coun tr ies and s ta tes

Review p. 11

On land p. 12 Exp la in ing about look ing for oil

on land

Ask i ng ques t i ons

What's this?

What does this do?

Word pa r tne r s h i p s : thumper truck,

energy source,...

At se a p. 13 Exp la in ing about look ing for oi l at sea Desc r i b i ng how to l ook for oil at sea Word s t ress

Seismic operators p.14 Desc r ib ing what se ismic

opera to rs do

Plura ls Wo rd pa r tne r s h i p s

handle explosives

Numbers p. 15 Us ing numbers (1 to 100) one, two, ninety, one hundred N u mb e r s

Where is it? p. 16 Say i ng whe r e th i ngs are Prepos i t ions Persona l p ro tec t ive equ ipment

Everyday ob jec tsHealth and safety: Instructions p.17 Unde r s tand i ng and g iv ing ins t ruc t ions Impera t ives

Turn off the phone

bring, be, turn, keep, put, touch

Giving personal information p.18 Giv ing persona l in fo rmat ion As k i ng ques t i ons

What's your name? W here do you live?

How tall are you?

N u mb e r s

Review p. 19

Oil field equipment p.20 Desc r i b i ng oil f ie ld equ ipment What's this?

What are those?

Oi l f ie ld equ ipment

Operating equipment p.21 Giv ing and unders tand ing ins t ruc t ions

fo r opera t ing equ ipment

Impera t ives

turn, open, close


Control panels p.22 Desc r ib ing con t ro l pane ls There is I There are Con t r o l pane l c omponen ts

Telling the time p.23 Tel l ing the t ime Three o'clock

What time...?

N u mb e r s

Asking questions about

equipment p.24

Ask i ng ques t ions abou t equ i pm en t What's this?

What are these for?


Persona l p ro tec t ive equ ipment

Health and safety: Warning

signs p.25

Unders tand ing warn ing s igns must

mustn't / must not

Warn i ng s i gns

Making conversation p.26 Mak ing conversa t ion

i

Ask i ng ques t i ons

Where's ...Are you sure? Cup of tea?

Fo r ms

No problem, OK, Good idea,

Fair enough

Review p.27

Drilling a well p.28 Exp la in ing abou t d r i l l ing a wel l Sequenc i ng Verbs connec ted w i th d r i l l ing a we l l

The rotary system p.29 Desc r ib ing the ro ta ry sys tem Sequenc i ng Pa r t s of the ro ta ry sys tem

Lifting gear p.30 Exp la in ing about l i f t ing gear Presen t s imp le

This is a ...

This goes from...

This pulls the...

Pa r t s of the l i f t ing system

Hand tools p.31 Desc r ib ing hand too ls to 1 too Hand too l s

Directions p.32 Ask i ng for and g iv ing d i rec t ions supervisors i supervisor's 1 supervisors' Prepos i t ions

Health and safety: Helicopters p.33 Understanding hel icopter safety

instructions

Impera t ives He l icop te r sa fe ty ins t ruc t ions

Off-shift in the canteen p.34 Order ing food in the can teen Ask i ng for and about food

I'd like ... Could 1 have ...

Fo o d

I Review p.35



Oil rig systems p.36

What dees it do? p.37

Dimensions p.38

Desc r i b i ng oil rig s y s tems Pos i t ions

above, below, to the left of...

O il rig sys tems

Ask ing ques t ions about func t ion

Us i ng d imens i ons

What does it do?

N u mb e r s

O il rig s y s tems

N u mb e r s

Pipe d imens ions

diameter, bore

kno

Offshore fixed platforms p.39 Us ing d imens i ons D imens i ons - ad jec t ives and nouns long i length

thick 1 thickness

high 1 height

Int5W

Asking for information p.40 Ask i ng for i n fo rmat ion How long is it?

What is the length?

many 1 much

Numbe r s

D imens i ons

—i Health and safety: In the sick

bay p.41

Desc r ib ing bas ic med ica l p rob lems have 1 have got Medica l p rob lems

Crew quarters p.42 Desc r i b i ng the c rew quar te rs on an

oi l rig

There is ... / There are...

It is .../They are ...

Crew quar te rs

Review p.43

Refineries p.44 Desc r ib ing re f ine r ies Gree t ing v is i to rs Par ts of a re f ine ry

Parts of a refinery p.45 Desc r ib ing re f ine r ies This is ... 1 These are...

This provides...

Par ts of a refinery

Refinery jobs p.46 Desc r ib ing re f ine ry jobs Presen t s imp le Ref inery jobs

innIn the control room: PCB s and

resistors p.47

Us ing co lours What does ... ? 1 What do... ? Colours

Jnit6R Dates p.48 Us ing days , months and da tes Ord ina l num bers Days

Mon ths

Dates

Health and safety: Emergency

procedures p.49

Desc r ib ing eme rgency p rocedu res Impera t ives Eme rgency p rocedures

Talking about the weather p.50 Ta lk ing about the wea the r It is...

It's going to be ...

Wea the r

Numbe r s

Review p. 51

Petroleum products p.52 Desc r ib ing pe t ro leum produc ts are used...

you can s e e . . .

was built...

Petro leum produc ts

Numbe r s

Properties p.53 Desc r ib ing p roper t ies of pe t r o l eum

produc ts

Presen t s imp le

are made from...

Proper t ies of mater ia ls

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Describing storage facilities p.54 Desc r ib ing s to rage fac i l i t ies Com para t ives

Supe r l a t i v e s

Ad jec t ives

7 So Health and safety: Fire safety p.55 Exp la in ing how to ope r a te a fire

ex t ingu isher

Impera t ives Par ts of a f i re extinguisher

c Incident reports p.56 Repor t ing pas t inc iden ts Pas t s imp le Inc iden ts

Talking about past incidents p.57 Repor t ing pas t inc iden ts Pas t s imp le Inc iden ts

In the storeroom p. 58 Reques t ing i tems f rom the s to re room / need a . . . 1 some ...

Do you have any...

What type?

Can you order some?

Hand too ls

Ha r dwa r e

Review p.59

Laying a pipeline p.60 Exp la in ing about lay ing a p ipe l ine Presen t s imp le Stages of l ay ing a pipel ine

Pipe l ine jobs

Reporting progress p.61 Repor t ing p rogress Pas t s imp le S tages of l ay ing a p ipe l ine

A pipeline route p.62 Desc r i b i ng a rou te will for ta lk ing about the fu tu re D i rec t ions

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Pipeline jobs p.63 Desc r ib ing p ipe l ine jobs Presen t s imp le Pipe l ine jobs

Ut8 Ta

Oil tankers p.64 Desc r i b i ng t y pes of oil tanker La r ge numbe r s Numbe r s

draft, beam, air draft

Ut8 Ta

Health and safety: Vehicle

maintenance p.65

Us ing a veh ic le ma in te nance check l is t Pas t s imp le Par ts of a road tanker

Off-shift: Life on a supertanker p.66 Desc r ib ing hobb ies and i n te res ts Adverbs of f r e quenc y

never, sometimes

twice a week

Hobb ie s and i n te res ts

Review p.67

Partner files: Student A p.68

Audioscript p.69

Partner files: Student B p.79



1The oil

industry

Introduce yourself and others

Talk about getting oil to the customer

a nd oil fields around the world

Talk about jobs in the oil industry

Say the letters of the alphabet

Talk about personal protectiveequipment (PPE)

L i s t e n i n g

Introductions

1 E Z/ am -> I'm 1

You are~»You're

He/She/It is -> He's/ 2

She's/It's 3

We are -»We're

You are -» You're 4

They are -» They're 5

1 9 Listen and read. Match the texts 1-5 with the pictures A- E .

H i . My name is Armando Panganiban. I'm from the Philippines. I'm

a driver. E

Hello. My name's Ricardo Cabrera. I'm from Venezuela. I'm a roustabout.I'm Ali bin Khalid, from Saudi Arabia. I'm an engineer. Nice to

meet you.

H i , I'm Jennifer Burgess. I'm from Scotland. I'm a radio operator.

Hello. I'm Matthew Aondoakaa from Nigeria. I'm a seismic operator.

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S p e a k i n g 2 Practise the conversation in pairs.

A: What's you r name? B

A: Where are you from? B

A: What do yo u do? B

Armando Panganiban.

I'm from the Philippines.

I'm a driver.

P r a c t i s e in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Ricardo Cabrera, Ali bin

K h a l i d , Jennifer Burgess and Matthew Aondoakaa. Then find a different partner

a n d repeat.

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Getting oil to the customer

L i s t e n i n g L i s t e n . W r i t e t h e n a m e s u n d e r t h e photos.

Matthew Aondoakaa,

V o c a b u l a r y 2 Complete t h e t a b l e .

Name J o b Work l o c a t i o n

Armando Panganiban

Ricardo Cabrera roustabout

Ali bin Khalid refinery

Jenni fer Burgess radio operator

Matthew Aondoakaa

A r e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s t r u e ( T ) o r f a ls e ( F ) ?

1 A r m a n d o i s a d r i v e r . H e d r i v e s a r o a d t a n k e r / T / F

2 Matthew w o r k s o n a n o i l r i g . T / F

3 R i c a r d o i s a r o u s t a b o u t . T / F

4 A l i is a n e n g i n e e r a t a r e f i n e r y . T / F

5 Jennifer i s a r a d i o o p e r a t o r o n a n o i l r i g . T / F

L a n g u a g e

P r e s e n t s i m p l e

We use the p r e s e n t s i m p l e to talk

about som ething that is always or

usual ly true.

I/You/We/They work on an oil rig1at the refinery 1in Nigeria.e use the p r e s e n t s i m p l e to talk

about som ething that is always or

usual ly true. He/She works on an oil rig1at the refinery 1in Nigeria.

P r e s e n t s i m p l e o f b e

The p r e s e n t s i m p l e of be is

i rregular.

1amadriver.he p r e s e n t s i m p l e of be is

i rregular. You/We 1 Theyare a driver 1drivers.

The p r e s e n t s i m p l e of be is

i rregular.

He1She is adriver.

4 T a l k about y o u r c l a s s m a t e s .

Richard Smith is from Alaska. He s a dr iver. He works in



Spelling

L i s t e n i n g 1 ^ T L H I Listen and repeat.

T h e alphabet

A, H, J , K

B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V, Z (American English)

F, L, M, N, S, X, Z (British English)

l , Y

O

Q, U,W

R

2 K^ul Listen and fill in the missing letters.

1 JL JL e J-n JL JL r

2 e t

3 i r

4 u _ t _ b t

5 e e y

6 1 g

7 n r

3 l&lLijfl Listen and read.

1 A: Hello. My name's Cabre ra. That' s C-A-B-R-E-R-A.

B: Thank you.

2 A: Panganiban.

B: How do you spell that?

A: It's Panganiban. P-A-N-G-A-N-I-B-A-N.B: Thank you.

3 A: Matthew Aondoakaa.

B: Pardon?

A: Aondoakaa. That' s A-O-N-D-O-A-K-double A.

B: Thank you.

4 Underline the items you hear.

P P E API KV RPM VDU CO USA UAE TSR

S p e a k i n g 5 Practise in p a i r s . Ask and answer questions like those below. Then chang

p a r t n e r s and repeat.

A: What's your name?

B: Smith.

A: How do you spell that?

B: S-M-I-T-H.

A: Thank you.



Jobs

1 I w o r k o n a s u p e r t a n k e r . W e h a v e a c r e w of 2 5 . W e l i v e o n t h e s h i p . T h e

c a p t a i n ' s i n c h a r g e . W e t r a n s p o r t t h e o i l . D

2 H e r e i s m y c r e w . W e l i v e a n d w o r k o n a n o i l r i g . T h e d r i l l e r i s i n c h a rge . H e 's

t h e b o s s . W e e x t r a c t t h e o i l . I ' m a r o u s t a b o u t .

3 O u r c r e w is s m a l l . W e h a v e a s u r v e y o r a n d t h r e e s e i s m i c o p e r a t o r s . W e

s e a r c h f o r o il . W e w o r k i n t h e c o u n t r y s i d e .

4 T h e r e f i n e r y is b i g . I w o r k i n t h e c o n t r o l r o o m . I s u p e r v i s e t h e c o n t r o l r o o m

o p e r a t o r s s o I ' m t h e s u p e r v i s o r . W e c o n t r o l t h e r e f i n e r y . W e r e f i n e t h e o i l .

L i s t e n i n g 2 — - T : M L i s t e n a n d w r i t e d o w n t h e w o r d s y o u h e a r .

1 W P transport t h e o i l .

2 W e t h e o i l .

3 W e for oi l .

4 W e t h e o i l .

5 I w o r k n n a

6 W e w o r k o n a n

7 W e w o r k i n t h e

8 W e w o r k i n t h e

9 I 'm t h e

10 I'm the

11 I'm a

12 I'm a o p e r a t o r13 I'm a

14 I'm a o p e r a t o r

S p e a k i n g 3 P r a c t i s e i n p a i r s . T a l k about t h e p i c t u r e s . Don't r e a d t h e t e x t s .

Thi s man works in the refinery control room. He supervises ....

T h e o i l i n d u s t r y 1



Introducing yourself and others

Listening Mr Tr'W I L i s t e n to and read the c o n v e r s a t i o n s .

onversation 1

H i . Welcome to the crew. My

name's John. I'm the dril ler , so I'min charge of this crew.

T h a n k s . I'm Ahmed.

T h i s is Harry. And that's Martin.

T h e y ' r e roughnecks.

Exc us e me. Roughnecks ?

ohn: Roughnecks. They do all the

general jobs.

hmed: Oh, OK.

Conversation 3

Manuel: H i . I'm looking for F r e d . I'm

Manuel.

F r e d : H i . I'm F r e d . Are you the new

r a d i o operator?

Manuel: Y e s , that's right.

F r e d : Oh, good. Come with me. I'll show

you the radio room.

Conversation 2

Saye d: Hello. I'm Saye d. I'm the new

control room operator.B r i a n : Oh, good to see you, Sayed. I'm

B r i a n . I'm the supervisor. This is

F r a n k . He's an operator, too.

Sayed: H i , Frank.

F r a n k : Hello, Sayed.

Conversation 4

Antonio: Hello. My name's Antonio.

C h r i s : Pardon?

Antonio: Antonio.

C h r i s : H i , Antonio . I'm Ch ri s. Are you the

new surveyor?

Antonio: Y e s , that's right. Antonio Rivaldi.

C h r i s : Good to meet you. I'm a surveyor,

too.

Roughneck? -> What is a roughneck?

—XPardon? ~* Please repeat.

2 Rea d the con vers ati ons again. What is the difference between

the words in re d and the words in blue in Conversation 1? Find

s i m i l a r phrases in Conversations 2, 3 and 4.

L a n g u a g e

A s k i n g ques t ions

We use q u e s t i o n s to get i n format ion. The word order Is he the supervsor?in questions is different from positive and negative

sentences and we can use special questions words.

Are you John?n questions is different from positive and negative

sentences and we can use special questions words. What's your name?What do you do?Where do you work?

Howdo you spel that?

S p e a k i n g

What doeshe do?

~* What's his job?

3 Read the conversations above again. Underline the questions.

4 Practise in p a i r s . Ask and answer questions about Harry, Martin, Sayed, B r i a n ,F r a n k , Manuel, F r e d , Antonio and Chris.

A: Where does John work?

B: He works on an oil rig.

A: What does he do?

B: He's a driller.

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Health and safety: Personal protective equipment(PPE)

V o c a b u l a r y L o o k a t t h e s e p i c t u r e s . S a y t h e w o r d s .

i l It.

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L i s t e n i n g 22 9 L i s t e n a n d w r i t e t h e c o r r e c t n u m b e r n e x t t o t h e p i c t u r e s a b o v e .

jSMi L i s t e n a n d w r i t e d o w n t h e P P E i te m s y o u h e a r .

ear protectors

S p e a k i n g 4 L o o k a t t h e p i c t u r e a n d l a b e l t h e

P P E i t e m s . T h e n p r a c t i s e i n p a i r s .

A s k a n d a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s a b o u t

P P E i t e m s .A: What does a helmet protect?

B: It protects the head.

A: What do gloves protect?

B: They protect the hands.



O il fields

Lis tening 1 Listen and mark the stress. Then repeat.

1 Venezuela

2 Mexico

3 USA

4 Saudi Ara bia

5 Kuwait

6 Alaska

7 I r a q

8 Russia

L i s t e n . Match the oil fields to the countries or state.

O i l f i e lds Coun t r i es or state

1 Samotlor ^ a) Venezuela

2 Pru dho e Bay b ) Mexico

3 East Texas \^ c) USA

4 Cantarell \ d ) Saudi Arabia

5 Greater Burgan \ e) Kuwait

6 Rumaila \ ^ f) Alaska

7 Ghawar g) I r a q

8 Bolivar Coastal h ) Russia

Speaking3

Practise in pairs. Test yourselves. Then find a new partner and repeat.

A: Where is Ghawar?

B: I think Ghawar is in Saudi Arabia.

A: Where is East Texas?

B: I'm sure East Texas is in the USA.

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R e v i e w

U se what o r where t o c o m p l e t e t h e q u e s t i o n s .

1 Where d o y o u w o r k ? 5

2 d o y o u d o ? 6

3 's m y helmet? 7

4 's a roughneck?

L a b e l t h e p i c t u r e s w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

e x t r a c t search for refine seU t r a n s p o r t

' s y o u r name?

. a r e y o u f r o m ?

. does he do?

2 3 4

3 F i n d t h e names o f s i x m o r e c o u n t r i e s a n d o n e s t a t e .

9 J 9 e y a e d k c

m e X i c 0 r f u V e

t h i d X s 9 c w p n

h u 0 f r a b r a X e

k s P s z 1 n u i 1 z

V a 1 i r a q s t k u

c 9 J 9 i s m su y 1e

1e a h 0 k k i hj

e

1

s a u d i a r a b i

4 Complete t h e t e x t s . T h e n g o t o page 7 t o check y o u r a n s w e r s .

1 I w o r k o n a s u p e r ( 1 ) tanker W e have a cr ew o f 25. We liv e on

t h e ( 2 ) T h e Captain's ( 3 ) charge. W e

t r a n s p o r t t h e o i l .

2 T h e r e f i n e r y i s b i g . 1 w o r k i n t h e c o n t r o l ( 4 )

t h e c o n t r o l r o o m o p e r a t o r s . I ' m a ( 5 )

r e f i n e r y . W e r e f i n e t h e ( 6 )

W r i t e d o w n f i v e o f each o f these.

1 P P E i t e m s

2 p a r t s o f t h e b o d y

3 j o b s i n t h e o i l i n d u s t r y

4 t h i n g s a b o u t y o u r s e l f

I s u p e r v i s e

. W e c o n t r o l t h e

T h e o i l i n d u s t r y 1



2

Looking

for o il

Talk about looking for oil

Use numbers (1 to 100)

Say where things are

Understand and give simple instructions

Give personal information

O n l a n d

R e a d i n g 1 Read t h e t e x t a n d u n d e r l i n e w o r d s f r o m t h e d i a g r a m .

thumper truckeismic o p e r a t o r s search f o r o i l . O n l a n d

w e us e a t h u m p e r t r u c k . T h e t h u m p e r t r u c kc a r r i e s heavy p l a t e s . Heavy p l a t e s a r e t h e

e n e r g y s o u r c e . T h e heavy p l a t e s h i t t h e g r o u n d

a n d make shock w a v e s . Sometimes w e u s e

e x p l o s i v e s . T h e e x p l o s i o n i s t h e

e n e r g y s o u r c e . T h e e x p l o s i o n

sends shock waves t h r o u g h t h e

r o c k . T h e l a y e r s o f r o c k r e f l e c t

t h e waves t o t h e r e c e i v e r . W e

c a l l these r e f l e c t e d w a v e s . W e

u se c o m p u t e r s i n t h e r e c o r d i n g

t r u c k t o r e c o r d t h e d a t a a n d t o

analyse t h e d a t a .

