COLLOCATIONS / PHRASEOLOGY

NB :
ENGLISH LANGUAGE FRENCH LANGUAGE
Phrase - syntagme/expression
Sentence - phrase

Collocations are phrases or expressions formed when a word is used with

another word or phrase (group of words), in a way that sounds correct to
speakers of the language. Phraseology is a manner of organizing words and
phrases into longer elements. The collocations/phraseology can be a
combination of verbs, nouns, prepositions, adverbs etc so far as they are
possible. For example, we can form collocations with words such as:
environmental (adjective), drill (verb), extract (verb), oil (noun), global
(adjective), Liquefied (adjective) etc.
So we can have as collocations:
Environmental Management System
Drill a wellbore (forer le puits)
Oil field (champ pétrolier)
Global warming (rechauffement climatique)
Extract minerals
Petroleum products, petroleum by-products
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) - Le gaz de pétrole liquéfié, (abrégé en GPL)
Below are other collocations:
 Oil prospecting license, oil extraction
 Prospecting permit/prospecting license/licence- permi de prospection
(American) License (verb/noun) ; (British) license (verb) ; licence (noun)
 To prospect for petroleum resources
 Prospecting operations, prospecting for mineral deposits
 Fuel cost, fuel consumption, fuel efficiency, fuel pump, fuel tank

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TULLOW OIL

Tullow recognises that climate change and the decarbonisation of the global
economy represent fundamental strategic risks to our business. We are therefore
proactively taking action to mitigate these risks by:

 complying with emerging climate change legislation and regulation and

reducing our GHG emissions as far as is reasonably practical;
 minimising the GHG emissions potential of our activities and
implementing reduction initiatives;
 adopting a business strategy that is responsive to applicable regulatory
developments designed to address climate change; and
 maintaining transparency and openness in our engagement about climate
change.

WRITE THE COLLOCATIONS IN (A) BELOW

a)
b)
c)

OTHER EXAMPLES OF COLLOCATIONS AND SENTENCES

ADDRESS (VERB)
Address a gathering
Address challenges (Relever des défis)
Address a problem
Address an issue
Address a situation, shortage/lack(manque)

SENTENCES

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 1. The CEO of Tullow Senegal is looking for strategies to address the
challenges facing the oil and gas industry in the country.

IMPLEMENT(mettre en oeuvre)
Implement
Implement strategies, decisions, action plan, policies, measures

SENTENCES
1. The company shall implement the new pay policy next year.

PRODUCE
Produce crude oil, produce oil, produce

SENTENCES
1. Producing crude oil and refined products at a lower cost to stay
competitive on the market is one of the industry’s major challenges.

MAXIMIZE
Maximize revenue, maximize efficiency, maximize effectiveness
Maximize profit, maximize output (rendement)

SENTENCES
1. This year, Exxon Mobil is seeking to maximize production efficiency,
reduce the costs of extraction and refining cost as well as offset
exploration costs.

MINIMIZE
Minimize debt (dette)
Minimize losses (des pertes)
Minimize lateness (retard)

SENTENCES
1. The COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown has compelled OPEC
and its allies to agree to historic production cuts so as to stabilize prices
and minimize losses.

PROVIDE (fournir, pourvoir)

Provide incentives (motivation)
Provide resources
Provide technical support. Provide petroleum products, provide gas

SENTENCES

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 The IT Department will provide any technical support we need.

IDENTIFY
Identify weaknesses (faiblesses)
Identify objectives, threats (menaces), strengths (points forts)
Identify opportunities, losses (pertes)
Identify competitive advantage

SENTENCE
1. The research will focus on identifying opportunities that can help our
business grow.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options lettered A-C.

1.We use…………………for cooking at home.

(a) liquefied petroleum gas (b) petroleum products (c)
fuel oils

2. Oil Mining Companies shall……………………new mining strategies next

year.
(a) drill (b) implement (c) prospect

3. The Senegalese government has……………………..measures to reduce the

spread of the Coronavirus disease. (a) adopted (b) addressed
(c) threatened

4. If the oil and gas companies……………………..profits, they can easily

increase their employees’ allowances. (a) maximize (b)
minimize (c) collect

5. The disaster began April 20th when an…………………..exploded off the

coast of Louisiana. (a) oil rig (b) oil cost (c)
oil price

6. The IT Department of BeM………………….. technical support for

professors during the videoconferencing lectures.
(a) addressed (b) implemented (c) provided

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7. The CEO is looking for strategies to …………………the challenges facing
the company.
(a) maximize (b) adopt (c) address

9. This year, Exxon Mobil is seeking to maximize

production………………………, reduce the costs of extraction and refining as
well as offset exploration costs.
(a) challenges (b) cost (c) efficiency

10. OPEC and its allies are looking for ways to stabilize oil production so as to
…………………. on the world market.
(a) maximize financial losses (b) minimize financial losses (c)
enhance financial losses

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