Norwegian ports of oil and gas industry

(АРКТИКМОРНЕФТЕГАЗРАЗВЕДКА.

Штокмановское месторождение газа.

Морская добыча нефти и газа.

Норвежские порты нефтегазовой промышленности)

 

Методические рекомендации

По развитию навыков устной речи и чтения

для студентов специальности 130401.65 «Физические процессы горного и нефтегазового производства» и направления 130500.62 «Нефтегазовое дело»

                                                                                  

 

 

Мурманск

2009

УДК

ББК

 

 

Составители –

Татьяна Павловна Волкова, канд. фил. наук, доцент, зав. кафедрой иностранных языков Мурманского государственного технического университета Анастасия Александровна Максимова, преподаватель кафедры иностранных языков Мурманского государственного технического университета

 

Методические указания рассмотрены и одобрены кафедрой 28 октября 2009 г., протокол № 2

 

Рецензент –

Т. Ю. Карикова, старший преподаватель кафедры иностранных языков Мурманского государственного технического университета

 

 

 

 

Редактор Г.В. Зобнина

 

 

© Мурманский государственный технический университет, 2009

ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ

 

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I. ARKTIKMORNEFTEGAZRAZVEDKA Ошибка! Закладка не определена.

II. Shtockman gas field................................................................................ 13

III. Off shore oil and gas industry............................................................... 20

IV. Norwegian Ports of Oil and Gas Industry............................................. 41

V. Articles for additional reading………………………………………………48

Literature.................................................................................................... 57

Введение

Данные методические рекомендации предназначены для студентов направления 130500.62 «Нефтегазовое дело» и специальности 130401.65 «Физические процессы горного и нефтегазового производства»

Лексическим материалом для методических рекомендаций послужили специальные аутентичные тексты и словари. Цель методических рекомендаций в активизации навыков говорения по темам «Арктикморнефтегазразведка», «Штокмановское месторождение газа», «Морская добыча нефти и газа», «Типы буровых установок»,  «Норвежские порты нефтегазовой промышленности», а также формирования и совершенствования навыков чтения специальных текстов.

В методические рекомендации включены несколько текстов, содержащих информацию об истории создания компании Арктикморнефтегазразведка, и ее деятельности на различных этапах развития, о разработке Штокмановского газового и газоконденсатного месторождения, типах буровых установок и норвежских портах нефтегазовой промышленности. Каждый раздел методических рекомендаций содержит словарь и послетекстовые упражнения, целью которых является закрепление лексических единиц, вводимых текстовым материалом, а также активизация грамматического материала, изучаемого параллельно. Кроме этого, студентам предлагаются задания, способствующие формированию их репродуктивных навыков.

В результате изучения данного материала студенты должны расширить свой лексический запас за счет усвоения новых слов и терминов, связанных с их будущей профессией, научиться обсуждать предлагаемые темы, говорить о сферах своей будущей профессиональной деятельности на английском языке, читать и переводить тексты по специальности.

Unit 1

ARKTIKMORNEFTEGAZRAZVEDKA

1. Scan the words and word combinations below and memorize them:

 

prospecting	разведка, разведочные работы
exploration, n	поисково-разведочные работы; пробная эксплуатация с целью изучения месторождения и выявления запасов
penetration, n	1.проникновение; глубина проникновения; углубление; внедрение; глубина проникновения; 2. проходка (в бурении); глубина проходки
commercial oil production	коммерческая добыча нефти
to outlive usefulness	пережить срок эксплуатации
oil and gas bearing province	нефтегазовая провинция
general purpose sea-going vessels	универсальные морские суда
to confirm predictions	подтвердить предсказания
undergo, v	подвергаться
flare, n	вспышка, пламя
ignite, v	загораться, воспламенять
yield, v	производить
to carry out drilling and diving operations	проводить бурильные и водолазные операции
to gain experience	приобретать опыт
to take into account	принимать во внимание
vulnerability, n	уязвимость
to give grounds	давать основания
adjacent land areas	соседние территории
to render services	оказывать услуги

 

2. Read the international words and translate them without a dictionary:

federal, shelf, specialist, expert, total, operation, gas-condensate, base, reserve, complex, design, analytical, hydrocarbon

 

3. Read and translate the text:

The Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka" was founded for prospecting, exploration and development of oil and gas fields on the shelf of the Russian Arctic Seas. During many years of work on the Arctic offshore shelf, the specialists of the company drilled 58 prospecting and exploratory wells with total penetration of more than 170 thousand meters. The operations were conducted at the sea depth from 10 up to 338 meters. As the result 15 oil, gas, gas-condensate and oil-and-gas fields were discovered. Thus, the oilmen of AMNGR initiated the commercial oil production in the arctic conditions, developing the Peschanoozerskoe oil-and-gas-condensate field on the Island of Kolguev.

The History of the company

1979 - the foundation of the company. The ice-free port of Murmansk became the base for Arctic drilling operations.

1980 - the transport vessel «Sevastopol», which had outlived her usefulness, became the first point of support for the Murmansk drilling crews at the start of the exploration of the Arctic Seas’ reserves on the Russian shelf.