V o c a b u l a r y 2 M a t c h t h e w o r d s 1 -6 w i t h t h e w o r d s a - f t o make p a r t n e r s h i p s .

recording truck

1 t h u m p e r — a ) o p e r a t o r

2 e n e r g y \ b ) source

3 shock \ c ) p l a t e

4 r e c o r d i n g \ d ) t r u c k

5 seismic \ : e ) w a v e

6 heavy ^ — 0 t r u c k

L i s t e n i n g

S p e a k i n g

3

4

KU I L i s t e n . W r i t e d o w n t h e w o r d s y o u h e a r . Read t h e w o r d s a l o u d .

Practise i n p a i r s . U s e t h e d i a g r a m . A s k a n d a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s .

A What's this?

B: It's a heavy plate.

A: Wha t does it do?

B: It hits the ground and mak es shock waves.

B: What are these?

A: They're shock waves.

B: What do they do ?

A: They go through the rock.

L o o k i n g f o r o i l



At sea

Reading 1 Complete the text w i t h words f r o m the diagram.

A t sea we use a seis mic sh ip .

The energy source is a (1) compressed a j r g u n o r explosives.

The (2) waves are reflect ed to receive rs.

The receivers are (3)

The layers of (4) give dif feren t data .

Listening 2

Speaking

Listen and mark the stress. Then listen again and repeat the words.

hydrophones

reflected

receiver

energy

explosives

d i f f e r e n t

Writ ing 3 W r i t e the words in the correct order.

1 At sea seismic we a use ship .

2 The energy sour ce is explosives co mpre ss ed gun air a or

3 The waves are to reflec ted receivers .

4 The receivers hyd rop hon es are .

5 The layers of dif ferent ro ck give data .

4 Complete the text.

source is a.

source is a.

h i t the

operators w o r k on land and at sea. On land the energy

plate or an explosion. At sea the energy

a ir gun. The waves f r o m the energy source

o f roc k and are reflect ed to recei vers. Comput ers

and analyse the data.

5 Practise in pairs . Explain how seismic oper ato rs search f or oil on land and at

sea. Draw diagrams to help.

On land seismic operators use thumper trucks. At sea they use seismic ships. ...

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L i s t e n i n g

L a n g u a g e

S e i s m i c o p e r a t o r s

1 E X

A :

B:

A:

B:

tLM L i s t e n t o a n d r e a d t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n .

H i , M a t t h e w .

H i .

W h a t d o y o u d o ?

I 'm a seismic o p e r a t o r .

W h a t d o seismic o p e r a t o r s d o ?

W e l l , w e search f o r o i l .

O K .

A n d w e w o r k i n c r e w s , o r t e a m s . I n m y c r e w w e

have t h r e e s u r v e y o r s a n d f i v e seismic o p e r a t o r s .

R i g h t .

A n d t w o s h o o t e r s .

Shooters?

That's r i g h t . Shooters.

W h a t d o t h e y d o ?

T h e y h a n d l e t h e e x p l o s i v e s .O h , O K . I u n d e r s t a n d .

F i r s t , w e s u r v e y t h e l a n d . W e l o o k f o r t h e b e s t places t o g o .

I see.

T h e n w e clear t h e l a n d . W e r e m o v e t r e e s a n d bushes, f o r e x a m p l e .

O K .

T h e n w e d o o u r t e s t s . W e o p e r a t e t h u m p e r t r u c k s . T h e heavy p l a t e s send

shock waves i n t o t h e r o c k . W e u s e r e c e i v e r s t o r e c o r d t h e d a t a a n d w e u s e

c o m p u t e r s t o analyse t h e d a t a .

W h a t a b o u t t h e shooters?

T h e shooters? W e l l , s o m e t i m e s w e d o n ' t u s e t h u m p e r t r u c k s . Sometimes

w e u s e e x p l o s i v e s . T h e s h o o t e r s d r i l l holes i n t o t h e g r o u n d a n d p r e p a r e

t h e s i t e . T h e n t h e y d e t o n a t e t h e e x p l o s i v e s . T h e explosives send shock

waves t h r o u g h t h e r o c k . W e u s e r e c e i v e r s t o r e c o r d t h e d a t a f r o m t h e shock

w a v e s . T h e n w e us e c o m p u t e r s t o analyse t h e d a t a .

D o y o u l i k e y o u r job?

Yeah, I d o .

F i n d v e r b s t h a t g o w i t h these n o u n s .

handle . explosives

. l a n d

.tests

. t h u m p e r t r u c k s

.shock waves

. d a t a

. holes

P lu r a l s

There are three different ways to

make regular p lu ra ls : add -s, add

truck -* trucksThere are three different ways to

make regular p lu ra ls : add -s, add bush -»bushes

-es or remove the y and add - i e s .Some plurals are irregular.

country -* countrieses or remove the y and add - i e s .Some plurals are irregular.

foot -* feef

P r o n u n c i a t i o n

/ s / III or / i z /

/s/ p lates, shoo ters

/z/ waves, eyes

/iz/ bushes

Read t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n a g a i n . U n d e r l i n e t h e q u e s t i o n s T h e n p r a c t i s e i n p a i r s .

A s k a n d a n s w e r these q u e s t i o n s .

1 W h a t d o seismic o p e r a t o r s d o ?

2 W h a t d o s u r v e y o r s d o ?

3 W h a t d o s h o o t e r s d o ?

2 L o o ki ng fo r o i l



N u m b e r s

L a n g u a g e N u m b e r s 1 t o 1 0 0

P r o n u n c i a t i o n

1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-on e

2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-tw o

3 three 13 thirte en 30 thirty

4 four 14 fourteen 40 forty5 five 15 fifteen 50 fifty

6 six 16 sixteen 60 sixty

7 seven 17 seventeen 70 seventy

8 eight 18 eighteen 80 eighty

9 nine 19 nineteen 90 ninety

10 ten 20 twenty 100 one hundred

Note the dif ference be twee n:

thirteen (13) and thirty (30)

fourteen (14) and forty (40)

sixteen (16) and sixty (60)

L i s t e n i n g 1a )

b )

c )

a )

b )

c )

d )

e )

0g )

h )

4

3

12

five

L i s t e n a n d c i r c l e t h e n u m b e r s y o u h e a r .

U % d ) 2 12

13 30 e) 9 19

14 16 60

L i s t e n a n d w r i t e t h e n u m b e r s y o u h e a r.

22

49

32

99

W r i t i n g 3 W h a t ' s next? W r i t e t h e a n s w e r a n d c o m p a r e i n p a i r s .

a ) 1 , 2 , 3 ,

b) 3, 5, 7,

c ) 2, 4 , 6 , _

d ) 9 , 1 0, 1 1 , .

e ) 2 0 , 3 0 , 4 0 , .

0 1 9 , 1 8 , 1 7 ,

W r i t e t h e n u m b e r s .

a ) f o r t y - o n e

b ) t w e n t y - t h r e e

c ) t h i r t y - n i n e

4 7 d ) t h i r t e e n

e ) t w e l v e

f) s e v e n t y - f o u r

S p e a k i n g 5 S a y t h e f o l l o w i n g t h r e e t i m e s, a s f a st a s p o ssi b l e . T h e n make u p s i m i l a r ' t o n g u e

t w i s t e r s ' .

a ) T h r e e t h u m p e r t r u c k s

b ) S i x t y - si x seismic o p e r a t o r s

c ) F o r t y - f o u r h y d r o p h o n e s

6

Practise i n p a i r s . Take t u r n s t o g i v e i n s t r u c t i o n s .A: Count from one to ten.

B: OK. One , two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Now your turn.

Count backwards from eighty-seven to seventy-eight.

A: OK. Eigh ty-seven , eighty-six, eighty-five, ...

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Where is it?

Vocabulary 1 Look at the picture. Read the sentences about the picture.

1 The safety manual is on the

t a b l e .

2 The boo ts are under the tab le.

3 The safet y glasses are next to the

manual.

4 The hel met is on the f l o o r ,

between the table and the door.

5 My jacket is be hi nd th e door , on

the hook.

6 The tabl e is in f r o n t of the

w i n d o w .

7 Th e coffee is in th e c up.

Wri t ing 2 Complete the sentences.

1 Where's the helmet?

I t 's on the f l o o r , .

2 Where' s th e jacket?

I t 's the door,.

3 Where' s th e coffee?

I t 's the cup.

4 Whe re are th e glasses?

They're

. the table and the door.

. the hook.

5 Where are the boots?

They're

the manual.

. the table.

6 Where's th e manual?

I t 's the table.

Speak ing 3 Practise in pairs. Use things in the r o o m .

A: Where are the keys?

B: They're on the table.

Mobile phone y

Bottle of waterC u p b o a r d

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H e a l t h a n d s a f e t y: I n s t r u c t i o n s

V o c a b u l a r y 1 Practise i n p a i r s . Take t u r n s t o g i v e a n d f o l l o w i n s t r u c t i o n s .

1 Stand u p . D o n ' t s t a n d u p . S it d o w n .

2 P o i n t t o t h e d o o r . D o n ' t p o i n t t o t h e d o o r . P o i n t t o t h e w i n d o w .

3 Wave. D o n ' t w a v e . T o u c h y o u r h e a d .

4 Stand n e a r t h e d o o r . D o n ' t st a n d n e a r t h e d o o r . Stand n e a r t h e w i n d o w .5 T u r n o n t h e l i g h t s . T u r n o f f t h e l i g h t s .

6 D o n ' t p u t y o u r b o o k u n d e r t h e t a b l e . P u t y o u r b o o k o n t h e t a b l e .

Don't touch. -* Do not touch.

Don't do that. -* Do not do that.

L i s t e n i n g 2 • • • • ' • K M L i s t e n t o a n d r e a d t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n .

Shooter: O K , y o u r first j o b . Explosives a r e d a n g e r o u s , so b e c a r e f u l .

A s s i s t a n t : O K .

Shooter: F i r st o f a l l , t u r n o f f t h a t p h o n e . N o phones w i t h e x p l o s i v e s .

A s s i s t a n t : S o r r y .

Shooter: N o p r o b l e m . N o w . B r i n g t h e b o x o v e r h e r e .


Shooter: A n d p u t t h e spare cables o n t h e t r u c k . Y e l l o w o n t h e r i g h t , r e d o n

t h e l e f t .


Shooter: A n d keep a n e y e o n t h e r o a d . A n y c a r s , c a l l m e . O K ?


Shooter: An d d o n ' t t o u c h t h a t f l a sk . I t ' s m y coffee. N o t y o u r s !

A s s i s t a n t : O K !

3 Complete t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

b r i n g be t a r n keep p u t t o u c h

1 turn

2

3

4

5

6 D o n ' t .

. o f f t h e p h o n e ,

t h e b o x h e r e .

. c a r e f u l .

. the cables o n t h e t r u c k .

. a n e y e o n t h e r o a d .

t h e f l a sk .

L a n g u a g e

I n s t r u c t i o n s

Turn on the lights.

Turn off that phone.

Stand up .

Sit down.

We add please to make the instruct ions m ore pol i te . Please don't touch.e add please to make the instruct ions m ore pol i te .

Please turn on the lights.

We add please to make the instruct ions m ore pol i te .

Sit down, please.

4 Play ' S i m o n says'. Y o u r teacher w i l l e x p l a i n t h e game.



Giving personal information

Lis tening 1 mtHHM Lis ten and repeat the tel ephon e nu mber s.

a) 0780 786 3487 b) 675 489 955 c) 546 389 2001

2 • L i Z m Listen and correct these numbers.

a) 030 3562 8888 7 d) 030 456 347 328

b ) 0071 253 628 998 e) 0786 747 636 468

c) 0049 756 463 839

3 • W L E £ f l Listen and complete the conversations.

Conversa t ion 1

A: What's yo ur

( 1 ) name

Jason Henley.

Is Jason your given name?

Yes, Hen ley is my family name.

OK. Where do you

( 2 ) ?

My address is 27 Por t Dri ve ,

Aberdeen.

D i d you say 27?

Yes, that's r i g h t .

And how old are you,

( 3 ) ?

I ' m 28.

28? OK. Good. What's your job?

I 'm a (4) on an

o i l rig.

A: Thank yo u.

Conve r sa t i on 2

A: What's yo ur name, please?

John Karuett.

Can you (5).

B:

A: Can yo u (5) th at, please?

B: Yes, sure. It's John, J-O-H-N, Karuett, K-A-R-U-E-double T.

A: Thank yo u. An d yo ur (6) ?

B: 45 Julienne Street.

A: OK. Postcode?

B: 2 4 3 5 1 .

A: Age?

B: (7)

A: Height?

B: Six foot one .

A: Weight?

B: 93 k i l o s .

A: OK. An d wh at do you do?

B: I'm a shooter?

A: Pardon?

B: A shooter . I w o r k w i t h (8)

A: OK. Than k yo u.

4 Complete the table. The t h i r d column is for you.

Given name Jason John You

Family name

Address

Telephone number

Age

Job

Height

Weight

Speaking 5 Practise i n pairs . Ask and answer ques tio ns.

A : What's your telephone number? B: It's 2345 67876. And yours?

A : It's 34556786. How old are you? B: I'm 23. And you?

A : I'm 31. How tall are you? B: I'm five foot eleven inches. And you?

What's your height?

A : I'm five foot seven inches. B: I'm 88 kilos. And you? What's your

How heavy are you? weight?

A : I'm 99 kilos.

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R e v i e w

Wri t ing 1 W r i t e the plurals.

1 flask

2 bush

3 explosive

4 operator

W r i t e these numbers in wor ds.

1 15

2 16

3 34

Label these diagrams.

A

4

5

6

i n c h

shooter

c o u n t r y

56

73

98

5 ~=—m / / /

vS f / / /

7

4 What do shoote rs do? Writ e three sentences.

5 Write six sentences about the room.

The cell phone is on the table. The door is open

6 Writ e the opposi te.

1 Stand up.

2 Tu rn on the phone.

3 Touc h the tabl e.4 Point to th e door.

5 Wave.

6 Put th e boo k on the table.

Don't stand up. / Sit down.

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• Talk about oil field equipment

• Give and understand instructions for

Oil fieldsoperating equipment

3 Oil fields • Describe control panelsOil fields• Tell the time

• Understand warning signs

• Make conversation

O il f ie ld equ ip m ent

V o c a b u l a r y 1 E ^ » I Listen and w r i t e down the labels for the pictures.

MM awell 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10.

2 Label these diagrams w i t h the word s in the box.

well hole pum pjack derrick dril l pipe

drill strin g drill colla r drill bit

S p e a k i n g 3 Practise in pairs. Look at the diagrams. Ask and answer question s.

A: What's this?

B: It's a drill pipe. Wh at are those?

A: Those are derricks.

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Operating equipment

V o c a b u l a r y 1 Look at the pictures on the left. Then look at the photo on the right. What can

y o u name?

anti-clockwise

clockwise

Listening 2 Listen to and read the conversation.

S u p e r v i s o r :

OK. Listen carefully.First, you t u r n this handwheel.

No, anti-clockwise.

Tu r n it until it's open.

Next, close this valve.

And then wait a couple of minutes.

Then read the gauge and w r i t e the pressure

in the log book.

And finally, check the flanges and the valves.

Yes, that's right.

Match the verbs 1-5 w i t h the nouns a-e.

1 Turn

T r a i n e e :

Understood.Clockwise?

OK, anti-clockwise.

OK Until it's open.

OK. Then close the valve.

Wait a couple of minutes.

OK. Got that.

For leaks?

a) the gauge

b) the pressure

c) the valve

d) the wheel

e) the flanges

S p e a k i n g 4 Work in pairs. Student A t u r n to page 68. Student B t u r n to page 79.

5 Now compare your notes w i t h others in the class.

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C o n t r o l p a n e l s

R e a d i n g 1 Look at the pi cture andread the descri pti on .

L o o k a t t h i s c o n t r o l p a n e l .

T h e r e ' s a s t a r t b u t to n t o p l e f t .

T h e r e ' s a s t o p b u t t o n b o t t o m

r i g h t . T h e p r e s s u r e g a u g e is in th e

m i d d l e . T h e r e ' s a w a r n i n g l a m pt o p r i g h t a n d t he o n / o f f s w i t c h is

b o t t o m l e f t .

L a n g u a g e

T h e r e is / T h e r e are

W e use (here is / (here are to say s o m e t h i n g or

s o m e b o d y e x i s t s .

There is 1 There's a lamp on the panel.e use (here is / (here are to say s o m e t h i n g or

s o m e b o d y e x i s t s .There are three lamps on the panel.

In the p l u r a l n e g a t i v e f o r m we use any, not a n u m b e r . There isn't (is not) a switch.n the p l u r a l n e g a t i v e f o r m we use any, not a n u m b e r .

There aren't (are not) any switches.

I n q u e s t i o n s we use any, not a n u m b e r .

I n s h o r t a n s w e r s we o m i t the n o u n .

A: Is there a start button?n q u e s t i o n s we use any, not a n u m b e r .

I n s h o r t a n s w e r s we o m i t the n o u n .B: Yes, there is. 1 No, there isn't (is not).



A: Are there any buttons?



B: Yes, there are. 1 No, there aren't (are not).

2 N ow look at this cont r ol panel. Write a descri pti on like the one above.

S p e a k i n g 3 Work in pairs. First draw a c o n t r o l panel. Put the controls where you like. Then

describe it for your partner to draw.

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T e l l i n g the time

Vocabulary 1 K-jEji Listen and repeat the times.

i) three b) three fifteen c) four thirty d) five forty e) six forty-five 0 seven fifty

o'clock

Listen and tick the times you hear.

3 Listen and w r i t e d o w n the times you hear.

1 Six o'clock

2

3 ,

4 ,

5

L i s t e n i n g 4 Look at the departures board. Listen to the conversation.

S p e a k i n g Practise in pairs. Ask and answer questions about other flights.

A: What time does the

flight to Los Angeles

depart/leave?

B: At seven thirty-five.

A: What's the flight

number?

B: TH3946.

A: What's the gate?

B: Al.

A: Is it on time?

B: Yes, it is. / No, it isn 1

It's delayed / cancelled.

A: Thank you. / Thanks.

^ D E P A R T U R E S

TIME TO FLIGHT NO. GATE REMARKS

Q7 35 LOS RflGELES TK3RSb Rl on TIIHEG7 SG FRRnh'FURT LR-3211 03 on TIIHEQ7 S5 TOROnTO GTSbSS

H 'II '3323R2 on TIH1E

G7 S5 LonoonGTSbSSH 'II '3323 BS OELRV'EO

Q7 5Q riEW YORH FD2 753 Rb DELAYEDQ7 55 SYonEY L'u'2317 R5 on TIIHEOS Q5 FRRIS B0RQ32 B l on TIIHEQS 15 OSLO FB5blQ

nB77R2OS on TIIHE

QS 2Q BUEnOS RIRESFB5blQnB77R2 RS OELRYEO

BS 2b BRRCELOnE GC5S33 01 on TIIHEQS 35 TOKYO LVKKSS 62 on TIIHE

QS SQ IHOSKOW RF32SQ BS GflnCELLEDQS 5Q 2URICH TH7252 RS on TIIHEQS 55 rniRfni LX31QQ

En42b7R21SQS

R2 on TIIHEBR Q5 HOnG uoriG

LX31QQEn42b7R21SQS

OS63

on TIIHEGR 1Q ROIHE

LX31QQEn42b7R21SQS

OS63 DELRYEO

OR 15 HOnOLULU EKS31R R l on TIIHE

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A s k i n g q u e s t i o n s a b o u t e q u i p m e n t

L i s t e n i n g 1

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

B:A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

Listen and complete the sentences.

