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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
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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