Choose the best answer

1. Where did oil production begin?

a. in the Caspian region;

b. in Saudi Arabia;

c. in Syberia.

2. The biggest oil producer in the mid 19^th century was

a. America;

b. Azerbaijan;

c. China.

3. Crude oil production increased by the end of the 20^th century due to

a. manufacturing of lightning lamps;

b. automobile era;

c. extracting kerosene.

4. Digital seismology enabled to

a. locate underground pools of oil more carefully;

b. locate underground pools of oil with less cost;

c. locate underground pools of oil more exactly.

5. ROVs were introduced in

a. 80s;

b. 90s;

c. 2000s.

Say whether these statements are true or false.

1. Blow outs are dangerous situations that could occur on an oil rig.

2. Thermal cracking is the process of breaking down of heavier petroleum molecules into smaller molecules by the action of heat.

3. Oil-based by-products became customary in the late 1960s.

4. The first serious emergency happened on an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

5. Seismic technology uses the reflection of sound waves to identify subsurface formations.

6. Oil and gas technology of the last decade of the 21^st century was mostly focused on environmental protection.

7. The Hoover-Diana is a huge platform mounted in the Gulf of Mexico.

Fill in the following table.

Inventions and Discoveries

Dates	Oil production	Oil refining

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