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F. Novalita B. G.
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TECHNICAL ENGLISH
Special English for Petroleum Industry Desy Kurniawaty
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Maria Stella H. B.
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 READING COMPREHENSION

SPECIAL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

COMPREHENSION

TENSES & QUESTIONS : PRESENT SIMPLE

WRITING PRACTICE

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 To find it, oilmen have to drill boreholes.
Most rig work on the rotary system.
As the bit rotates, it cuts and crushes the rock at the bottom
of the hole.
The cuttings are carried to the surface by a special fluid.
Mud is a mixture of clay, water and chemicals.
Each joint or single is a hollow section of pipe.
The kelly isnt round, but hexagonal.
He tells the floormen how to mix the mud at the mud tanks.
If the bit is dull, it must be changed.
The driller and the floormen must trip the pipe.

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 Boreholes : Same thing as Well or Oil Well.
Rotary : Turn around like a wheel.
Crushes : Breaks up into small pieces (requires great power).
Cuttings : Pieces of rock drilled by the bit.
Fluid : Anything that flows (Liquid, gases, and melted
substances).
Clay : An earthy material that plastic when its wet (Bentonite).
Hollow : Having an empty space on the inside (Drill Pipe).
Hexagonal : Having six angles and six sides (Kelly).
Floormen : Workers on a rig, also called Roughnecks.
Dull : Same as Not sharp, Worn out or Gone.
Driller : The person in charge of the drilling.

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 He is the person in charge of the drilling
They are both 30 ft long
It cut and crushes the rock at the bottom of the hole
Mud is used for carrying cuttings and used for keeping the bit cool
The strings is made up of number oof singles, all joined together
The Space is called annulus
Mud Engineer, Mud Tanks
Because round trips are expensive
Bentonite is a clay, consist of Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg) and
Alumunium (Al)
So that mud can pass through it

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 What do the drawworks do ?
They raising and lowering the pipe.
Where does a floorman mix the mud ?
He mixed it in the mud tanks.
When is the bit changed ?
When the driller thinks it has been worn out.
What is a fluid ?
A fluid is anything that flows.
At what temperature does water boil ?
The water boils at 100 Celsius Degree.

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 Mud is heavy, so that it can open sides of borehole
Peter is going to the mud tanks, so he can check the drilling
fluid
The driller is making a round trips, so the driller can examine
the bit
Rotary bits are made of hard steel, so that it can drill through
many feet of rock without getting dull to quickly
The kelly is hexagonal, so that rotary table can turn the kelly
without slipping

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