What's this?

It's a pressure gauge

What's this for?

It's for checking the

W hat does this switch do?

It starts theHow do I increase the speed?

You the dial.

How do I lower the pressure?

You open the

What's this thing for?

That's the power It starts the motor.

D id you say turn the handle?

Yes, that's right.

Clockwise or

Clockwise.

What do I do next?

Press the start

OK.

.-clockwise?

Write the words in the correct order. Listen to check.

What's for this ?

D id you the press say button ?

What's gauge for this ?

D id y o u pull say lever the ?

What this does swi tch do ?

Is this button a start ?

Does this thing motor the start ?

S p e a k i n g 3 Practise in pairs. Use these pictur es. Ask and answer questions.

A: What's this?/ What are these?

B: It's a helmet. / They're gloves.

A: What's this for? / W hat are these for?

B: It's for protecting your head. / They're for protecting your hands.

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H e a l t h a n d s a f e t y : W a r n i n g s i g n s

R e a d i n g 1 Here aresome PPE signs. M atch the instructions to the pictures.

" 0 © OP r o t e c t i v e 1 1

H a n d p r o t e c 1 1

E y e p r o t e c t i o n l 1

P r o t e c t i v e

c l o t h i n g t i o n m u s t be m u s t be w o r nf o o t w e a r m u s t

m u s t be w o r n in t h i s i n t h i s a r e a b e w o r n in t h i s

w o r nL A1 a r e a 1 l a r e a

i

c

1• S a f e t y h e l • E a r p r o t e c t i o n

R e s p i r a t o r s m e t s m u s t m u s t be w o r n

m u s t be b e w o r n at all i n t h i s a r e aw o r n • t i m e s 1 J

L a n g u a g e

must/ mustn't

W e use must or mustn't +i n f in i t i ve for i n s t r u c t i o n s t h a t

a r e c o m p u l s o r y .

Yo u must wear a helmet.e use must or mustn't +i n f in i t i ve for i n s t r u c t i o n s t h a t

a r e c o m p u l s o r y .Yo u mustn't (must not) smoke here.

2 Write warnings using must or mustn't.

S3No s m o k i n g No d r i n k i n g No e a t i n g

1 You must turn off your phone.

2 You mustn't use your phone.

S p e a k i n g 3 Practise in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the signs.

A: What does this sign mean?

B: It means you must / mustn't... .

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Making conversation

L i s t e n i n g 1 t X U l B Complete the conversations w i t h the words in the box. Then listen

to check.

please Cantarell room flask idea Kuwait valve ask

Conversation 1

Where's Cantarell

1 think it's in Mexico.

Oh yes, thank you.

No problem.

Conversation 2

Where's Greater Burgan?

I 'm sure it's in

Oh, OK.

Conversation 3

I think the pressure's too high.

Oh, yes, you're right. Open the.

OK. Good idea.

Conversation 4

I think the temperature's too high.

I don't think you're right . 200 degrees is OK.

Are you sure?

OK, go and Jim.

OK. Will do.

Conversation 5

Where's your hard hat?

In my .Why?

Go and get it. You must wear a hard hat in this area.

Oh, OK. I didn't know that. Sorry.Conversation 6

Cup of tea?

Good

Milk and sugar?

Yes

Conversation 7

Don't touch the.

B: Why? Is it yours?

A: No, it's Norman's.

B: Oh, fair enough.

S p e a k i n g 2 Practise in pairs. Use all these phrases to make a conversation. Practise your

conversation and then present it to the class.

Cup of tea? Where's ...?

No problem. Oh, OK.

OK. Good idea. Are you sure?

OK. Will do. I didn't know that. Sorry.

Good idea. Fair enough.

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R e v i e w

W r i t i n g 1 Complete the puzzle. What do the missing letters spell?

c I I a r

b t

h 0 e

I a n 9 e

P P e

b a r r I

w e I

r i I I

t r i n g

2 Write down five different items in an oil field.

pump jack, ...

3 Write down three things you find on a control panel.

switches,...

4 Write these times in words.

1 3:25.

2 6:40.

3 7:20.

4 2:10.

5 7:45.

5 Look at these signs. Write what they mean.

You must wear a helmet.

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4 Drilling

• Talk about drilling a well

• Name common hand tools

• Ask for an d give directions

• Understand helicopter safety intructions

• O r d er food in the canteen

Dri l l i ng aw e l l

Listening 1Wkffvm Look at the diagrams. Listen to the instructions about how to drill

for oil.

,d r i l l p ipe

f ^ — d rill bit

ndri l l col lar

4

- kel ly

wel l ho le

tu rn ta b l e

P O W E R

O N

D

10

dri l l str ing

- cas ing

trip into = lower into

trip out of

= raise out of

Language

Write the correct number next to each verb. Listen again to check.

a) fix 0 trip o u t of

b) install g) attach 1

c) drill h) put

d) trip into i) turn on

e) slide j) attach

Sequencing

W e o f t e n put sequencing words atthe b e g i n n i n g of

a s e n t e n c e .

First, attach thedrill pipe to the drill bit.e o f te n put sequencing words atthe b e g i n n i n g of

a s e n t e n c e . Second put thecollar on thedrill bit.


a s e n t e n c e .

Then /After that 1 Next drill the hole.


a s e n t e n c e .

Finally, install thecasing in thewell hole.

3 Practise in pairs. Give instructions about how to drill for oil. Use the diagrams

to help you.

First, attach the drill pipe to the drill bit. Second, . . .

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T h e r o t a r y s y s t e m

1 The swivel hangs from a hook.

2 The connects the swivel to the drill pipe.

3 The kelly goes through the

4 The t u r n the turntable.

5 The turnt able

6 The turn table turn s the

7 The kelly tur ns the pipe.

2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false statements.

1 The turntable rotates.^F

2 Th e kelly rotate s. T/F

3 The swivel rotates. T/F

4 The hook rotates. T/F

5 The drill pipe rotates. T/F

6 The engines turn the turntable. T/F

7 The turntable turns the kelly. T/F

8 The kelly turns the turntable. T/F9 The kelly turns the drill pipe. T/F

10 The drill pipe turns the kelly. T/F

11 The hook connects the swivel to the drill pipe. T/F

12 The kelly connects the swivel to the drill pipe. T/F

13 The swivel connects the hook to the kelly. T/F

14 The kelly connects th e drill pipe to the swivel. T/F

15 The drill pipe connects the kelly to the turntable. T/F

S p e a k i n g 3 Work in pairs. Close your books. Draw a diagram of the rotary system. Explain

how it works to a partner.

A: How does the rotary system work?

B: Well, the ....



Lifting gear

R e a d i n g 1 Read the text. Underline the words from the diagram.

pul ley

hook

There are tw o blocks. Both blocks

use pulleys. The cable goes from

the winch to the blocks. The crown

blockdoes

not move. It is fixed tothe top of the derrick. The travelling

block hangs from the crown block.

It moves up and down. The winch

pulls or releases the cable. When it

pulls the cable, the travelling block

goes up. When it releases the cable,

the travelling block goes d o w n .

2 Complete these sentences.

1 The cable aoes from the winch to the blocks

2 The crow n block

3 The travelling bloc k.

4 The w inch

5 Wh en the w inc h pulls the cable, the travelling block.

6 When the w inch releases the cable, the travelling block.

S p e a k i n g 3 Look at these pictures. Describe the pictures using these phrases.

This is a ...

This goes from ... to ...

This does not...

This pulls the ...

When the the ...

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H a n d tools

V o c a b u l a r y 1 Match the pictures like this .

The paint br ush and the paint go together.

J

L i s t e n i n g 2

L a n g u a g e

to / too

Conversation 1

Conversation 2

Conversation 3

Listen to three conversations and match the m to the pictu res.

T h e w o r d s t o a n d to o h a v e d i f fe r e n t m e a n i n g s . The nut is too small.h e w o r d s t o a n d to o h a v e d i f fe r e n t m e a n i n g s .

Listen to the instructions.

T h e w o r d s t o a n d to o h a v e d i f fe r e n t m e a n i n g s .

We need a wrench to do this.


They're next to the flask.


Go from the canteen to the washroom.

3 Complete th e following sentences w i t h to or too.

V o c a b u l a r y 4

This hammer is t°°

The wrench is next

We use computers

Count from on e

12

3

4

5 This screw driv er is

M atch the words.

1 pipe

2 electric

3 reflective

4 needle-nose

5 sledge

small.

the toolbox.

record the data.

ten.

big.

a) paint

b) hammer

c) wren ch

d) pliers

e) screwdriver

S p e a k i n g 5 Practise in pairs. Talk about problems you can have w i t h the items on this page.

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D i r e c t i o n s

V o c a b u l a r y 1 [X~jE9 Listen to these directions. Complete th e sentences.

Where's the supervisor's office?

1 It's at the end J> L the cor r idor .

2 It's dow n the corr idor, the right.

3 It's along the co rrid or, third door the left.

4 It's the door .

Where's the car park?5 Go

6

7

8

9

D r i v e .

It's

It's

It's

th e gate. The car park is on the left.

the trees. It's on the right.

. the derrick.

. the pum pjack.

. the derrick and the pumpjack.

Look at the map. You are at A.

Read these directions for the

route to the temporary safe

refuge (TSR) o n an oil plat for m.

Draw the route on the map.

Escape routes on an o i l p la t fo rm

Go straight ahead. Take

the first t u r ning on your

left and go straight

ahead. Take the second

t u r ning on your right. Go

straight until y o u come

t o a T-junction. Tur n left.

The TSR is on your right.

TS R

Eg

W r i t i n g 3 Use the map above. Write directions for the route from B to the temporary

safe refuge.

L a n g u a g e

supervisors I supervisor's I supervisors'

W e a d d a n s t o m a k e t h e n o u n

p l u r a l .

We have two supervisors here, one for safety and one for technical control.

's a n d s ' a r e u s e d t o s h o w

p o s s e s s i o n . T h e p o s i t i o n o f t h ea p o s t r o p h e ( ' ) s h o w s w h e t h e r t h e

n o u n i s s i n g u l a r o r p l u ra l .

This is the supervisor's office, (one supervisor)s a n d s ' a r e u s e d t o s h o w

p o s s e s s i o n . T h e p o s i t i o n o f t h ea p o s t r o p h e ( ' ) s h o w s w h e t h e r t h e

n o u n i s s i n g u l a r o r p l u ra l .

This is the supervisors' office, (two or more supervisors)

4 Draw a map of your workplace. Practise direc tions in pairs. Say some thing

about the places on your map.

You must wear PPE in this area.

This is the supervisor's office.

Leave your phone at reception.

You mustn't smoke here.



Health and safety: Helicopters

L i s t e n i n g 1 tKtJ LUM Look at this picture. Then listen to and read the safety instructions.

Complete the instructions.

Here are some instructions. First of all, remove any loose items which might

blow away. Always approach a (1) helicopter where the pilot can see

y o u . The tail (2) is dangerous. Get in the helicopter only

w h e n the (3) signals you to do so. Fasten your seatbelt as

soon as you are seated and put on your ear protection. This flight is over water

so you must wear a survival suit and a (4)

R e a d i n g 2 Read the text again and answer these questions.

1 Who is in charge of the helicopter?

2 What do you put on your ears?

3 What must you remove?

4 What do you do when the pilot signals you?

5 What do you do w i t h the seatbelt?

6 What must you wear for a flight over water?

3 Put the sentences in the correct order.

a) Remove loose items.

b) Fasten your seatbelt.

c) Get in the helicopter.

d) Approach where the pilot can see you.

e) Put on ear protection.

f) Put on a survival suit and lifejacket.

g) Wait for the pilot's signal.

••••••

S p e a k i n g 4 Work in pairs. Student A turn to page 68. Student B t u r n to page 79.

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Off-shift i n t h e c a n t e e n

V o c a b u l a r y 1 Matc h the wo rds in the box to the pict ures .

b e e f b u r g e r b r e a d c h i c k e n f r ie s

r i c e s o u p s p a g h e t t i v e g e t a b l e s

p i z z a

L i s t e n i n g 2 K J i t f l Listen to three oil workers in a

canteen. What do they order? How muchdoes it cost?

F o o d D r i n k P r i c e

3 Listen again and look at the menu. What

mistakes does th e cashier make?

L a n g u a g e

F o o d

c h i c k e n s o u p

v e g e t a b l e s o u ps p a g h e t t i

p i z z a

b e e f b u r g e r

c h e e s e b u r g e r

s t e a k

f r i e d e g g

f r e n c h f r i e s

r i c e

e x t r a m u s h r o o m s /

o n i o n s / c h e e s e

b r e a d

D r i n k s

t e a

c o f f e e

c o l a

o r a n g e j u i c e

l e m o n a d e

w a t e r

$ 1 . 5 0

$ 1 . 5 0

$ 6 . 0 0

$ 7 . 3 5

$ 3 . 0 0

$ 3 . 5 0

$ 9 . 0 0

$ 0 . 5 0

$ 0 . 5 0

$ 0 . 4 0

$ 0 . 5 0

$ 0 . 2 0

$ 0 . 5 0

$ 0 . 7 5

$ 0 . 5 0

$ 0 . 5 0

$ 0 . 5 0

f r e e

A s k i n g f o r a n d a b o u t f o o d

I'd like a beefburger, please.

Could 1 have some fries, please?

Ther e a r e d i f f e r en t w ay s to as k fo r

a n d a b o u t f o o d .

What's that /this?Ther e a r e d i f f e r en t w ay s to as k fo r

a n d a b o u t f o o d . A: How about a cup of tea?

B: That sounds good.

A: Would you like a plate of spaghetti?

B: Yes, please.

S p e a k i n g 4 Work in pairs. Student A turn to page 68. Student B turn to page 79 .

D r i l l i n g



R e v i e w

W r i t i n g 1 W ri te down the follow i n g.

1 three tools

2 three things to w ear in a helicopter

3 thr ee thing s to eat

4 three things to drink

2 Label these diagrams. Then w r i t e five sentences about them. Use the words inthe box to help you.

turn rotate hang from connect go through go from

14

13

12

11 _

10

3 Write down instructions to get from A to B.

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• Describe oil rig systems

\ ^orkin£ f * T a i k a D ° u t d i m e n s i ° n s

*^ • Explain what a medic does

Q ^ ^ g J"^ Q J* ^ • Talk about basic medical problemsDescribe the crew quarters on an oil rig

Oil rig systems

V o c a b u l a r y Look at the diagram. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

1 The turntable is on the platform at the bottom of the derricklT)F

2 The block and the hook are at the top of the derrick. T/F

3 The engines are below the platform. T/F

4 The pipe racks are to the left of the platform. T/F

5 The motor is above the generator. T/F

6 The water tank is to the right of the mud pit below the platform. T/F

generator

0

mud pit water tankpipe racks

2 Underline all the mistakes in these statements. Correct the mistakes.

1 The motor is below the platform, to the left of the engines, above

2 The fuel tanks are above the platform, to the right of the engines.

3 The ramp is to the left of the platform and to the right of the racks.

4 The mud pit is to the right of the pump and above the water tank.5 The pump is below the platf orm, to the left of the derrick.

S p e a k i n g 3 Practise in pairs. Ask and answer questions about where things are on the

oi l rig.

What's above the turntable and below the hook?

The swivel.

Correct! Now your turn.

Where is/are ... ?/ What's ... ?

It's/They're/The ....

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What does it do?

Lis tening 1 " T M Listen to and read

the conversation.

What's this?

It's a derrick.

What does it do?

It supports the block.

D id you say the block?

Yes, that's correct.

i a . - i t ™ Listen to and read

the conversation.

A: Does the motor t u r n the

turntable?

Yes, it does.

And the engines? Do

the engines provide

the power?

Yes, they do.Does the pump drive the

generator?

No, it doesn't.

The engines drive

the generator.

Do the tanks on the left

hold water?

No, they don't. They

hold fuel.

B:

A:

B:A:

B:

A:

B

. 1HM Complete the sentences. Then listen to check.

The engines provide the power.

The fuel hold fuel for the engines.

The engines drive the

The generator provides electrical power for the

the pump.

The pump sucks mud from the mud

The motor turns the .

The water tank water for the mud pit.

. and

8 The mud pit contains the

9 The pipe racks support the .

fluid.

pipes.

S p e a k i n g 4 Practise in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what things do on the oil rig.Use the diagram on page 36.

A: What's this?

B: What does it do?

A: Does the ... ?

B: Do the ... ?

A: Did you say ...?

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Dimensions

Listening 1

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:B:

JUM Listen to and read the conversation

How long is this pipe?

It's 30 feet long.

D id you say 30 feet?

Yes, that's correct.

What's that in metres?

About 10 metres.

OK. What's the diameter?The outside diameter

is 6 inches. The wa ll

thickness is half an inch.

A n d , before you ask, an

inch is about two and a

half centimetres. So that's

about 15 centimetres outside diameter and a

wall thickness of just over a centimetre.

So the bore is about 12.5 centimetres.

That's right .

OK, thank you.You're welcome.

Listen and complete the sentences.

1 1 foot is equal to inches.

2 1 inch is about centimetres.

3 1 metre is about feet.

S p e a k i n g 3 Work in pairs. Student A t u r n to page 68. Student B t u r n to page 79.

Pipe Length Outside diameter Wall thickness Bore

2

3

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dec k

200 m m = .

x

m 2 )

m = m

2

)

Offshore f ixed p latfo rm s

R e a d i n g 1 Read the text and complete the dimensions on the diagram.

This offshore fixed platform

is 710 metres high from

the top of the derrick to

the sea bed. The derrick is

100 metres h igh . The sea

is 500 metres deep. The

piles go 20 metres into

the sea bed. The heliport

on the right has an area

of 500 square metres.

The drilling platform

is 40 metres long and

30 metres w ide , so it has an

area of 1200 square metres.ver t i ca l

wel ld i rec t ional wel l

-hel ipor t (b 25 x

-dr i l l i ng p lat form (c .

- leg

sea level

d m

s ea bed

2 Write down the following information.

1 The height of the jacket above sea level

2 The heigh t of the deck, including the derrick, above the jacket

3 The numb er of platfor ms

4 The height of the der rick above the drilling platform

5 The dep th of the piles below the sea bed

6 The dept h of the ver tical we l l below the sea bed

7 The length of the direc tional we l l below the sea bed

8 The area of the drilling platform

W r i t i n g 3 Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1 pipeline kilometres is long The five .

2 five hun dr ed is The deep sea metres .

3 w ide The metres is helip or t tw enty-fiv e .

4 metres The drilling platform the f orty length of is .

4 Use these words to make sentences.

1 verti cal we l l / deep

2 derrick / high

3 helip or t / long / and / w ide

4 piles / deep

5 drilling platform / long

L a n g u a g e

D i m e n s i o n s

We c an us e a no un o r t he r e l a ted

a d j e c t iv e t o t a l k a b o u t d i m e n s i o n s .

A d j e c t i v e N o u ne c an us e a noun o r t he r e l a ted

a d j e c t iv e t o t a l k a b o u t d i m e n s i o n s . The pipe is 20 metres long. Th e length of the pipe is 20 metres.



The wa ll is half an inch thick. Th e thickness of the wall is half an inch.



The sea is 500 metres deep. Th e depth of the sea is 500 metres.



The heliport is 25 metres wide. Th e width of the heliport is 25 metres.



The derrick is 100 metres high. Th e height of the derrick is 100 metres.

S p e a k i n g 5 Practise in pairs. Use the diagram to talk about the dimensions of the platform.

