Give the three forms of the following verbs and find the sentences with the verbs in the text.

To be, to call, to carry, to change, to come, to connect, to crush, to cut, to do, to find, to fit, to join, to have, to keep, to make, to mix, to pull, to pump, to rotate, to run, to tell, to trip, to turn, to use, to work.

Mark the correct sentences with the letter T and the false ones with the letter F.

1. Oil is contained in rocks under rivers.

2. Most rigs work on the rotary system.

3. The cuttings are carried to the surface by rotary.

4. Mud is a mixture of clay, water and chemicals.

5. At the bottom of the string there is a pipe, 30 ft. long.                         

6. The rotary table turns the string.

7. Mud is used for keeping the bit cool.

 

7. Complete the paragraph below using  the  given words and expressions: cuttings, fluid, shale shaker, rotary, mud tanks, annulus, crushes.

The                 bit  cuts and               the   rock at the bottom of the hole. Drilling                                       carries the    from     the bottom of the hole, up the

              to the surface.

The cuttings are separated from the mud at the                          and    the clean mud then returns to the.

 

 

Grammar

 

 

Make the sentences using the Present Continuous tense.

1. Driller/examine/bit — e.g. Driller is examining the bit.

2. Floorman/mix/clay and chemicals.

3. Drilling crew/trip/pipe out of hole.

4. Mud man/check/drilling fluid.

5. Supply  boat/deliver/bentonite.

6. Roughneck/move back/single.

Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense.

1. Oil                   (to contain) in rocks under the ground and in rocks under the sea. 2. The string        (to make) up of a number of singles, all joined together. 3. The rotary table                 (to turn) the kelly. The kelly

                  (to turn) the string, and the string                           

(to turn) the

rotary bit. 4. Mud                     (to use) for keeping the bit cool. 5. The mud engineer          (to be) in charge of the mud.

 

 

Listening

 

 

10. Listen to the conversation I.

Bob:        Hey, George! Over there!

George: Yeah?

Bob:        We'll have to trip the pipe.

George: What?

Bob:        I said we’ll have to trip the pipe.

George: What's wrong, Bob?

Bob:        I'm not sure. We'll have to bring it up and find out.

George: Any ideas?

Bob:        I think the bit is gone. George:      The bit?

Bob:        Aye, the bit.

George: It was changed last shift, Bob.

Bob:        I know, but I think it's gone. Let's bring up the string and find out.

(the crew trip the pipe out of the hole)

Bob:        Well, look at that.

George: You were right. It is worn out. We'll have to change it.

Bob:        Thanks for telling me.

 

Answer the questions.

1. Who  is  in  charge,  Bob  or  George?  Who's  the  driller?  Who's  the roughneck? What gives you the answers to these questions?

2. Bob uses another word for «yes». What word does he use?

3. ‘Any ideas?’ Is a short way of saying ‘Have you got any ideas?’ Now make complete sentences for these short expressions: Any cigarettes? Any answers? Any tools for the job?

4. What does Bob want to find out? (He wants to find out if…)

5. Offshore, in the North Sea, drilling crews usually work 12-hour shifts. Onshore, they usually work 8-hour shifts. Do you work 12-hour or 8-hour  shifts?