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1Write the word or words from the box alongside the correct definition.

2Definitions:
3oil rig- submarine - oil tanker- refinery- crude
4subterranean -geologist - drill- reservoir
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1. Found below the surface of the earth. .......... subterranean
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1 2. An area containing reserves of oil. ............ reservoir

2 3. A factory for purifying a raw material such as sugar or oil... refinery

3 4. A machine for making holes. drill

4 5. A natural place where something is stored reservoir

5 6. A natural or unrefined state. crude

6 7. A structure used as a base when drilling for oil oil rig


7 8. Located beneath the surface of the water. .......... submarine

6Exercise Use the vocabulary in the box to complete the paragraph below. The
petroleum process Oil companies employ ........geologist.......... to study rock
formations and to locate new supplies of oil known as reservoir Some
reservoirs are submarine as they are found under the sea and other fields
are subterranean because they are found under the surface of the earth. An
oil rig is constructed over the oil field and a drill bores a well through to the
oil reservoir where the oil is stored. The crude ,unrefined oil is then taken
by oil tanker.. ,which are special ships for carrying liquid products, to
refinery where the oil is processed into different petroleum products.
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