Kickoff: Task 1 Match the names of places

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Kickoff: 
 
Task 1 Match the names of places (1-4) with the photos (a-d). 
1) drilling platform 2) Floating Production, Storage, and Offtake facilities (FPSO) 
3) gas gathering plant 4) gas pipeline 
 
Vocabulary tasks: 
Task 2 Read the active vocabulary of the lesson and translate it into Uzbek.
 
corrosive, enormous, career, experience, FPSO, gas gathering plant, maintenance, 
personnel, pressure, priority, to gather, to generate, to meter, to monitor, friction, to 
dive, sub-sea pipeline, giving update, to run out, hidden treasure, desalination, site; 
 
Task 3 Learn the words with their meanings: 
compressor (n) a machine for increasing pressure of air or gas 
desalination (n) the process of removing salt from water to transform it into 
drinking water 
flare (n) the bright flame from burning the gas at a well head 
friction (n) the resistance caused by one object moving or rubbing against another 
gather (v) to collect / group together 
Reading tasks: 
Task 4 Read the text and translate it into Uzbek. 
Kuwait’s hidden treasure 
Kuwait is a major oil exporter and has the world’s fifth largest oil reserves. It has 
recently been lucky and discovered enormous fields of natural gas in the same 
reservoir as the oil. Flares sometimes burn this gas to get rid of it because of the 
risk of explosions. Kuwait, however, can use this gas to generate electricity to meet 
LESSON 17 PRODUCTION PART I 

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the country’s energy needs and to run desalination units for its fresh water supply. 
This will let Kuwait export its oil. 
Gas gathering is where gas is 
captured and piped from the well 
head to the gathering centre where 
it is prepared for transportation to 
its final distribution centre. This 
involves dehydration (removing 
water) and the sulphur compounds 
that cause corrosion, particularly 
H2S. Then its pressure has to be 
increased 
by 
compressors 
for 
transportation along the pipes.
Friction in the pipes reduces pressure and flow, so intermediate compressor 
stations are used every 10 to 40 kilometeres along the pipeline to maintain 
pressure. A company from South Korea has built a gas-gathering plant for the 
Sabriya region. The high temperatures and the distant desert areas where the gas 
fields are located are important technical challenges. Equipment in these areas is 
controlled remotely. Quality and safety are extremely important. It is important to 
measure and correctly meter gas flows. The transmission of correct pressure and 
flow data to control stations ensure that that the gas arrives safety at its destination.