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A s k i n g f o r i n f o r m a t i o n

L a n g u a g e

A s k i n g a b o u t d i m e n s i o n s

W e u s e How + a d j e c t i v e + is it? t o a s k a b o u t

d i m e n s i o n s u s i n g t h e a d j e c t i v e f o r m o f t h e w o r d .

How long is it?e u s e How + a d j e c t i v e + is it? t o a s k a b o u t

d i m e n s i o n s u s i n g t h e a d j e c t i v e f o r m o f t h e w o r d .How thick is it?



How deep is it?



How wide is it?



How high is it?

W e u s e What is the + n o u n ? t o a s k a b o u t d i m e n s i o n s

u s i n g t h e n o u n f o r m o f t h e w o r d .

What is the length?e u s e What is the + n o u n ? t o a s k a b o u t d i m e n s i o n s

u s i n g t h e n o u n f o r m o f t h e w o r d .What is the thickness?



What is the depth?



What is the width?



What is the height?

1 Ask and answer questions about the offshore fixed p la t for m . Use the words

given and the diagram on page 39 .1 high / the t op of the derrick / above sea level

2 area / heliport

3 deep / sea at th e platform

4 w i d t h / drilling platform

5 height / jacket / above the sea bed

L a n g u a g e

many I much

W e u s e many w i t h n o u n s w e c a n c o u n t .How many barrels of oil does it produce?

W e u s e many w i t h n o u n s w e c a n c o u n t .How many people are there in a c rew?

W e u s e much w i t h n o u n s w e c a n n o t c o u n t .How much oil do they have?

W e u s e much w i t h n o u n s w e c a n n o t c o u n t .How much fuel is in the tank?

Complete this conversation using much an d many. Listen to check.

Tell me about the platform. How ( 1 ) much Q j i does it produce?

It produces about 21,000 barrels per day.

H o w ( 2 ) tonnes is that pe r year?

Let me see. That's over one million tonnes pe r year.

How (3 ) oil w orker s are there on the platform?I think there are about 120.

How (4 ) money do the oil workers earn?

They earn quite a lot because they have to w o r k away from home.

S p e a k i n g 3 Practise in pairs. Ask and answer more questions about the offshore

fixed platform.

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H e a l t h a n d s a f e ty : I n t h e s i c k b a y

R e a d i n g 1 Read the text. What do medics do? Make a list.

Every rig has a doct or or a

medic. Their job is to look

after any medical problems

on the rig. No rmally they

treat patients in the sick

bay. Sometimes they send

patients to hospital by

helicopter. Medical staff

ca n have other jobs, too.

T hey check water supplies.

They inspect food. They

ord er medical s upplies.

T hey also train w orkers in

first aid.

Listen to the conversations. What three questions does the medic

Listen again. Write do w n the six medical pr oblems yo u hear.

1 cough

2 sun

3 head.

4 I hurt m y

5 I've got som ething in m y .

6 I hurt m y

wLUiiM Listen again. Write down the soluti on .

1 cough medicine

2 sun

3

4 in the other roo m

5 eye

6 X-

L a n g u a g e

have I have got

W e u s e have got i n s t e a d o f have in

i n f o r m a l B r it i s h E n g l i s h . A m e r i c a n

E n g l i s h d o e s n o t u s e have got.

I have a headache.

He has sunburn.

We both have this cough.

I've got a headache.

He 's got sunburn.

We've both got this cough.

5 Practise in pairs. One of you is a medic, the other a patient. Make similar

conversations to those you heard.

A: What's the matter / problem?

B: I have / I've got....

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C r e w q u a r t e r s

R e a d i n g 1 Read the text.

The crew quarters are on tw o levels. The upper The lowe r level has the crew changing areas,

level houses the galley, the mess area, the recreation show ers and toilets, a fitness roo m, w ashing

room , th e tool pusher's office and quarte rs and the mac hines , crew lockers , crew cabins and the first

company man's office and quar ter s. aid ro om and sick bay.

m e s s a r e a ga l ley re c re a t i o nro o m

to o l p u s h e r ' so f f i ce and quar ters

c o m p a n y m a n sof f i ce and quar ters

D CJ — [

/ V V V V V V V V X ^

1

1 = 1p—J88S&]

/ N / V N A / V V V V V V N / V ^ ^ ^

c re w c h a n g i n g a re a s ,

s h o w e rs a n d to i l e ts

f i tn e s s

ro o m

w a s h i n g m a c h i n e s

a n d c re w l o c k e rs

c re w c a b i n s fi rst aid room

and s ick bay

L i s t e n i n g 2 . • T : U U Complete th e sentences. Then listen to check.

OK, the recreation r o o m . There's a TV, a snooker table, a telephone

an d some books. There's also a notice board.

2 T h e .

galley.

T h e _

T h e _

sports equipment.

The

this job.

Everyone has a.

. area? Just tables and chairs and a w indo w to the

. ? It's a kitchen. It's where we cook our food.

. room? We have a running machine and some other

. machines are on all the time. We get very dirty in

That's w h e r e w e keep our PPE.S p e a k i n g 3 D raw a plan of the crew quarte rs on an oil rig . D raw tw o levels. Explain yo ur

plan to a partner but do not show your partner your drawing. Your partner

draws your plan.

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R e v i e w

W r i t i n g 1 Write five sentences about this diagram.

c >

Example: The engines provide the power. They are to the right of the fuel tanks.

2 Write three sentences to describe this pipe.

l eng th , 45 m

This pipe is 45 metres ...

3 Complete this text.

- b o r e , 25 cm

^wall thickness, 3 cm

A typical offshore fixed platform is 710 metres high from the top of the

derrick to the (1) The derrick is 100 metres high. The

sea is 500 metres (2) The piles go 20 metres into the sea(3 ) The heliport on the right has an (4)

of 500 square metres. The drilling platform is 40 metres long and 30 metres

(5 ) , so it has an area of 1200 square metres.

4 Complete these sentences w i t h much or many.

How.

How.

How.

How.

How.

. people w o r k on the rig?

. oil does the rig produce?

. barrels of oil does the rig produce?

. tables are there in the galley?

. money do the oil workers earn?

What does a medic on an oil rig do? Write three sentences.

Example: A medic treats patients.

Write seven words to complete the w o r d spider.

ccrew quarters

c c

> 1J c J

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R e f i n i n g !

Talk about refineries

Talk about refinery jobs

Use colours

Talk about days, months and dates

Talk about emergency procedures

Talk about the weather

Refiner ies

R e a d i n g Read this text .

Ref iner ies change crude oi l in t o d i f f er e n t p e t r o l e u m p r o d u c t s . T h e r eare three m a in processes. First the cru de o i l i s separated in t o di f fe re nt

com p one n ts . The n the comp one n ts a re conv e r te d us i ng he a t a nd p re ssure .

Last ly , chemica ls are added to make the final p r o d u c t s . T h e c o n t r o l r o o m

is the cen tre of the ref inery. Ele ctr ica l pow er is p ro v ide d b y t h e s u b s t a t i o n .

Hazardous m ater ia ls are stored i n the hazm at area.

L i s t e n i n g 2 ^ L i s t e n t o s i x v i s i t o r s a t t h e m a i n g a t e t o a r e f i n e r y . C o m p l e t e t h e t a b l e .

V i s i t o r T i m e N a m e o f v i s i t o r R e a s o n f o r v i s i t W h e r e

7 Hans Clements Meeting with D r Schmidt

2 Abdullah Al-Kakhis Hazmat area

3 Sally Digby New employee

4 Marisa Codreanu an dDennis Poljakovic

Separation area

5 Delivery of spare parts Control room

6 Connie Grieve Substation

S p e a k i n g 3 Practise in pairs . Have conversations l ike th e ones y ou he a rd . Use these

phrases and sentences.

Good morning/afternoon. I 'm here to see ....

Coul d I see your ID , please? One moment,please.

Thankyou.

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Parts of a ref ine ry

V o c a b u l a r y 1 M atc h th e w or d s 1 -1 3 w i t h th e i r d es c r ip t ion s a -m .

1 s u b s t a t i o n — _ a) w a t e r s u p p l y f o r c h e m i c a l processes

2 c on ver s ion area \. b ) the centre of the ref inery

3 tank farm \c)

c o n t r o l of access

4 canteen \ . d ) space fo r cars

5 main gate • e) e l e c t r i c i t y s u p p l y

6 a dm inis t ra t io n b u i l d i n g 0 store of dangerou s ma ter ia ls

7 s epar a t ion area g) w h er e c h emic a l s a r e ad d ed to make

pr od u c ts r ead y f or mar ket

8 r iver h ) a place to get food

9 t r ea tmen t area 0 offices

10 labs J) storage tan ks f or d i f f e ren t pe t r o leu m

p r o d u c t s

11 parking area k) th e loc a t ion of th e d i s t i l l a t i on c o l u m n s

12 hazardous mater ia ls area 0 th e lo c a t ion of th e labs

13 c o n t r o l r o o m m ) w h e re heat and pressure are used to

change th e c ompon en ts

L i s t e n i n g 2 HL-Ufl Listen to the in fo rm a t io n abou t a r e fin er y . A n s w er these q u es t ion s .

1 How big is the ref inery?

2 H o w m a n y gates does i t have?

3 H o w m a n y p a r k i n g areas does i t have?

4 Wh at is the su bstat io n for?

5 Wh at is the r iver for?

6 W here are the d i s t i l l a t i on c o lu mn s ?

7 W h at are th e bu i ld in g s in th e t r ea tmen t area?

V o c a b u l a r y 3 L ook a t th e p ic tu r e . W h ic h par t s o f th e r e f in er y c an y ou see?

S p e a k i n g 4 Work in pairs . Draw a map of a ref inery . Explain the dif ferent areas to a vis i tor .

This is the admin building.Theseare our offices.

This is the substation.

This provides power for the rehnery.

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Ref inery jobs

R e a d i n g R ead th e texts . Matc h th e jobs in th e box to th e d es c r ip t ion s .

safety instructor control room operator maintenance supervisor

pump system operator lab technician

1 M y job i s to w o r k in th e r e f in er y c on tr o l r o o m . I m o n i t o r e q u i p m e n t a n d

t r o u b l e s h o o t p r o b l e m s , control room operator

2 I 'm respon sib le for a l l the p u m p systems in the ref in ery . I use dif ferent

i n s t r u m e n t s i n m y wo r k , i nc l u d i ng pressure gauges a n d f l o w m e t e r s .

3 I w o r k in a lab . My job i s to ad d c h emic a l s to th e pr od u c ts an d c ar r y ou t

tests. I w r i t e a lo t o f r epo r ts .

4 M y job is to co-ord inate and supervise a team of engineers an d techn ic ians .

T og eth er w e in s pec t an d main ta in r e f in er y eq u ipm en t an d p ip in g s y s tems .

Somet imes w e r epa ir eq u ipm en t .

5 I t r a i n a l l th e employ ees in eve r y th in g to d o w i t h fire safety . This inc ludesh a z m a t t r a i n i ng as w e l l as emer g en c y pr oc ed u r es .

Find t h e o d d on e o u t . E x p l a i n w h y .

1 employ ee , en gin eer, eq u ipm en t , t ec h n ic ian , s u per vis or

2 pressure gauge, p ip in g s y s tems , p u m p s y s te m s , f l o w m e t e r s , tra ining

3 fire safety, w r i t e r epor ts , c ar r y ou t tests, m o n i t o r e q u i p m e n t , tra in

e m p l o y e e s

U nde r l ine th e f o l l o wi ng w o r d par tn er s h ips in th e d es c r ip t ion s above .

a ) r e f i n e r y e q u i p m e n t

b ) fire safety

c ) emer g en c y pr oc ed u r esd) p ip in g s y s tems

e) hazmat t r a i n i ng

f) pressure gauges

Find verbs in the texts above w h i c h go w i t h these n o u n s .

e m p l o y e e s

e q u i p m e n t

r e p o r t s

p r o b l e m s

i n s t r u m e n t s

co-ordinate

S p e a k i n g 5 Descr ibe a job to a partner . Your partner has to guess th e job y ou ar ed e s c r i b i n g .

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In t h e c o n t r o l r o o m : PCBs and res i s tors

R e a d i n g 1 Read this explanation of PCBs.

P C B s

Re f i nery con tro l rooms c onta i n a l o t of comp l e x e l e c tr i ca l e qui p m e nt .

Technicians look af ter thi s equ ipm ent. Sometimes tech nician s repair p r i n t ed

c i rcu i t boards, or PCBs.

L ook at the resistors on this PCB.

The co l o ur ba nds sh ow the va l ue of the re s i s tor i n ohms

( Q ) . Ten di f ferent co lo ur s represent th e num bers 0 to 9 .

T h e first tw o ba nds a re the f irst t w o digi t s of the resistan ce.

T h e t h i r d ba nd i s the mult ip l ier .

T h e m u l t i p l i e r te l l s yo u the nu mbe r o f zeroes to add af ter

th e first t w o digi t s .

T h e final band is the to lerance .

O n the resistor sh ow n above , orange = 3 , orange = 3 ,

bla ck = 0, so the resistance is 33 Q .

b l a c k 0

b r o w n 1

o r a n g e 3

y e l l o w 4

g r e e n wmb l u e

p u r p l e

g r e y 8

w h i t e 9

2 A n s w e r these que st i ons .

1 W h a t does PCB stand for?

2 W ha t do the co l ou r ba nds on the re s i stors show ?

3 W ha t do the first t w o b an d s mean?

4 W h a t does th e t h i r d b a n d te l l y o u ?

5 W hat i s the f o u r t h band for?

S p e a k i n g 3 W ork i n p a i rs . Te l l yo ur p a r tne r the co l ou rs o f the first three bands of a resistor.

T h e y w o r k ou t the resistance .

A : M y colours are purple, thengreen, then black.

B: O K , so that's 75 Q .

A : Correct! Now your turn.

B: O K . M y colours are yell ow, purpleand red.

A : That's 4700Q or 4.7kQ .

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Dates

L i s t e n i n g 1 Lis ten t o t w o s h o r t c o n v e r s a t i o n s . Tick the days you hear .

M o n d a y

T u es d ay

W ed n es d ay

T h u r s d a y

••••

Friday

Saturday

Su n d ay

•••

Lis ten and repeat the months of the year . M ar k th e stress.

Jan u ar y Febr u ar y Ma rch

Apr i l M ay June

J u l y A ugus t September

O c t o b e r N o v e m b e r December

W r i t i n g 3 W h a t comes next?

Mo nda y , Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Saturday, Mo nda y , Wednesday,January , M a r c h , May ,

December , November , October ,

M a r c h , June, September,

L a n g u a g e

D a t e s

W e s a y the first of January, the second of February, the third of March, e t c . o r January the first.

1 st = f i rst

2 n d = s e c o n d

3rd = th i rd

4 t h = f o u r t h

5th = f i f th

6 t h = s i x t h

7 t h = s e v e n t h

8 t h = e i g h t h

9th = n in th

1 0 t h = t e n t h

4 D ic ta te d ay s an d mon th s to y o u r par tn er .

5 Practise i n pairs . A s k an d an s w er q u es t ion s . Find a n ew pa r tn er an d r epeat.

What day is it today/tomorrow? I t's Tuesday.What month is it? It's December.

What's the datetoday? I t's the third of February.

When's your birthday? I t's on the fourteenth of July.

1 1 t h = e l e ve n t h 2 1 s t = t w e n t y - f i r s t

1 2 t h = t w e l f t h 2 2 n d = t w e n t y - s e c o n d

1 3 t h = t h i r t e e n t h 2 3 r d = t w e n t y - t h i r d

1 4 t h = f o u r t e e n t h 2 4 t h = t w e n t y - f o u r t h

1 5 t h = f i f t e e n t h 2 5 t h = t w e n t y - f i f t h

1 6 t h = s i x t e e n t h 2 6 t h = t w e n t y - s i x t h

1 7 t h = s e v e n t e e n t h 2 7 t h = t w e n t y - s e v e n t h

1 8 t h = e i g h t e e n t h 2 8 t h = t w e n t y - e i g h t h

1 9 t h = n i n e t e e n t h 2 9 t h = t w e n t y - n i n t h

2 0 t h = t w e n t i e t h 3 0 t h = t h i r t i e t h

3 1 s t = t h i r t y - f i r s t



H eal th and sa fety : Em ergency proced u res

R e a d i n g 1 Read these emer g en c y pr oc ed u r es . W h y d o y o u w a l k u p w i n d ?

Emergency procedures

1 Raise the alarm.

2 Contact the emergency services.

3 Switch off all machinery.

4 Proceed upwind to an assembly area.

5 Check that all your crew or department

are present or accounted for.

6 Report to the senior person present.

L i s t e n i n g 2

S p e a k i n g 5

Lis ten to a s u p e r v i s o r ta lk ing abou t emer g en c y pr oc ed u r es . Does heforget an y th in g ?

M a t c h these ac t ion s to the pr oc ed u r es above .

a ) t e leph on e

b ) ta lk

c) break glass 7d ) p u s h s t o p b u t t o n

e) w a l k

f ) c o u n t heads

M a t c h these sentences to the pr oc ed u r es above .

a ) I w o u l d l ike to r e p o r t a fire i n the ad m i n i s t r a t i on b u i l d i ng .

b ) M y c r ew are a l l pr es en t or ac c ou n ted f or.

c) Does an y on e k n ow w h e r e J o h n is?

d ) F o l l o w me.

e) T u r n off the generator .

0 Fire! Fire! Fire! 7

W or k in pair s . Studen t A t u r n to page 68. Stu d en t B t u r n to page 79.

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Tal k ing a b o u t t h e w e a t h e r

L i s t e n i n g 1 ' 3 . ' T - i M Li s te n a nd re a d .

1 It's r a i n i n g .

2 It's w i n d y .

3 I t' s a s to rm . L i s te n to the thu nde r .

Listen a nd comp l e te the ta b l e .

- 2 0 ° C 0 ° C 2 0 ° C 4 0 ° C

I t ' s very

to d a y .I t ' s f r e e z i n g . It 's a n ice day. I t ' s ve ry ho t today .

I t 's tw e n ty b e l o w

a n d . . .

I t ' s H f i g re s s I t ' s 2 0 d e g re e s . It's rtpgrpes

. . . i t ' s s n o w i n g .T h e re ' s i c e o n th e

r o a d s .

N n

to d a y .I t 's v e ry w i n d y .

S p e a k i n g 3 P ra cti se i n p a i r s . D i scuss the w e a the r re p or t w i t h y o u r p a r t n e r.

P l a c e T o d a y T o m o r r o w

A b e r d e e n - 1 0 ° C * * 3 " C m

L o s A n g e l e s 3 2 ° C 3 3 ° C &

M o s c o w - 2 0 ° C * * - 2 3 ° C * *

R i o d e J a n e i ro 2 8 ° Cc

—1 2 5 ° C &

R i y a d h 4 5 ° C O 4 5 ° C &

S y d n e y 18° C ^ 2 1 ° C &

A : What's the weather like in Aberdeen today?

B: Freezing. It's minus 10.

A : A nd tomorrow?

B: It's goingto be 3 degreesand raining.

A : What about Riyadh?

B: I t's hot. 45 degrees.

A : What's that in Fahrenheit?B: A hundredand thirteen degrees.

C e l s i u s F a h r e n h e i t

- 3 0 - 2 2

- 2 5 - 1 3

- 2 0 -4

- 1 5 5

- 1 0 14

- 5 2 3

0 3 2

5 4 1

10 50

1 5 5 9

2 0 6 8

2 5 7 7

3 0 8 6

3 5 9 5

4 0 1 0 4

45 113

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Review

W r i t i n g 1 W h a t does a ref inery do? W r i t e th r ee sentences.

