Ф 03-03 Kasymova Zh. Zh

18.3. Match the words in the left column with the definitions in the right one (brainstorm).



18.4. Describe the function of the following elements, using the words given in the right column.

18.5 The kelly is hexagonal. The reason for that is to make it possible for the rotary table to turn the kelly without slipping.
2. Cement job is performed only when quality of casing is poor.
3. Drill pipe is hollow. The reason for this is to make it possible for the mud to pass through it.
4. Elevator is a device for lifting derrickman to the monkey board.
5. Drilling crew members use scratchers to scratch each other and thus clean themselves of oil.
6. Doghouse is a room where security guard and patrol dog live.
7. Drilling cuttings are washed out to the surface with drilling mud made of clay and water.
8. Shale shaker is used for separating fluid from drilling cuttings.
9. Cuttings in a well mean cracks on wellbore walls.
10. Conductor is a person who knows everything at the drilling site. He is in charge of coordinating work of drilling crews.


18.6. Themes of SIW

1. Systems of a land rig

2. Circulation system
3. Drilling rig


Grammar: Continuous Passive Voice.

Exercise 1. Find the sentences in the Continuous Tense, translate them.

1. The plates are continually moving and changing the shape.
2. Geology – the study of the earth’s physical structure and history – is a relatively new science.
3. The Nazca Plate and the South American Plate are moving towards each other.
4. Geology deals with very ancient history – that of the earth itself.
5. The African Plate and the South American Plate are moving apart.
6. The work is being done now and soon it will be finished.
7. The work was being done all the day yesterday.
8. The history of geology, scientists now think, goes back about 4.6 billion years.