1981 - the first wells were drilled at the mouth of the Pechora river and the world got to know about a new oil and gas bearing province in the Pechora Sea.

During 1981 and 1982 the company underwent a period of development. Special facilities were developed, general purpose sea-going vessels were acquired and drilling vessel constructions were completed. Experts from various regions in the country were brought together in Murmansk. Local personnel underwent further training in preparation for working on offshore oil and gas fields.

1983 - most of the first wells drilled from the vessels «Viktor Muravlenko» and «Valentin Shashin» in the Murmanskaya and Severo-Kildinskaya areas confirmed the geologists' predictions of the presence of oil and gas in the Barents Sea. In the spring of 1983 the first gas flare was ignited.

1985 - the first well was drilled in the Kara Sea. Once again a gas condensate field was discovered.

1987 - well № 1 on the Prirazlomnoye field yielded about 400 t/d (tons per day) of oil.

1988 - Shtokman gas condensate field was discovered in the central area of the Barents Sea.

Nowadays AMNGR is able to provide the performance of offshore exploratory works in complex, including well designing and construction, scientific processing of obtained data and reserves estimation. For conducting offshore operations, AMNGR possesses special-purpose fleet comprising 26 various-purpose vessels, including the drill ship "Valentin Shashin", two jack-ups ("Murmanskaya" and "Kolskaya"), three tankers, the special-purpose diving ship “Sprut” and the passenger vessels “Anna Akhmatova” and “Boris Pasternak”.

AMNGR's fleet is in demand both at the domestic services market and at the foreign one. The Enterprise's vessels and rigs operate not only in the Arctic but also in the offshore areas of South America, Africa and South-East Asia, in the North and Norwegian Seas as well as they represent AMNGR in many ports of the world situated in the USA, Brazil, Argentina, India, the South African Republic and Kenya as well as in the ports of the Black, Mediterranean, Baltic and Caspian Seas. Working in harsh conditions, AMNGR's fleet has gained large experience in carrying out drilling and diving operations on sea shelf as well as drilling platforms towing, cable laying at very large depths, vessels bunkering and search-and-rescue operations.

Taking into account the particular vulnerability of the northern environ­ment, the «Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka» company pays special attention to operational procedures, especially at sea. AMNGR cooperates with a wide range of academic and special scientific centres in order to design specific environmental control routines, ecologically clean technologies and to protect the reproduction of natural biological resources. All of the company activities on the shelf and islands are conducted under the control of local authorities and within their strict requirements and give no grounds to doubt the safety of the technology.

In future AMNGR's activity will be concentrated on the following main directions:

· Prospecting drilling for oil and gas on the continental shelf and in adjacent land areas of Russia and on the shelf of foreign countries;

· Participation in commercial development of the discovered fields of the Russian Western Arctic shelf;

· Commercial oil production on the Peschanoozerskoye field on the Kolguev Island;

· Development of the shelf geological structure and its hydrocarbon potential on the basis of the results obtained from analytical and research studies;

· Rendering services to domestic and foreign companies in their performance of exploratory works and offshore oil-and-gas production.

4. Find in the text and give the Russian equivalents for the following words and phrases:

ice-free port; to outlive one’s usefulness; to undergo a period of development; to confirm the geologists’ predictions; to discover gas condensate field; to yield oil; to design specific environmental control routine; to protect the reproduction of natural biological resources; to doubt the safety of technology; to provide the performance of offshore exploratory works; well designing and construction; scientific processing of obtained data; jack-up; special-purpose diving ship; to be in demand; drilling platforms towing; commercial development of the discovered fields; prospecting drilling for oil and gas

 

5. Find in the text and give the English equivalents for the following words and phrases:

государственная компания; опыт работы; основание компании; буровая бригада; нефтегазоносная провинция; универсальные морские суда; проходить обучение; морские и наземные месторождения нефти и газа; уязвимость северной природы; обращать внимание на; экологически чистые технологии; под контролем местных властей; строительство скважин; оценка ресурсов; проводить поисковые работы на шельфе; приобретать опыт работы; проводить бурильные и водолазные операции; прокладывать кабель; поисково-спасательные работы; поисково-разведочные работы; углеводороды; оказывать услуги

 

Answer the questions

1. What kind of enterprise is AMNGR?

2. When was it founded?

3. What was the first point of support for Murmansk drilling crews?

4. When and where were the first wells drilled?

5. What was happening in 1981 -1982?

6. Did the first wells confirm the presence of oil and gas in the Barents sea?

7. When was the first gas flare ignited?

8. What was discovered in the Kara Sea in 1985?

9. How much oil was yielded on the Prirazlomnoye field?

10. When and where was Shtokman gas condensate field dis­covered?

11. What types of vessels and rigs does the fleet of the company consist of?

12. What are they used for?

13. Where do they operate?

14. How wide is the geographical coverage of the AMNGR? What are its main operational areas?

15. How does the AMNGR try to prevent the northern environment pollu­tion?

16. Are the techniques of its work safe for the environment?

17. What do you know about the prospects of AMNGR development?