2 Loo k at the a u dio scr ip t for trac k 47 on page 75. W r i t e q u es t ion s to g e t these

a n s w e r s .

1 I t 's near l y 3 km l on g an d 1 km w i d e .

Example: How big is the refinery?

2 Three.

3 E lec t r i c a l pow er .

4 Fr om th e river.

5 In the sepa rat ion area.

3 W r i t e a sentence a b o u t w h a t each of these p e o p l e d o .

1 c o n t r o l r o o m o p e r a t o r

2 s a fe ty in s t r u c tor

3 main ten an c e s u p er vis or

4 p u m p s y s t e m o p e r a t o r5 lab tec h n ic ia n

4 Com ple te th e emer g en c y pr oc ed u r es f or a r e f in er y .

Raise

Con tac t _

S w i t c h _

Proceed

Check _

R epor t _

5 C o m p l e t e each of these w o r d s p id er s .

c 3 C 3 C 3 C 3

cc c o l o u r s

3C

3C3

^ d a y s o f t h e w e e k ^

3 c 3 Cc

33

C

c

3 C 3 C

C m o n t h s

3 C 3 C

3 C^ t y p e s o f w e a t h e r ^

Z ) I c

3

3C 3 C 3

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• Talk about petroleum products

7• Describe storage facilities

7 Storage• Ex plain how to operate a fire

extinguisher7 Storage• Talk about past incidents

• Request items from the storeroom

•MBit.

P e t r o l e u m p r o d u c t s

L i s t e n i n g 1 EJEEI Listen to the des cr ipt ion s of f ive dif ferent oi l depots . As yo u l is ten,

t ick th e pe t r o leu m pr od u c ts y ou hear.

1 asphalt 0 7 pe t r oc h emic a l s (feedstock) •2 diesel fuels

•8 par a f f in w ax

•3 jet fuel • 9 au tom ot ive an d in d u s t r ia l lu br ic an ts •4 kerosene • 10 l iqu ef ied petro leu m gas •5 gasol ine • 11 propane •6 fuel oi l s • 12 butane •

V o c a b u l a r y 2 M atc h th e w or d s to th e p ic tu r es .

1 c a t w a l k E

2 tank farm

3 bu l l e t tan k

4 u n d er g r ou n d tan k

5 road tanker

3 You have on e min u te . Close y ou r book . W r i te d o w n as man y pet r o leu mpr od u c ts as y o u c an . Compare y ou r l i s t w i t h others in the class.

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Properties

Rea d i n g Complete the tex t w i t h the headings in the box.

Plastics Jet fuel Synthetic rubber Petrol

1etroleum products

1

Also called gasoline, this is a l i q u i d fuel for

vehicles on l an d and sea. It ignites easily

in engines. It remains l i q u i d at n o r m a l

t emper atu r es .

T h is is a l i q u i d fuel for aircraft and rockets. It

remains l i q u i d at very low temperatures.

Also called polymers, these are usually l ightand strong and do not rust. They can be made

into dif ferent shapes. There are tw o types.

• Thermoplastics: When you heat

th er moplas t i c s , they melt and you can

shape them. You can reheat them and melt

t h em again and again. This means that you

can recycle them. Water bottles are made

of thermoplastics.

• Thermosets: You cannot re-melt

thermosets. They are heat-resistant. Engine

par ts are sometimes made of thermosets.

Synthetic fibres are made from plastics. Nylon

is one example. Synthetic fibres are often

w ater - r esi s tan t and do not stretch or break

w h e n yo u p u l l them. They are used to makeropes.

T h i s is a heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant

m at er i a l . Oil and p et r o l cannot damage it. For

t h i s reason, it is often used to make fuel hoses.

2 Match the sentences to the pictures.

1 Metal rusts. &

2 Rubber stretches.

3 W ar n i n g : corrosive materials.

• B -

4 This jacket is water-resist ant.

5 Ice melts at r oom temperature.

3 Complete the sentences w i t h words from the text above.

1 Fire hoses are made from rubber

2 is used in aircraft .3 Car fue l is called or

4 is a synt heti c fibre.

5 Water bott les are made of

4 Match the products 1-5 w i t h their descriptions a-e.

1 petrol

2 jet fuel

3 thermosets

4 synthetic fibres

5 synthetic rubber

a) cannot be re-melted

b) corrosion-resistant

c) remains l i q u i d at low temperatures

d ) do not stretch w h e n p u l l e d

e) ignites easily

Sp e a k i n g 5 Practise in pairs. Describe a p e t ro l e u m p r o d u c t but do not name i t . Your

p a r t n e r has to guess w h a t it is.

A : This product is black. You drive on it. B: Is i t a tyre?

A : No. It's in theroad. B: Is i t asphalt?

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D e s c r i b i n g storage fac i l i t i es

R e a d i n g 1 Read the te x t . Are these sentences t rue (T) or false (F)? Correct the false

s ta te me nts .

1 The sm al lest tan k w e have i s 34,000 gallons. T/t£) largest

2 Th e long est b ul le t tank is 18 metres . T/F

3 The p re ssure i n the bu l l e t ta nk s is l ow e r tha n i n the fuel oi l tan ks. T/F

4 The nearest rig is 45 ki l om etres aw ay. T/F

Thi s fac i l i ty is bigger tha n ou r others . In fact , i t i s

th e biggest fac i l i ty w e h av e . These tanks are for

kerosene. The y a re much s m a l l e r tha n the ta nk s

w e use for the other f u e l oi l s . The largest t a n k w e

have is 34,000 gal l ons. Here i t i s on the r i ght .

Here yo u can see t he bu l le t tanks, w h i c h w e u s e

for LPG. The longest w e have is 18 metres . The

shortest i s 6 metres . The pressure in the LPG

tanks is n o r m a l l y a rou nd 5 bar . Thi s i s mu ch

h i g h e r tha n i n the fuel oi l tanks. Propane a nd

buta ne a re bo th he a vi e r than air, so leaks can be

a p robl e m. The ga s does not go aw a y .

The re f i ne ry i s no t far, o n l y 3 k i l ome tre s f rom

here . The closest r ig i s 35 k i lom etres away. Th e

furthest i s 150 k i lometres .

JL a n g u a g e

C o m p a r i n g t h i n g s

W e u s e a n a d j e c t i v e t o d e s c r i b e a n o u n . This is a bg facility.

W e u s e a c o m p a r a t i v e t o c o m p a r e t w o t h i n g s . This facility is bgger than our others.

W e u s e a s u p e r l a t i v e t o c o m p a r e t h r e e o r m o r e t h i n g s . This is the bggest facility we have.

S h o r t a d j e c t i v e s c l o s e c l o s e r t h e c l o s e s t

g re a t g re a te r th e g re a te s t

A d j e c t i v e s e n d i n g i n -y h e a v y h e a v i e r t h e h e a v i e s t

e a s y e a s i e r t h e e a s i e s t

L o n g a d j e c t i v e s i m p o r t a n t m o r e / l e s s i m p o r t a n t t h e m o s t / l e a s t i m p o r t a n t

I r r e g u l a r a d j e c t i v e s g o o d b e t te r t h e b e s t

b a d w o r s e t h e w o r s t

fa r f u r th e r th e fu r th e s t

2 R e a d t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e t h r e e s t o r a g e f a c i l i t ie s . T h e n c o m p l e t e

t h e s e n t e n c e s .

A l G a b a r O i l D e p o t Y a k u n s t T a n k F a r m H a n g d o n g T e r m i n a l

B u i l t 1 9 6 2 1 9 9 8 2 0 0 1

D i s t a n c e t o r e f i n e r y 3 k m 1 2 0 k m 2 7 k m

C a p a c i t y 33 mi l l ion l i t res 32 mi l l ion l i t res 54 mi l l ion l i t res

N u m b e r o f t a n k s 2 7 4 4 6 0

olderAl Gabar is

Al Gabar is

Yakunst is

Al Gabar is

H an g d on g has

H an g d on g has

_ (o l d ) tha n Ya k unst .

_ (o l d) de p ot i n the ta b l e ,

( f a r ) f rom a ref inery .

_ (close) to a re f i ne ry tha n H a ngdong .

Oarge) storage ca p a c i ty .

(gre a t ) nu mb e r o f ta nk s .

W r i t i n g

S p e a k i n g

34

W ri t e five m o r e sentences com p a r i n g the thre e fa c i l i t i e s .

C o m p a re y o u r sentences w i t h othe rs i n the class.

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Heal th and safety: Fire safety

L i s t e n i n g 1 Listen to the d e scr i p t i o n a nd l a be l the d i a gra m of a fire extinguisher .

2_

h i gh p r e s s u r e

ga s c a n i s t e r

d r y c he m i c a l ,

ca rbon d i ox i de ,

o r wa te r

2 Correct these sentences.

1 T h e fire e xt i ngui she r conta i ns d ry che m i ca l , ca rbon d i ox i d e a nd w a ter , or

2 The safety p in i s un der the pressu re gauge .

3 The nozzle i s on the r i ght .

4 The tu be i s ou tside the conta iner .

5 Th e gas canister is above t h e t u b e .

3 C omp l e te th i s sentence.

W h e n y o u squeeze the ha ndl e , . . .

4 Look at the ch a r t . Und e r l i ne the w ords for p a r ts o f a fire e xt ingui she r . M a tch

t h e m to the labels i n the d i a g ra m a bove .

H O L D U P R I G H T .

P U L L R I N G P I N .

S T A R T B A C K 1 0 F E E T.

A I M A T B A S E O F F I R E .

S Q U E E Z E L E V E R ,

S W E E P S I D E T O

S I D E .

S p e a k i n g 5 Practise in pairs . Take turn s to e xp l a i n how t o use a fire extinguisher . Use the

w o r d s in the box.

pul l aim squeeze sweep

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I n c i d e n t r e p o r t s

S p e a k i n g

E S t o r a g e

L i s t e n i n g 1 Lis ten to f ou r conve rsa t i ons . C omp l e te the i nc i de n t re p or t forms .

I nc ide nt 1

D a t e : 10th January T i m e : 15:00

L o c a t i o n : Tank number

D e s c r i p t i o n of i n c i d e n t : Fire

P o s s i b l e c a u s e : Faultypressure

A c t i o n t a k e n : John Smith called the. team

I nc ide nt 2

D a t e : 14th March T i m e : .

L o c a t i o n :

D e s c r i p t i o n of i n c i d e n t :

P o s s i b l e c a u s e :

A c t i o n t a k e n :

I nc ide nt 3

D a t e : 2nd August

L o c a t i o n :

TimP- 20:00

D e s c r i p t i o n of i n c i d e n t :

P o s s i b le c a u s e :


I nc ide nt 4

D a t e : 31st October T i m e :

L o c a t i o n :

D e s c r i p t i o n of i n c i d e n t : .



2 Use the i nc i de n t re p or t forms to e xp l a i n the i n c i de nts to a p a r tne r , but change

some of the i n f or m at i on . Your partner has to f ind th e change. T h e n find a newp a r t n e r an d repeat.



Talk ing a b o u t p a s t i n c i d en t s

1 Here are some que st i ons f rom the conve rsa t i ons on page 56. Complete

th e w o r d s .

1 W h a t h a p p e n ?

2 W h a t d y o u d o ?3 W h a t caus it ?

4 H o w d i t happen?

L a n g u a g e

P a s t s i m p l e

W e u s e t h e p a s t s i m p l e t o t a l k a b o u t a c o m p l e t e d

a c t i o n i n t h e p a s t .

/ called.e u se t h e p a s t s i m p l e t o t a l k a b o u t a c o m p l e t e d

a c t i o n i n t h e p a s t . H e ddnt cal.

W e u s e t h e p a s t s i m p l e t o t a l k a b o u t a c o m p l e t e d

a c t i o n i n t h e p a s t .

Dd y o u call?

R e g u l a r P r e s e n t P a s t s i m p l e Q u e s t i o n s D i d it w o r k ?

ca l l ca l l e d D i d h e f o r g e t ?

ro l l ro l l ed D i d h e u s e w a t e r ?

i g n i t e i g n i t e d W h a t h a p p e n e d ?

p r o v i d e p r o v i d e d W h a t c a u s e d i t ?

I r r e g u l a r P r e s e n t P a s t s i m p l eH o w d i d it h a p p e n ?

is / a re (be ) w a s / w e r e

h a v e h a d

f o r g e t f o r g o t

c o m e c a m e

g o w e n t

2 C omp l e te the sentences w i t h the p a s t s i mp l e tense of the verbs in brackets . Usethe l a ngua ge box to he l p y ou .

1 T h e p r o b l e m (be) a f au l t y pressure gauge .

2 The de te c t i on sys te m (not w o r k ) .

3 The a la rm (no t go o f f ) .

4 I (he a r ) yo u (ha ve ) a p r o b l e m .

5 Some fuel ( ign i t e ) .

6 He (use) w ater instead of C 0 2 .

7 I ( t u r n on) the l i ght s .

8 I ( ca l l ) the d u t y e l e c tr i c i a n .

9 The d r i ver ( forget) to put the brakes o n .

10 The tanker ( r o l l ) i n t o th e w a l l .

S p e a k i n g 3 Now make up y o u r o w n in c id en t a n d describe i t to a p a r tne r . The y comp l e te the

in c id en t f o r m .

D a t e : T i m e : .

L o c a t i o n :

D e s c r i p t i o n o f in c i d e n t :



S t o r a g e 7



In the s t o r e r o o m

L i s t e n i n g 1

S p e a k i n g 3

Lis ten to f ive conv ersat ion s in the s tor er oom. Comple te the tab le .

C o n v e r s a t i o n W h a t was a s k e d f o r ?

1 a tool box.

2

3

4

5

Comple te the b e g i n n i n g of each c on ver s a t ion . T h en l i s ten ag a in

t o check.

Conversat ion 1

H o w ' s it

O K, t h a n k s .

I' m

going

for m y t oo l box.

Conversat ion 2B: Hel l o again .

A: E r m, th is

O K?

m y t o o l box.

Conversat ion 3

B: Hi.

C: Hi . I . a s c r ew d r i v e r.

Conversat ion 4

Hi , Joe.

Hi . H o w ' s it going?

Not thanks . You?

B

D

B

D : Not bad . I 'm of f -shif t in an h o u r . D o y o u h a v e .

pr otec t ion ?

Conversat ion 5

E: M or n i n g day.

B: Yeah. W hat I do for you?

E: I n eed n u ts .

T u r n to the a u d i o s c r i p t

for t r ac k 56 on

page 76. A c t ou t the

c on ver s a t ion s w i t h

different p a r t n e r s .

C h an g e h o w y o u

speak to make the

c on ver s a t ion s mor e or

less f r iendly .

Practise in pairs . Have

s im i la r c on ver s a t ion s .

Take turns being the

storekeeper.

. ear

7 Storage



Review

W r i t i n g 1 C o m p l e te t h e cr o s s w o r d .

Clues

Across

1 P e tro l e um p roducts tha t a re l ight , strongan d don' t rus t (8 )

2 A p last ic y ou cann ot re -mel t (9)

4 Fuel for aircr aft (3, 4)

5 A place w i t h lots of storage tanks (4 , 4)

6 A n o t h e r w o r d for man-m ade (9)

D o w n

1 A n o t h e r w o r d for gasol ine (6)

3 A ve hi c l e use d to t ra n sp o r t fuel (4, 6)

2 C omp l e te the sentences w i t h the verbs in the b ox.

supp ly provide s us ed re-me lted -is

a heat-resistant and corrosion-resistantSynthetic rubber Js_m a t e r ia l .

2 These tanks are

3 Thi s fac i l i ty

p e t r o c h e m i c a l .

4 W e

to s tore a sp ha l t .

. storage services for 35 di f feren t types of

ove r the country .

5 The rm op l a s t i cs ca n be .

. a u tom ot i ve a nd i n d u s t r i a l l ubr i ca nts to cus tome rs a l l

3 W ri t e thre e sentences a bout p l a s t i cs .

4 Use the w ords i n the bo x to describe a n i nc i de nt .

door smoke f ire alarm extinguisher telephon e supe rvisor

5 C omp l e te the re p or t f o r m .

D a t e : .

L o c a t i o n :

T i m e :

D e s c r i p t i o n o f i n c i d e n t :

P o s s i b l e c a u s e : .


S t o r a g e 7



8 T r a n s p o r tTalk about pipelines and pipeline jobs

Describe types of oil tanker

Use a vehicle maintenance checklist

Talk about hobbies and interests

L a y i n g a p i p e l i n e

R e a d i n g Look at the diagram and read the text .

su r ve yo r

signbul ldozer

string - place in a line

route

Before w o r k beg in s , tw o teams of surveyors

t rave l along the rou te of the pip el in e. O ne team

drives along the route and the other team f l ies

over the route by hel icopter or smal l p lane. They

s u r vey th e w h ole r ou te an d in s pec t i t c ar e fu l ly .

After the survey, the w o r k begins . F irs t , w orkers

drive bu l ld ozer s a lon g th e r ou te an d clear i t .

They take out trees, bushes an d oth er obstacles

and th ey leve l th e g r ou n d . Next , th ey s t r in g

pipes a long the route . Af ter this , the diggers d ig

trenches next to the pip e s tr ing . The trenches

are about tw o metres deep. Then w elders w e l d

the pipes together into a pipe sect ion. They also

bend the pip e sect ion into the shape of the route .

Next , cranes l ift up the pipe sect ion and place

it c ar e f u l ly in to th e t r en c h . T h e w e ld er s th en

w e l d the sect ion to the rest of the pipel ine. Then

diggers push ear th i nto the trenc h and cover th e

pipe l ine . W or ker s place signs above the pipel ine

to w a r n the public . F inal ly , engineers p u m p w a te r

at hi gh pr ess u r e th r ou g h th e c omple te p ipe l in e .

T h is tests the s tre ngth of the pipel ine. If there is

a leak, they w i l l find i t no w .

2 Make lists of the jobs and the vehic les in the tex t .

S p e a k i n g 3 Practise in pairs . Close y o u r b o ok . Describe th e process of laying a pipe.

First, surveyors travel along the routeof the pipe. Then workers clear the route.

After that...



R e p o r t i n g progress

L i s t e n i n g 1 K j L X f l A c o m p a n y d i r e c t o r ( A ) asks a project manager (B) to te l l h i m a b o u t

the comp a ny ' s p ip e l ine p ro je c t . C omp l e te the con ve rsa t i on w i t h the past s imple

tense of the verbs in brackets . Listen to check.

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

B

A:

B:

H o w ' s the pipe l ine? Can you b r i n g me up to date , please?

Sure. W e ( 1 ) surveyed ( surve y) the route l a s t m o n t h . T h e

b u l l d o z e r s ( 2 ) ( f in i s h) th e path ye s te rda y .

G ood . Is the w h o l e r o u t e ( 3 ) ( d o ) n o w ?Yes, it is.

That ' s g o o d . W h a t ab o u t t h e p ip e sections?

We (4 ) ( s ta r t ) l a s t w e e k . The y (5 )

( c o m p l e t e ) t h e f irst 2 k i l ome tre s on Tue sda y .

W h a t a b o u t w e l d in g ?

We (6 ) (p l a n) to s ta r t w e l d i n g l a s t F r i da y bu t w e

( 7 ) (manage) to s ta r t on Thursda y .

A: That ' s g o o d . Well d o n e .S p e a k i n g 2 U nde r l ine the que s t i ons i n t h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n . Read the con ve rsa t i on i n p a i r s .

A : How was the project?D id you finish on time?

B: Yes we did. Just!

A : How did you do it? I thought therewereproblems.

B: There were lots of problems but we had threeextra crews.

A : I see. Wherewas it exactly?Somewhere in the US?

B: Yes, in A laska. O n thecoast.

A : How did you get back?By boat?

B: No, by plane.

L a n g u a g e

P a s t t e n s e q u e s t i o n s

W e u s e q u e s t i o n s t o g e t i n f o r m a t i o n . T h e w o r d o r d e r

i n q u e s t i o n s i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m p o s i t i ve a n d n e g a t i ve

s e n t e n c e s a n d w e c a n u s e s p e c i a l q u e s t i o n s w o r d s .

Dd yo u finish on time?e u se q u e s t i o n s t o g e t i n f o r m a t i o n . T h e w o r d o r d e r


s e n t e n c e s a n d w e c a n u s e s p e c i a l q u e s t i o n s w o r d s .Dd yo u have any problems?



s e n t e n c e s a n d w e c a n u s e s p e c i a l q u e s t i o n s w o r d s .When dd the new valves arrive?




How dd you get back?




What was the weather l ike?

3 C omp l e te t h i s conv e rsa t i on . L i s te n to check.

A: W e f inished the repairs on the p ip e l ine yesterday.

B: Tha t ' s great . Ah ead of sched ule . Wh en (1 ) did y o u f inish

the inspections?

A: On Tue sda y .B: I see. D id yo u (2 ) a ny p robl e ms?

A: N o, not rea l ly . A cou ple of sm al l leaks. That ' s a l l . N ot h i n g se r i ous .

B: W hen (3 ) the new va lves arr ive?

A: Before w e left . So no problems there .

B: W hat (4 ) the crew mem bers l ike? D id yo u ha ve a goodsup e rv i sor?

A: Yes th e team w as v e r y good a nd the sup e rv i sor w a s gre a t.

S p e a k i n g 4 Practise in pairs . S tud ent A t u r n t o page 68. S tudent B t u r n t o page 79 .

T r a n s p o r t 8



A p i p e l i n e r o u t e

R e a d i n g L ook at the ph otos and the map. Read the text .

ARCTIC OCEAN

Prudhoe Bay The Trans-Alaska O il Pipe line is 800miles long an d goes from P r u d h o e

Bay to Valdez. It has 11 p u m p

s ta t i ons and took four years tob u i l d . Thou s and s of people w o r k e d

on the pr oject . I t s tarts at the coast

and finishes at the sea. It goes

t h r o u g h va l l eys and crosses r ivers .

will f o r t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e f u t u r e

W e u s e wll + in f in i t i ve to ta l k a bo ut

t h e f u t u r e .

The pipeline wll go north-west around the lake.e u se wll + in f in i t i ve to ta l k a bo ut

t h e f u t u r e . W e'll (wll) have a meeting to discuss the crews.


t h e f u t u r e .

It wont (wll not) go south-west.


t h e f u t u r e .

W h a t wll happen on Monday?

S p e a k i n g 4 Pract ise i n pairs . S tudent A

draw a rou te for a pipe l ine

from o i l re f ine ry A to the

coast. Student B draw a

r ou te for a p ip e l ine f rom o i lref inery B to the coast. D o n ' t

show y o u r partner. Take

t u r n s to describe y o u r r o u t e

fo r yo u r partne r to d r aw .

8 T r a n s p o r t



Pipel ine jobs

L i s t e n i n g 1 > M . - * i r ! f Lis ten to people ta lk ing a bo ut t he i r jobs on the p ipe l ine and com plete

t he de s cr ip t io ns . The n m a t ch t he de s cr ip t io ns t o the p ic t ure s s ho w ing t he j o bs .

1 M y job is to he l p p lan the route I have a team of three to

he lp m e . W e co l l e c t in fo rm a t io n a bo ut t h e l a n d ; w e measure distances

from poin t A to po int B, for example , or w e measure h o w hi gh a p o int

is above leve l . We use th is data to decide w here to

th e trenches and lay the p ipe .

2 I dri ve and operate heavy equipm ent such as bu l ld ozers and diggers . Wethe route of obstacles l ike trees, th e

g r ou n d and dig the t renches .

3 I loo k after the techn ical s ide . For exam ple, I organ ise tests on the p ipe to

check t ha t e v e ry t h ing is O K a nd t ha t t he re a re no

4 M y job is to j o in the of p ipe together . W hen I 'm w o r k i n g ,

I use a specia l he lmet to my eyes.

5 I o p e ra te he a v y m a ch ine ry fo r m o v ing e qu ip m e nt from A to B. For examp le,

I l ift sections of the p ipe and the m in the t ren ch .

6 M y j o b is t o t ra ns p o r t t he e qu ip m e nt a nd p ip es from the ships to the s i te .

Sometimes t h i s means l o ng by ro a d a nd across c o u n t r y .

I also have to look after my

2 K M | Lis ten to three more job descript ions . Make notes .

S p e a k i n g 3 W r i t e d o w n the name of a job in the o i l i nd u s t r y . D o no t s ho w a nybo dy. The n

play 20 quest ions . Your teacher w i l l e xp la in ho w t he game w o r k s .

T r a n s p o r t 8 6



O il tankers

L a n g u a g e L a r g e n u m b e r s

2 , 3 0 0 = t w o t h o u s a n d , th r e e h u n d r e d

3 0 0 , 0 0 0 = t h r e e h u n d r e d t h o u s a n d

4 2 3 , 3 0 0 = f o u r h u n d r e d a n d t w e n t y - t h r e e t h o u s a n d , t h r e e h u n d r e d

Lis ten to th e i n f or m at i on abou t o i l tan ker s .

M a t c h th e n u m ber s a - f to th e c or r ec t w or d s 1 -6 .

a) 4,000— 1 metr ic ton n es

b ) 320,000 \ 2 w i d t h of Jahre Viking, in feet

c) 1,504 v 3 oil tan ker s

d ) 226 4 l en g t h of Jahre Viking, in feet

e) 564,763 5 Jahre Viking s c r apped

0 2010 6 d e a d w e i g h t tonnage of

R e a d i n g

Jahre Viking

2 Btjkif i l L is ten ag a in . T h en an s w er these q u es t ion s .

1 W h at is th e d i f f e r en c e be tw een c r u d e tan ker s an d pr od u c t tan ker s ?

2 W h a t does D W T s tan d f or?

3 W h a t does VLCC mean?

3 Here is some i n f or m at i on abou t o th er classes of tan ker . W h at d o th e w or d s

draft, beaman d ai r draft mean?

Malaccamax The Strait of Malacca is 25 metres deep. Ships w i t h a greater draft m u s t find a

different r o u t e .

Suezmax T h e Suez canal is 18-20 metres deep . There is ano ther pro bl em . The Suez Canal br idge is

68 metres h i g h . T h e Suezmax class has a m a x i m u m D W T o f 150,000.

Panamax T h e w i d t h of the locks on the Panama c an a l l imit the beam of the ship to 32 metres . Them ax i m u m a ir draft, from w a t e r l i n e t o t h e h i g h e s t p oi n t of the ship, is 58 metres . The Panamax class is

t y p i c a l l y b e t w e e n 65,000 a n d 80,000 D W T .

Seawaymax The St Law rence Seaway goes from the Great Lakes to th e At l an t i c Oc ean . Seaway max

ships can have a m a x i m u m length of 740 feet, a beam of 78 feet and a draft of 26 feet. O the r ship s on

the Great Lakes , ca l led lake f re igh ters , are larger than thi s and never leave th e Great Lakes. Th ey are

too large to pass t h r o u g h the locks of the St Law rence Seaway.

S p e a k i n g 4 W ork in pairs . Loo k at the tanke rs . Together decide w h i c h tankers can go

t h r o u g h th e f ou r loc a t ion s d es c r ibed above .

Length: 340 m; Draft: 18 m; Bea m: 44 m;

Air draft : 66 m; DWT: 200,000

Length: 220 m; Draft : 7 m; Beam: 22 m;


Length: 470 m; Draft : 23 m; Beam: 60 m;




Heal th and safety: Vehic le main tenance

L i s t e n i n g 1 L i s t e n to th e c o n v e r s a t i o n . C o m p l e t e t h e c h e c k l i s t .3

Vehic le maintenance ch eck l is t

N am e:Date :

Loca t ion :

C h e c k e d S e r v i c e a b l e D e f i c i e n t A c t i o n

W i n d s c r e e n / •

L i g h t s

W a r n i n g s i g n s

T y r e s

D i s c h a r g e v a l v e s

D o c u m e n t s

s i g n

l e va l ve s

W r i t i n g 2 You in s pec ted a road tan ker y es ter d ay . W r i t e th r ee sentences a b o u t i t . Use

some of these w o r d s to w r i t e y o u r r e p o r t .

check inspect warning signs tyres tread discharge valves

lights windscreen documents leaks clean missing cracked

/ checked the road tanker yesterday...

S p e a k i n g 3 W or k in pairs . Take t u r n s to read y o u r re p o r t to y o u r par tn er . A dd a sentence to

y o u r re p o r t . T h e n find an oth er par tn er and repeat.



Off-shift : Li fe o n a s u p er t a n k er

L i s t e n i n g 1 r a . - T i f Wil l iam Tabone is a crew member on a supertanker . He w o r k s h ar d .

especia l ly w h e n the ship i s in p o r t b u t h e also has some free t im e . Listen to h i m

ta lking a b o u t w h a t he does w h e n he is off-shift . Circle the act ivi t ies you hear .

w a t c h t v

sleep

read

e a t

play computer games

l i s ten to music

write letters

play games in the

recreation room

work out

go cycling

p lay the gu i ta r

go jogging

L a n g u a g e

2 K^iSfl Listen a ga i n . W ha t does Wil l iam often do? Wha t does he a lw ays do?

A n d w h a t does he do sometimes?

3 Make a l i s t of y o u r hobbies and interests . Use a d i c t i o n a r y or ask the teacher if

y o u need h e l p .

H o w o f t e n ?

W e c a n u s e a d v e r b s o f f r e q u e n c y ( e . g . never, sometimes, often,

normally, always) a n d o t h e r t i m e e x p r e s s i o n s ( e . g . once a week, every

Sunday, twice a week, every day) t o s a y h o w o f t e n w e d o s o m e t h i n g .

A d v e r b s o f f r e q u e n c y c o m e b e f o r e t h e v e r b .

T i m e e x p r e s s i o n s c o m e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o r e n d o f t h e s e n t e n c e .

/ always go to the cinema.e c a n u s e a d v e r b s o f f r e q u e n c y ( e . g . never, sometimes, often,





He sometimes watches TV.






1 play football every day.





T i m e e x p r e s s i o n s c o m e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o r e n d o f t h e s e n t e n c e . Every Sunday 1 go to the cinema.

S p e a k i n g 4 Practise in pairs . Ask a nd a nsw e r qu e s t i ons a bou t hobbi e s a nd i nte re s ts . Tel l

th e class w h a t y o u find o u t .

What do you do i n your freetime?

I l ike swimming. I normally go swimmingevery day.

He likes swimming.He normally goes swimmingevery day.

8 r a n s p o r t



Review

W r i t i n g 1 A n s w e r these q u e s t i o n s .

1 What do diggers d ig?

2 W h o d o s u p e r v i s o r s supervise?

3 W h at d o in s pec tor s inspect?

4 W h at d o d r iver s d r ive?

5 W h at d o s u r ve y or s s u r vey ?

6 W h a t d o w e l d e r s w e l d ?

2 W h a t d o these people do? Write a sentence fo r each j ob . Us e th e w or d s in th e

b o x t o h e l p y o u .

organise tests operate heavy equipme nt sections of pipe

measure distances plan route supervise maintain pipe systems

1 f i t ter

2 s u r v e y o r3

4crane o p e r a t o r

engineer

5 w e l d e r

3 Write th e w or d s in th e c or r ec t o r d er to make q u es t ion s .

1 check D id y o u t h e w i n d s c r e e n ?

2 y o u t h e D id inspect tyres ?

3 D id d oc u men ts y o u look a t th e ?

4 d i d How y o u back get ?

5 g o las t M on d a y D id y o u ?

6 w e r e W h a t t h e m e m b e r s l ike c re w ?

4 W r i t e d o w n th e r ou te o f th e p ipe l in e from th e r e f in er y to th e coast.

5 L abe l th i s p ic tu r e of a tan ker w i t h th e w or d s in th e box . T h en lo ok back at

page 6 4. W h a t class of tanker is it?

air draft bea m draft

1 J 'Haft?*! *

Length: 280 m; Draft: 12 m; Beam : 31 m:

Air draft: 56 m; DWT: 75,000

. 0 . . ^1 J 'Haft?*! *

Length: 280 m; Draft: 12 m; Beam : 31 m:

Air draft: 56 m; DWT: 75,000

6 W r i t e th r ee to five sentences abou t y o u r h obb ies an d in ter es t s .

/ like football. I usually play football on Friday.

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P a r t n e r f i l e s : S t u d e n t A

3 O i l fie ldsOperating equipment Speaking exercise 4 page 21

Tel l y o u r p a r t n e r t o w r it e d o w n these i n s t r u c t i o n s .

1 T u r n t h e h a n d w h e e l a n t i -c l o c k w i s e t h r e e t u r n s .

2 W ai t five m i n u t e s .

3 Check the gauge.

4 Write d o w n the pressu re o n the gauge in the log book.

T h e n w r i t e d o w n t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s y o u r p a r t n e r g iv e s y o u .

H e a l t h a n d s a f e t y :H e l i c o p t e r s

4 D r i l l i n g

Speaking exercise 4 page 33A sk y ou r par tn er to exp la in h ow to boar d a h e l i c opter .

Off-shift in the canteen Speaking exercise 4 page 34

You are the cashier in a canteen. Your partn er is an oi l w o r k e r . Use this i n f or m at i on

an d the me nu on page 34 to answ er his/her que st ions .

C a n t e e n o p e n i n g t i m e s

0 6 : 0 0 - 0 8 : 0 0 , 1 2 : 0 0 - 1 4 : 0 0 , 1 8 : 0 0 - 2 0 : 0 0 , 2 4 : 0 0 - 0 2 : 0 0

5 W o r k i n g o f f s h o r eD i m e n s i o n s

length, 12 m

H e a l t h a n d s a f e t y :

Speaking exercise 3 page 38

Con ver t th e d im en s ion s of p ipe 2 into feet and inches

an d w r i t e th em i n th e tab le on pag e 3 8 . A n s w er y o u r

par tn er ' s q u es t ion s ab ou t th e d im en s ion s of p ipe 2 f irst

in metres an d cent im etres and then in feet and inches .

T h en as k y o u r par tn er q u es t ion s abou t p ipe 3 . Com ple te

th e tab le th en c h ec k y ou r par tn er ' s c a lc u la t ion s .

6 Ref in ingSpeaking exercise 5 page 49

Ph on e y ou r par tn er an d r epor t an emer g en cy . G ive y o u r loc a t ion an d th e ty pe of

emergency. Choose one of these emergencies .Fire in the separation area A leak in a piping system

T h e n y o u r p a r t n e r w i l l t e leph on e y ou abou t an emer g en c y . W r i t e d o w n his/her

n ame, job , lo c a t ion an d th e ty pe of emer g en cy . A s k q u es t ion s i f necessary.

8 T r a n s p o r tR e p o r t i n g p r o g r e s s Speaking exercise 4 page 61

You an d y ou r par tn e r bot h f in i s h ed a p ipe l in e pr o jec t

last w eek. Here are the de tai ls . Answ er the quest ions

y o u r par tn er asks yo u about yo ur project . Use the detai ls

in th e box . T h en as k y o u r par tn er q u es t ion s abou t th e i r

project . Use the i n f or m at i on i n t h e b o x t o h e l p y o u .

P a r t n e r f i l e s : S t u d e n t A

L o c a t i o n : M e x i c o

L e n g t h : 3 4 k m

S t a r t d a t e : 6 t h J u n e

E n d d a t e : L a s t w e e k

W e a t h e r : H o t a n d r a in y

P r o b l e m s : N o n e



A u d i o s c r i p t

Unit 1 The oi l industry^ 0 2

1 Hi . M y name is Arm and o Panganiban. I 'm f rom

the Ph i l ippine s. I 'm a driver .

2 Hel lo. M y name's Ricardo Cabrera. I 'm f rom

Venezuela . I 'm a roustabout.

3 I'm Al i b i n Khal id , f rom Saudi A rabia . I 'm an

engineer. Nice to meet you.

4 Hi , I 'm Jennifer Burgess. I 'm f rom Scotland. I 'm a

radio operator .

5 Hel lo. I 'm M a t t h e w A o n d o a k aa f rom Nigeria . I 'm

a seismic operator .

0 3

1 Hi . I 'm A r m a n d o . I dr iv e a road tanker f rom th e

refinery to the gas sta t ion. The gas sta t ion sells

the gas.

2 Hi . This is Jennifer Burgess. We're on a

sup e r ta nk e r. We t ra nsp or t o i l .

3 Hel lo. M y name's Ma tthe w . My job i s to search

fo r oi l . I w o r k i n th e c o u n t r y s i d e .

4 I'm Al i b i n Kh al i d . I w o r k in a re f inery.5 Hi . This is Ricardo Cabrera. We w o r k on a n o i l

rig. We extract o i l .

0 4

The a lphabet

A, H, J, K

B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V, Z (A me rican En glish )

F, L, M , N, S, X , Z (Bri t i sh Engl ish)

I,Y

0

Q, U, W

R<5>05

1 eng ineer: E-N-G-I-N-double E-R

2 operator: O-P-E-R-A-T-O-R

3 driver : D-R-I-V-E-R

4 roustabout: R-O-U-S-T-A-B-O-U-T

5 refinery: R-E-F-I-N-E-R-Y

6 oi l r ig : O-I-L, new w o r d , R-I-G

7 tan ker: T-A-N-K-E-R

0 6

1

A: Hel lo. M y name's Cabrera. That's C-A-B-R-E-R-A.

B : Tha nk yo u .

2 A: Panganiban.

B : How do you sp e l l tha t?

A: I t 's Pangan iban. P-A-N-G-A-N-I-B-A-N.

B : T h a n k y o u .

3 A : M a t t h e w A o n d o a k aa .

B: Pardon?

A: Aond oa k a a . Tha t 's A-O-N-D-O-A-K-double A .

B : T h a n k y o u .

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PPE RPM VDU USA UAE

E _ l1 W e t r a n s p o r t t h e o i l .

2 We extract th e oi l .

3 W e search for o i l .

4 We ref ine the oi l .

5 I w o r k on a super tanker .

6 We w o r k on a n o i l r i g .

7 W e w o r k i n t h e c o u n t r y s i d e .

8 W e w o r k i n t h e c o n t r o l r o o m .

9 I ' m the sup e rv i sor .

10 I 'm the cap ta in.

11 I ' m a surve yor .

12 I'm a seismic operator .

13 I'm a dr i l l er .

14 I ' m a contr o l room op e ra tor.

Conversat ion 1

J o h n : Hi . We l come to the cre w . My name's J o h n .

I' m th e dr i l l er , so I 'm in charge of this crew .

A h m e d : T h a n k s . I 'm A h m e d .

John : Th is i s Harry . An d tha t ' s M a r t i n . The y ' reroughne ck s .

A h m e d : Excuse m e. Roughnecks?

John: Rou ghnecks. Th ey do a l l the genera l jobs .

A h m e d : O h , O K .

Conversat ion 2

Sayed: Hel l o . I 'm Sayed. I ' m t h e n e w c o n t r o l r o o m

operator .

Brian: O h, good to see yo u , Sayed. I 'm Bria n. I 'm

the s uperv isor . This i s Frank. He 's an operator ,

t o o .

Sayed: Hi , Frank.Frank: Hel l o , Sayed.




Conversation 3

M an u e l : Hi . I 'm l o o k i ng f or Fred . I ' m M an u e l .

Fred: Hi . I ' m Fr ed . A r e y o u th e n ew r ad io oper a tor ?

M an u e l : Yes, that's r ight .

Fred: O h , g ood . Come w i t h m e. I ' l l s h o w y o u t h e

r ad i o r oom .

Conversation 4

Antonio : Hel lo . M y name's A n t o n i o .

Chris : Pardon?A nto ni o : A nto ni o .

Chris : Hi , A n t o n i o . I ' m Ch r is . A r e y o u th e n ew

s u r vey or ?

A nto ni o : Yes, that's r ight . A n t o n i o Riva ldi .

Chris : G ood to meet y ou . I ' m a s u r vey or , too .

Q 10

1 M y g loves pr otec t m y h an d s .

2 These ear protectors are great .

3 M y boots pr otec t my fee t.

4 M y h e lmet pr otec t s my h ead .

5 Trousers pro tect m y legs .

6 M y safety glasses pr otec t my eyes.

7 M y jac ke t pr otec t s m y bod y .

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1 These are my ear protectors . Yours are over

th er e .

2 My n ew boots ar e too b ig .

3 Wh ere 's my jacket?

4 Are these y o u r s a f e ty glasses?

5 These trousers are too smal l . I need new ones.

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1 Venezuela

2 Mexic o

3 USA

4 Saudi Ara bia

5 K u w a i t

6 Alaska

7 Iraq

8 Russia

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1 Samotlor is in Russ ia .

2 Pr u d h oe Bay? A las ka .3 East Texas? That ' s in the USA.

4 Cantare l l is in M exico.

5 Greater Burgan is in K u w a i t .

6 Rum aila is in Iraq .

7 T h e G h aw ar o i l field is in Saudi Ara bia .

8 Bol iva r Coasta l is in Venezuela .

Unit 2 Look ing for o i l14

1 r e c o r d i n g t r u c k

2 s h oc k w aves

3 h eavy p la tes

4 t h u m p e r t r u c k

5 energy source

6 seismic operators15

1 h y d r o p h o n e s

2 ref lected

3 receiver

4 energy

5 exp los ives

6 d i f f e r en t

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A: Hi , M a t t h e w .

B: Hi .

A: W h a t d o y o u d o?B: I 'm a seismic operato r .

A: W h at d o se i s mic oper a tor s d o?

B: Wel l , w e s ear ch f or oi l .

A : O K .

B: A n d w e w o r k in c r ew s , or teams . I n my c r ew w e

h ave th r ee s u r vey or s an d five s e i s mic oper a tor s .

A: R ig h t .

B: A n d t w o s h o o t e r s.

A: Shooters?

B: That ' s r i ght . Shooters .

A: W h at d o th ey d o?B : T h ey h an d le th e exp los ives .

A: O h , O K . I u n d e r s t a n d .

B : F i r s t, w e s u r vey th e l a n d . We loo k for the best

places to go.

A: I see.

B : T h en w e c lear th e l a nd . W e r emov e trees an d

bushes , for example.

A: O K .

B : T h e n w e d o o u r tests. W e o p er a te t h u m p e r

t r u c k s . T h e h eavy p la tes s en d s h oc k w aves into

the roc k. We use receivers to record the d ataan d w e u s e c omp u ter s to an a ly s e th e d ata .

A: W h at abou t th e shooters?

B: The shooters? Wel l , s omet imes w e d o n ' t u se

t h u m p e r t r u c ks . Somet imes w e u s e exp l os ives .

T h e s h ooter s dri l l h oles i n to th e g r o u n d an d

prepare the s i te . Then they detonate the

exp los ives . T h e exp los ives s en d s h oc k waves

t h r o u g h the rock. We use receivers to record

the data from th e s h oc k w aves . T h en w e u s e

c ompu ter s to an a ly s e th e d ata .

A: D o y o u l ike y o u r job?

B: Yeah, I do .



a) 40

b) 13

c) 16

d ) 22

e) 9

a) 030 3562 8788

b) 0071 253 528 998

c ) 0049 756 463 339

d ) 030 455 347 328

e) 0786 747 636 461

a) In ou r crew w e have f ive peop le . The d r i l l e r is in

charge.

b) I w o r k on a supertanker . We have a crew of 24 .

c) We have four helmets. We need 13 pairs of

g loves .

d ) A: What is one plus four?

B: Five.

e) A: W hat is three m inu s tw o?

B: One.

f) A : H ow o ld ar e y ou ?B: I 'm 47. A nd you?

A: I 'm 36.

g) A: How tal l are you?

B: I 'm s ix foot . An d you?

A: I 'm f ive foot nine inches.

h ) A: H ow h eavy are y ou ?

B: I 'm 79 k i los . An d you?

A: I 'm 98 ki l os .

Sh ooter : O K, y o u r first job . Explos ives are

dangerous , so be carefu l .Ass is tant : OK.

Shooter: First of al l , turn off that phone. No phones

w i t h exp los ives .

Ass is tant : Sorry .

Shooter: No prob lem . N o w. Bring the box over here .

A s s is tan t : OK.

Shooter : A nd pu t the spare cables o n t h e t r u c k .

Yellow on th e r ight , r ed on th e le f t .

Ass is tant : OK.

Shooter : A nd keep an eye on the road . An y cars,

ca l l me. OK?A s s is tan t : OK.

Shooter : A nd do n' t tou ch that f lask. I t 's m y cof fee.

Not y o u r s !

Assis tant : OK!

Conversat ion 1

A: W h a t ' s y o u r name?

B: Jason H en ley .

A: Is Jason y o u r g iv e n name?

B: Yes, Henley is my fami ly n ame.

A: O K. W h er e d o y o u l ive?

B: M y address is 27 Port Drive, A b e r d e e n .

A: D id y ou say 27?

B: Yes, that's r i ght .

A: A n d h o w o l d a re y o u , please?B: I 'm 28.

A: 28 ? O K. G ood . W h at 's y o u r job?

B: I 'm a d r i l l e r o n a n o i l r i g .

A: T h a n k y o u .

Conversat ion 2

A: W h at ' s y ou r n ame, please?

B : Joh n Kar u et t .

A: Can y o u s pe l l th a t , please?

B: Yes, su re. It 's John , J-O -H-N, K aru ett,

K-A-R-U-E-double T.

A: T h a n k y o u . A n d y o u r address?B: 45 Julienne Street.

A: O K . Postcode?

B: 24351.

A: Age?

B: 56.

A: Height?

B: Six foot one.

A: Weight?

B: 93 ki los .

A: O K . A n d w h a t d o y o u d o ?

B: I 'm a shooter?

A: Pardon?

B: A sho oter. I w o r k w i t h exp los ives .

A: O K . T h a n k y o u .

a) 0780 786 3487

b) 675 489 955

c) 546 389 2001




Unit 3 Oil f ields

Su per vis or : O K. L is ten c ar e fu l ly .

T r a in ee : Un d er s tood .

Sup ervisor : F irs t , y ou t u r n t h i s h a n d w h e e l .

Trainee: Clockwise?

Su per vis or : No, an t i - c loc kw is e .

T r a in ee : O K, an t i - c loc kw is e .Su per vis or : T u r n i t u nt i l i t ' s open.

T r a in ee : OK. Until i t ' s open.

Supervisor : Next , close th i s va lve .

T r a in ee: O K. T h en close th e va lve .

Su per vis or : A n d t h e n w a i t a c ou p le o f min u tes .

Trainee: Wait a cou ple of min utes .

Supervisor : Then read the gauge and w r i t e th e

pressure i n the lo g boo k.

Trainee: O K. Got tha t .

Su per vis or : A n d finally, check the f langes and

the valves .Trainee: For leaks?

Supervisor : Yes , that ' s r ight .

a) three o 'c lock

b) three fifteen

c) four t h i r t y

d ) five f o r ty

e) six forty-f ive

f) seven fifty

a) three for tyb) four for ty

c) four forty-f ive

d ) six fifteen

e) six fifty

f) seven t h i r t y

g) seven th ir ty- f ive

1 A: W hat t im e are y ou of f -shift?

B: Six o'clock.

A: M e t o o .


A: W h at t ime d o w e s tar t ?

B : T w o o ' c loc k I th i nk .

A: O K .

A: What t ime do you f in ish?

B: Seven o ' c loc k .

A: O K. See y ou in the canteen.

B: Seven t h i r t y , OK? I need a shower .

A: Sure. Seven t h i r t y is fine.

A: W h at t ime d o y o u kn oc k off ?B: Eight fifteen.

A: T h at ' s g o od . Meet y o u in th e c an teen .

B : O h s or r y . E ig h t t h i r t y t o d a y .

A: O K .

A: W h at t ime d o y ou s tar t?

B : Three o 'c lock. No, f ou r o ' c loc k .

A: Goo d. Tim e for a cup of tea , the n.

A: W h a t t i m e does th e f l ight to Los Angeles leave?

B: At seven t h i r t y - f ive .

A: W h at ' s th e f l ight n u m b e r ?

B: TH3946.

A: W h at ' s th e gate?

B: A l .

A: Is it on time?

B: Yes, it is.


A: What ' s th is?

B: It 's a pressure gauge.

A: What ' s th is for?

B : I t ' s for checking the temperature .

A: W h a t does t h i s s w i t c h d o?

B: I t s tar ts the engine.

A: H o w d o I increase th e speed?

B: You t u r n th e dial .

A : H o w d o I l o w e r t h e pressure?

B : You open th e va lve .

A: W h at ' s th i s th i ng for?

B : T h at ' s th e pow er s w i t c h . I t s tar ts the moto r .

A: Did y o u s ay t u r n the handle?

B: Yes, that's r ight .

A: Cloc kw is e or an t i - c loc kw is e?B : C loc kwis e .

A: W hat do I do next?

B: Press th e s tar t b u t t o n .

A: O K .

1 What ' s th is for?

2 D id y o u s ay press th e bu t ton ?

3 W hat ' s th is gauge for?

4 D id y o u s ay pu l l the lever?

5 W h a t does t h i s s w i t c h d o?

6 Is th is a s tar t bu tton?7 Does t h i s th i ng s tar t th e motor ?



31

Conversation 1

A: Where's Cantarell?

B: I th i nk i t ' s in Mexico.

A: O h y es , t h a n k y o u .

B: No pr ob l em .

Conversation 2

A: Where's Greater Burgan?

B: I 'm sure it 's i n K u w a i t .

A: O h , O K .

Conversation 3

A: I th i nk th e pressure's to o h i g h .

B: Oh, yes , you ' re r ight . Open th e va lve .

A: OK. Good idea.

Conversation 4

A: I th i nk the temperature ' s too h i g h .

B: I do n't th i nk y o u ' r e r i ght . 200 degrees i s OK.

A: A r e y o u sure?

B: O K, go and ask J im.

A: O K. Wil l d o .

Conversation 5

A: Where ' s your hard hat?

B: In my roo m . Why?

A: Go and get i t . You mu st w ear a ha rd hat in

this area.

B: Oh, O K. I d i d n ' t kn ow th a t . Sor ry .

Conversation 6

A: Cup of tea?

B: Good idea.A: Milk an d sugar?

B: Yes, please.

Conversation 7

A: Don' t touch the f lask.

B: Why? Is it yours?

A: No, i t ' s Norma n's .

B : Oh, fa ir enough .

Unit 4 Drill ingf§ 32

1 First, at tach th e dri l l pipe to th e dri l l b i t .2 Second, pu t th e c o l la r on th e dri l l b i t .

3 Third, f ix the kel ly to the dri l l p i p e .

4 After that , t r ip th e dri l l s t r i n g into th e w e l l h o l e .

5 Next , s l ide the ke l ly i n t o t h e tu r n t a b l e .

6 Then, t u r n on th e power .

7 Next, dri l l th e h o le .

8 A fter that , at tach a nothe r dri l l pipe to

th e st r ing . T h e n , dri l l again .

9 Then, t r ip th e dri l l s t r in g ou t o f th e w e l l h o l e .

10 Final ly , insta l l the cas ing in the w e l l h o l e .

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1 T h e s w ive l h an g s f rom a h ook .

2 T h e ke l ly connects t h e s w i v e l t o t h e dri l l p i p e .

3 T h e ke l ly goes t h r o u g h t h e tu r n t a b l e .

4 The engines t u r n t h e t u r n t a b l e .

5 T h e tu r n tab l e r ota tes .

6 T h e tu r n tab l e tu r n s th e kelly.

7 T h e ke l ly tu r n s th e dri l l p i p e .

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Conversat ion 1

A: O K. Let's see. First t h i n g is to undo the f lange.

Pass m e t h e p i p e w r e n c h , please.

B : W h at size?

A: 4 0 c m s h o u l d d o i t .

B : O K .

Conversat ion 2

A: It 's not m ovi n g .B: No pro bl em . Give me the s ledgehamm er.

A: O K .

Conversat ion 3

A: R ig h t . Now I n eed th e p l ie r s .

B : W h i c h ones?

A: Th e needle-nose, please. They're next to the f lask.

B : A h , g ot th em . H ere y ou ar e .

A: T h a n k s .

% 3 5

Where ' s the supervisor ' s of f ice?

1 I t 's at the end of the corr id or .2 It's d o w n th e c o r r id or , on th e r i ght .

3 I t 's a lon g the corr ido r , t h i r d d oo r on th e le f t.

4 I t' s th r o u g h th e d oor .

Where ' s the car park?

5 Go th rou gh the gate . The car pa rk is on the lef t .

6 D r ive past the trees. It 's on the r i ght .

7 I t 's next to the de rr ick .

8 I t 's oppo s i te th e pu m pjac k .

9 I t' s be tw een th e d er r ic k an d th e pu m pjac k .

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Here are some in s t r u c t ion s . F i r s t of a l l , r emovean y loose i t ems w h i c h m i g h t bl o w a w a y. A l w a y s

a p p r o a c h a h e l i c o p t e r w h e r e th e pi lot c an s ee y ou .

T h e ta i l rot or is dang erous . Get in the hel icop ter

o n l y w h e n th e p i l o t s ignals you to do so. Fasten

y o u r seatbelt as soon as yo u are seated an d pu t on

y o u r ear p r otec t ion . T h is f l ight i s over w ater s o y o u

mu s t w ear a s u r v i v a l suit and a l i fe jacket .

3 7

Conversat ion 1

A: Hi. I 'd l ike some f r ies , please, an d a c o la .

B : Here y ou are . That ' s one dol lar .A: T h a n k y o u .

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Conversat ion 2

A: Hel lo.

B: Hel lo. W h a t w o u l d y o u l ike?

A: Could I have a pizza and a glass of w ater , please?

B: Here you are. That's seven th ir ty- f ive , please.

A: Here's ten.

B : T h at 's tw o fifty-five c h an g e .


Conversat ion 3

A: Hi. I 'd l ike some soup and a beefburger , please.

O h, an d a glass of orange ju ice .

B: Sure. Here you are. Five fifty, please.

A: T h a n k y o u . Here's six. Keep the change.

B : Thanks .

A: You ' r e w e lc om e. H ave a n ic e d ay n ow .

Unit 5 W orking offshore

A: What ' s th is?

B : I t 's a de rr ick .A: W h a t does it do?

B : I t s u p por ts th e b l oc k .

A: Did y o u s ay th e b loc k?

B: Yes, that's correct.

A: Does t h e m o t o r t u r n th e tu r n tab le?

B: Yes, it does.

A: And th e engines? D o th e en g in es pr ov id e th e

p o w e r ?

B: Yes , they d o.

A: Does th e p u m p d r i ve the generator?

B: No, i t doesn ' t . Th e engines d r i ve the generator .

A: D o th e tan ks on th e left h o l d w a t e r ?

B : No, th ey d on ' t . T h ey hold fue l .

1 T h e en g in es pr ov id e th e pow er .

2 T h e fuel tan ks ho l d fuel for the engines .

3 The engines d r i ve the generator .

4 T h e g en er a tor pr ovid es e lec t r i c a l pow er f or th e

m o t o r an d th e p u m p .

5 The p u m p s u c ks mu d from t h e m u d p i t .

6 T h e m o t o r t u r n s t h e t u r n t a b l e .

7 T h e w ater tan k h o ld s w ater f or th e mu d p i t .

8 T h e mu d p i t c on ta in s th e d r i l l i ng f lu id .

9 T h e p ipe r ac ks s u ppo r t th e dri l l pipes .

A: H ow long is this pipe?

B: It's 30 feet l on g .

A: D id y o u say 3 0 feet?

B: Yes, that's correct.

A: What ' s that in metres?

B: A b o u t 10 metres .

A: O K. W hat ' s the diameter?

B: The outs ide diameter is 6 inches . The w a l l

thickness is half an i n c h . A n d , before you ask,

an i n c h i s abou t tw o an d a h a l f c en t imetr es . So

th at ' s abou t 1 5 c en t imetr es o u ts id e d iameter

an d a w a l l thickness of just over a cent imetre .

A: So the bore is about 12.5 cent imetres .

B : That ' s r i ght .

A: O K , th a n k y o u .

B : You ' r e w e lc om e.

1 One foot is equal to 12 inches .

2 O n e i n c h i s a b o u t t w o point five c en t imetr es .

3 O ne metre is abou t three feet .

A: T e l l me abou t th e p l a t f o r m . H o w m u c h o i l does i t

pr od u c e?

B : I t pr od u c es abou t 21,000 barre ls per day.

A: H ow man y ton n es i s th a t per year?

B: Let me see. That's over one m il l io n ton n es peryear.

A : H o w m a n y oil w or ker s ar e th er e on th e

p la t fo rm ?

B: I th i nk there are about 120.

A: H o w m u c h m o n e y d o t h e o i l w o r k e rs earn?

B : T h ey ear n q u i te a lo t because th ey h ave to w o r k

a w a y from h o m e .

Conversat ion 1

A: W h at ' s th e pr ob lem?

B: I have this cough.A: O K, here's s ome c ou g h m ed ic in e . NE XT !

Conversat ion 2

A: What ' s the matter?

B : T o o m u c h s u n . S u n b u r n .

A: O K, y o u n eed s u n c r eam. H er e y o u are . NEXT !

Conversat ion 3

A: What ' s up?

B : M y h ead h u r t s . I h ave a h ead ac h e .

A: Headache? O K. Take these pi l l s . On e ever y f ou r

h o u r s . NE XT !

Conversat ion 4A: W h at ' s th e pr ob lem?

B: M y back. I h u r t my bac k .

A: H m m . O K. W ai t in th e o th er r o o m . NE XT !

Conversat ion 5

A: What ' s up?

B: I 've got something in my eye.

A: Let's see. O K. Here are some eye d ro ps . NEX T!

Conversat ion 6

A: Hi . What ' s the matter?

B: I h u r t m y h a n d .

A: H m m , O K . I ' l l do an X-ray .




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1 O K, the re cre a t i on r o o m . There's a TV, a snook er

ta b l e , a te l e p hone a nd some book s . There's a lso

a not i ce boa rd .

2 The mess area? Just tables and chairs and a

w i n d o w to th e ga l ley.

3 The ga l ley? I t 's a k i tc he n. I t 's w here w e cook ou r

fo o d .

4 The f i tness room? We have a r u n n i n g m a c h i n e

an d some o the r sp or ts e qui p me nt .

5 The w a shi ng ma chi ne s a re on a l l the t im e . W e

get very d i r ty i n t h i s j o b .

6 Every one has a locker . That ' s w here w e keep

ou r PPE.

Unit 6 Refining% 4 6

1 I t 's tw o thi r ty .

A: Good m o rning .

B: Good a f te rnoon .

A: Erm , af tern oon I mean . I 'm here to see D r

S chmi dt .

B: Name, please?

A: Hans Clements .

B: Co uld I see yo u r ID card , please?

A: Of course . Here you are .

B : Tha nk y o u . That ' s fine, M r C l e me nts . N ow , l et

me see . D r S chmi dt . O h , O K. B u i l d i n g 51. It 's

near the river.


2 I t 's tw o thi r ty - f ive .

A: Hi .

B: Hi . How ca n I he l p you?

A: M y name's A b d u l l a h Al-Rakhis . I 'm f rom

th e fire de p a r tm e nt . I ' m he re to che ck the

ha z ma t area.

B : O K . D o y o u k no w w here i t is?

A: Yes, thanks.

3 I t' s tw o for ty- f ive.

A: Hel lo.

B: Good a f te rnoon .

A: Erm , good a f te rnoo n. I ' m Sa l ly Digby. I ' m new .

I need to go to B u i l d i n g 43 .

B : Do you ha ve a ny ide nt i f i ca t io n , please?

A: Yes, of course. Here's my passport.

B : O h , O K. The a dm in bui l d i ngs a re ove r the re ,

o n th e left , M s Digby.


4 I t 's three o 'c lock .

A: Hi . Ma ri sa C odre anu a nd D e nni s P o l ja k ov i c .

We're here to inspect one of the d i s t i l l a t i ont o w e r s .

B: Dr Rogers runs the se p a ra t i on area. O ne

m o m e n t , please. I ' l l ca l l her .


5 It 's th ree fifteen.

A: Hel l o . I have some spare pa rts for the co nt rol

r o o m .

B: Wha t ' s yo u r na me , please?

A: Li u Ga oxua n. F rom GZ E l e c troni cs .

B : L i u Ga oxuan? C a n yo u sp e l l tha t , please?A: L i u . L-I-U. Ga oxua n. G-A-O-X-U-A-N.

B: Tha nk y o u . O n e m o m e n t , please.

6 I t 's thre e t w e n t y .

A: Hi . I 'm Connie Grieve f rom the Water and

E lec t r ic i ty de p a r tme n t . You ha ve a p rob l e m

w i t h y o u r s u b s t a t io n .

B : O n e m o m e n t , please.

A: O K .

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O K, so th i s re f i ne ry i s ne a r l y thre e k i l ome tre s l o ng

an d a bout one k i l ome tre w i d e , so it cover s an area

of a bout th re e squa re k i l om e tre s . We ' re now i n the

c o n t r o l r o o m . Th is i s the ce ntre of the ref inery.

E v e r y t h i n g i s c o n t r o l l e d f rom here . We have three

gates, w i t h a parking area near each gate. We

c o n t r o l access at the gates. El e c tr i c i ty is p ro v ide d

b y the substa t i on . Wa te r comes f rom th e river. W e

use a l o t o f w a te r to ma k e our p rod uc ts .

The re f i ne ry i s d i v i d ed in t o thre e main areas. T h e

se p a ra t i on area, w i t h th e d i s t i l l a t i on c o l u m n s ,

is w h e r e w e separate t h e c r u d e o i l into di f fe re nt

c o m p o n e n t s . T h e c o n v e r s i o n area i s w he re w e usehe a t a nd p re ssure to cha nge the comp one nts . The

t r e a t m e n t area i s w he re w e a dd che mi ca l s t o ma k e

th e final p r o d u c t s . T h e b u i l d i n g s i n the t re a tm e nt

area are the labs.

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Conversation 1

A: Wha t ' s toda y?

B: Tuesday.

A: A h , T h a n k s .

Conversation 2

A: I s toda y Thursda y?

B: No, i t ' s Fr iday.

A: O h, gre at .

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Ja nua ry , F e brua ry , Ma rch , A pr i l , M a y , June, July ,

A ugus t , September , October , November, December

i o nRight . In a n e me rge ncy the first t h i n g y o u d o is

raise th e ala rm . Shou t 'Fire! Fire! Fire! ' . Secon d,

if possible , ca l l the emergency services . T h i r d ,

s w i t c h off a l l the m achines and go to an assemb lyarea. The n , che ck a l l yo ur p e op l e are p re se nt .

Finally, re p or t to the se ni or p e rson. OK. Any

questions?




1 It's ra ining.

2 It's w i n d y .

3 I t 's a s to rm . L is ten to the thu nd er .

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1 I t' s ver y c o ld tod ay . I t' s tw en ty be low an d i t ' s

s n o w i n g .

2 It 's freezing . It 's zero degrees. There's ice onthe roads .

3 It's a nic e day. It's 20 degree s. No rain t o d a y .

4 It 's v er y ho t toda y. It 's 40 degrees. It 's ve ry

w i n d y .

Unit 7 Storage3 > 5 3

1 These tanks are used to s tore asphalt . The

tanks are heated to keep the asphalt at the r ight

t emper atu r e .

2 This depot is for s torage only . W e d on ' t d o an ypr oc es s in g h er e . O n th e left yo u can see the

tanks and the gantr ies w h i c h a l l ow us to p u m p

t h e p r o d u c t s i n to road tank ers . Tanks 1 , 2 and

3 are the largest and are for diesel fuels. Tank 4,

the smal l est , is for kerosene, and tanks 5 and 6

are for fuel o i l s .

3 We are one of the largest storag e fa cili t ies in

this part of Ch ina. This fac i l i ty pr ovid es s tor ag e

services for 35 dif ferent types of petro che mi cal .

M o s t of the petrochemicals are used as

feedstock for other processes.4 This tank farm w as b u i l t 20 years ago, so it 's one

of ou r oldest fac i l i t ies . We have 134 tanks now .

W e s u p p l y a u t o m o t i v e an d i nd u s t r i a l l u b r i c a n t s

to c u s tomer s a l l over th e c ou n tr y . W e c an

handle up to 60 tankers an hour .

5 The bu l let tanks y ou can see a l l s tore l iqu ef ied

p e t ro le um gas, or LPG, in th is case p r o p a n e

or bu tane. We have ad d i t i on a l c apac i ty in

u n d er g r ou n d tanks w h i c h ar e beh in d th e

c on t r o l r oom .

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This is a t y p i c a l fire ext ingu isher . The pressure

gauge show s the pressu re. At the to p is a safety

pin. To use the ext inguisher f irst pu l l the safety

pin. W h e n y o u squeeze th e h an d le , d r y c h emic a l ,

c ar bon d io xid e or w ater goes u p th e tu be an d

comes ou t of the no zzle .

Incident 1

A: I h ear d y ou h ad an in c id e n t . O n e of th e tan ks ,

r ight?

B: Tank number 3 .1 t h i n k t h e p r o b l e m w a s a faul ty

pressure gauge. The detect ion system d id n ' t

w o r k an d th e a lar m d id n ' t go off .

A: O h .B : W e w er e lucky. Joh n Smith s aw th e s moke an d

c a l led th e fire t eam ou t . A n d th ey w er e f as t.

A: A h , T h at ' s g ood !

I nc ident 2

A: I h e a r d y o u h a d a p r o b l e m .

B: Yeah. Last night , ar ou n d th r ee o ' c loc k . I n

B u i l d i ng 4. Wel l , t w o p r o b l e m s re a l ly .

A: W h at h appen ed ?

B: Some fue l igni ted. Must have been a f a u l ty

s w i t c h o r s o m e t h i n g . A n y w a y , th e labou r er u s ed

th e w r o n g ext in g u is h er on th e fire. He used

w a t e r instead of CO, .

A: B u t th a t ' s c razy . E ver y on e kn o w s n ot to pu t

w a t e r o n b u r n i n g fue l .

B: Yeah, I k n o w . A n y w a y , w e e x t i n g u i s h e d t h e fire.

Incident 3

A: So w h at c au s ed th e in c id en t exac t ly ?

B : T h er e w as an e lec t r i c a l pr ob l em , I th i nk . In one

of the asphalt tanks . I t u r n e d on th e l ig h ts an d

th er e w as a f las h an d s ome s moke .

A: So w h a t d i d y o u d o ?

B: I ca l l ed the d u t y e lec t r i c ian . H e came

s t ra ight a w a y .I nc ident 4

A: I s aw th e br oken w a l l near the m ai n gate. How

d id i t happen?

B: N ot sure . We th i nk th e d r i ver f or g ot to pu t th e

br akes on . May be he w as t i r ed . I d on ' t k n ow . Bu t

th e tan ker ro l led i n to th e w a l l .

A: A n y o n e h u r t ?

B : No, lucki ly . Just a br oken w a l l .

A: W h at t ime w as a l l th i s?

B: A b o u t s ix a .m.

A: T h is mor n in g ?B: No, yesterday . We cal le d M aintenan ce.

Conversation 1

A: How 's i t going?

B : OK , th an ks .

A: I 'm here fo r my to o l box. I left i t here las t w eek.

B : W h at ' s y ou r name?

A: S m i t h .

B : O h, yes . S mith . Here y ou are .


B : You ' r e w e lc om e.



Conversation 2

B: Hello again. Everything OK?

A: Erm, this isn't my t o o l box.

B: Sorry?

A: These aren't my tools. My tools are new. These

are o l d .

B: Are you Jeff Smith? Jeff w i t h a 'J'?A: No Geoff w i t h a 'G'.

B: Oh, I see. My mistake. One moment, please.

A: Thanks.

B: Here you are.

A: Thanks.

Conversation 3

B: Hi.

C: Hi. I need a screwdriver.

B: No problem. What type?

C: Three-quarter in c h , f l at blade.

B: Just a sec. Here you are.

C: Thanks.

Conversation 4

B: Hi , Joe.

D: Hi. How's it going?

B: Not bad, thanks. You?

D: Not bad. I'm off-shift in an hour. Do you have any

ear protection?

B: Yes sure. What sort? We have ear plugs, ear

defenders, ear defenders for a helmet and ear

defenders w i t h a radio fitted.

D: Er. Just ear defenders, please.

B: OK. Here you are.

Conversation 5

E: M o r n in g . Nice day.

B: Yeah. What can I do for you?

E: I need some nuts.

B: Nuts we got. What type?

E: Three-quarter i n c h . Coarse thread, please. And

half i n c h . Coarse, too.

B: How many?

E: Two of each, please.

B: OK, just a sec. OK, half i n c h , no problem. Looks

l ike we're r i gh t out of three-quarter i n c h . Sorry.E: Can you order some?

B: No problem. T h e y ' l l be here t o m o r r o w .

E: Thanks.

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A: How's the pipeline? Can you b r in g me up to

date, please?

B: Sure. We surveyed the route last m o n t h . The

bulldozers finished the path yesterday.

A: Good. Is the whole route done now?B: Yes, it is.

A: That's good. What about the pipe sections?

B: We started last week. They completed the first

2 kilometres on Tuesday.

A: What about welding?

B: We planned to start w e l d i n g last Friday but we

managed to start on Thursday.

A: That's good. W el l done.

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A: We finished the repairs on the pipeline

yesterday.

B: That's great. Ahead of schedule. When d id you

finish the inspections?

A: On Tuesday.

B: I see. Did you have any problems?

A: No, not really. A couple of small leaks. That's all.

N o t h in g serious.

B: When did the new valves arrive?

A: Before we l e f t . So no problems there.

B: What were the crew members like? D id you havea good supervisor?

A: Yes, the team was very good and the supervisor

was great.

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A: OK. The route is simple. The pipeline w i l l go

f r o m the refinery to the coast. It's a distance of

about 25 kilometres. OK?

B: From the refinery to the coast?

A: Yeah. The first section w i l l go straight west f r o m

the refinery to the lake.

B: Straight west, OK.A: Section two w i l l go north-west around the lake

an d cross the road here.

B: North-west to the road?

A: Yeah. It crosses the road and section three w i l l

t h e n f o l l o w a straight line n o r t h to the coast.

B: Straight n o r t h , OK.

A: Any questions?

B: No, that's fine.

A: OK, good. We' l l have a meeting next week to

discuss the schedule and the crews. OK?

B: When next week?A: On Monday. In my office at ten.

B: I ' l l be there.

A: Great. OK. Thank you.

B: You're welcome. See you next week.

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1 M y job is to help plan the route. I have a team of

three to help me. We collect in fo r m at io n about

the l an d ; we measure distances f rom p o in t A to

p o in t B, for example, or we measure how high

a p o in t is above sea level. We use this data to

decide where to dig the trenches and lay the pipe.

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I drive an d oper a te h eavy eq u ip men t s u c h as

bul ldozers and diggers . We c lear the route of

obstacles l ike trees , leve l the g r o u n d an d d ig

th e t r en c h es .

I loo k af ter the techn ical s ide . For exam ple ,

I organise tests on th e p ipe to c h ec k th a t

e v e ryt h ing is OK and tha t there are no leaks .

My job is to j o in the sect ions of pipe together .

W h e n I 'm w o r k i n g , I use a specia l h e lm et to

pr otec t my eyes.

I oper a te h eavy mac h in er y f or m ovi n g

e q u i p m e n t from A to B . For exam ple , I l ift

s ec tion s of th e p ipe an d pu t th em in th e t r en c h .

My j ob i s to t r an s p or t th e eq u ipme n t an d p ipes

from the ships to the s i te . Sometimes this means

long distances by road and across c ou n tr y . I a l s o

have to look af ter my t r u c k .

I'ma

fitter.M y main job is to prepare thepipe sect ions for w e l d i n g . I also insta l l an d

maintain pipe systems such as gauges a n d o t h e r

m e a s u ri n g i n s t r u m e n t s .

My job's a pipeliner. I do l ots of d if feren t tasks .

Sometimes I h e lp th e s u r vey o r s or th e h eavy

mac h in e oper a tor s or th e fitters. Sometimes I

have to help c lear the route of obstacles o r f i l l

in th e t r en c h es . And som etimes I c lean s torage

tanks. It 's heavy w o r k , n or m al l y .

I'm a l ine w a lk e r . My j o b s t a rt s w h e n t h e

pipe l ine is f inished. I use a car o r I go on fo ot

and I check the p ipel in e for leaks or o the rproble ms. Sometimes I can fix the pro bl em

my s e l f an d s omet imes I r epo r t th e p r ob l em to

the engineers .

Crude tan ker s c ar r y c r u d e o i l from dri l l sites

to r e fin er ies . Pr od u c t tan ker s c a r r y pe t r o leu m

pr od u c ts from the ref iner ies to the market . There

are over 4,000 oi l tankers of 1,000 D WT or g reater

w o r l d w i d e . D W T s tan d s f or d ead -w e ig h t ton n ag e .

Tankers come i n dif feren t sizes an d classes. T h e

largest are called u l t r a l a r g e c r u d e c ar r ie r s , or

ULCCs for short . They can carry DWTs of 320,000

metr ic ton n es or mo r e . V er y la rg e c r u d e c ar r ie r s ,

or V L CCs , c ar r y be tw een 200,000 an d 320,000 D W T .

The lon gest tanker in the w o r l d , Jahre Viking,

also k n o w n as Seawise Giant, HappyGiant a n d

Knock Nevis, w as 1,504 feet l on g and 226 feet w i d e

and c o u l d c a r ry 564,763 D W T She w as s c r apped

in 2010.

A: OK, so let 's see. D id y o u c h ec k th e w in d s c reen ?

Check i t ' s c lean and look for any damage.

B : Yes , looks OK.

A: O K, g oo d . W h at abou t th e l ig h ts? Al l c lean and

w o r k i n g ?

B: Yes, OK.

A: G o o d . W a r n i n g signs?B: Side w a r n i n g s ig n s OK. Rear w a r n i n g s ign

m is s ing .

A: Missing?

B: Yes. Looks l ike s omeon e took i t .

A: O K. W e n eed to g e t a n ew on e th en .

B: Yes.

A: O K . Tyres? Check for damag e. Check the tread

and the pressure.

B: Al l O K .

A: Discharge valves? Any leaks?

B: No leaks . But num ber 3 is cracke d. The othe rsar e a l l OK.

A: Hmm. O K . D o c u m e n t s ?

B: Al l O K .

A: Good, so let 's get go and get a cup of coffee.

A: W h at d o y o u d o w h en y ou ' r e o f f- s h i ft ?

B : In my free t im e I do lo ts of th in gs . I of ten w atc h

TV, I a lw ays s leep, I som etimes read, I l is te n to

mu sic . I a lso l ike p laying the guitar .

A: W h at s or t o f mu s ic d o y o u l ike?

B: I l ike mos t s or t s o f mu s ic .A: W h a t a b o u t exercise?

B: The ship has a f itness r o o m , so I w o r k o u t

m o s t d a y s .

A: I see.

B: I also l ike c y c l i n g a n d j o g g i n g .

A: Cycl ing? In th e f itness ro om ?

B: No, on a real b icy c le . The ship is over 300

metres l on g , s o I c an g o c y c l in g an d jog g in g

ever y d ay , exc ept w h en th e w eath er i s bad ,

of c ou r s e .




P a r t n e r f i l e s : S t u d e n t B

3 O i l fie ldsOperating equipment Speaking exercise 4 page 21

Write d o w n t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s y o u r p a r tn e r g i v es y o u .

T h e n te l l y o u r p a r t n e r t o w r i te d o w n these i n s t r u c t i o n s .

1 Check the valve for leaks .

2 O p e n t h e v a l v e .

3 T u r n t h e h a n d w h e e l c l o c k w i s e t h r e e t u r n s .

4 T e leph on e th e s u p er vis or an d te l l h i m th e pr es s u r e .

H e a l th a n d s a f e t y :

H e l i c o p t e r s

O f f - s h i f t i n t h e

c a n t e e n

D i m e n s i o n s

H e a l t h a n d s a f e t y :

E m e rg e nc y p r o c e d u r e s

R e p o r t i n g p r o g r e s s

4 D r i l l i n gSpeaking exercise 4 page 33

A sk y o u r p a r tn e r t o d r aw a h e l i c opter an d n ame th e par t s .

Speaking exercise 4 page 34

Yo u are an oi l w o r k e r in a canteen. Your partner is the cashier . Ask w hat t ime the canteen

opens and closes. Use the men u on page 34 to order a meal . Ask how m uch i t costs.

5 Worki n g o f f s h o r eSpeaking exercise 3 page 38

Con ver t th e d im en s ion s of p ipe 3 i n t o feet and inchesand w r i t e th em in th e tab le on pag e 3 8 . A s k y o u r par tn er

q u es t ion s abou t p ipe 2. Com ple te th e tab le th en c h ec k

y o u r par tn er ' s c a lc u la t ion s . T h en an s wer y ou r par tn er ' s

q u es t ion s abou t th e d im en s ion s of p ipe 3 first in metres

an d centim etres a nd then in feet and in ches .

6 Ref in ingSpeaking exercise 5 page 49

You r par tn er w i l l t e leph on e y ou abou t an emer g en cy . W r i t e d o w n his/her name, job ,

l o ca t io n and the type of emergency. Ask quest ions i f necessary. T h e n p h o n e y o u r

par tn er an d r epo r t an emer g en cy . G ive y o u r loc a t ion an d th e ty pe of emer g en c y .

Choose one of these emergencies .

Smo ke in a lab A prob lem at the substation

8 T r a n s p o r tSpeaking exercise 4 page 61

You an d y o u r par tn er both f in is h ed

a pipe l in e projec t las t w eek. Here are

th e d e ta i l s . A s k y o u r par tn er q u es t ion s

about their project . Use the i n f or m at i on

in th e box to h e lp y o u . T h e n a n s w e r t h eq u e s t io n s y o u r p a r t n e r asks y o u . Us e th e

d eta i l s in th e box .

Location: AlaskaLength: 102 km

Start date: 30th Septemb erEn d date: Last w eek

Weather: Cold and wetProblems: Only the w eather

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