本书内容包括石油地质、勘探方法、油气井工程、采油方法、油气地面处理、油气储存与运输和石油炼制等上中下游油气生产全过程，覆盖了油气生产各环节的主要专业词汇。阅读材料中石油学术词汇占比较高，凸显了科技英语的学术性特点。每单元的科学语言拓展和写作练习还涉及学术词汇、模糊限制语、专业术语构成、静态语言和客观化语言表达、因果关系和提炼总结性语言表述、定义和省略等规范化表达、生产作业流程描述及语篇连贯性表达等内容。
本书既可作为石油院校的石油科技英语的基础教材，也可作为石油科技人员自学及培训教材。

Unit One Off generation and trapping
1.1 Petroleum technical terms
1.2 Exploring & interpreting
1.3 Reading & understanding
1.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: academic words
1.5 Writing skills: learn to write using academic words
Unit Two Reservoir properties
2.1 Petroleum technical terms
2.2 Exploring & interpreting
2.3 Reading & understanding
2.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: hedging language
2.5 Writing skills: learn to employ hedging words
Unit Three Petroleum reservoir
3.1 Petroleum technical terms
3.2 Exploring & interpreting
3.3 Reading & understanding
3.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: static language
3.5 Writing skills: learn to express in static language
Unit Four Geophysical exploration of petroleum
4.1 Petroleum technical terms
4.2 Exploring & interpreting
4.3 Reading & understanding
4.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: defining language
4.5 Writing skills: learn to write definitions
Unit Five Seismic exploration of petroleum
5.1 Petroleum technical terms
5.2 Exploring & interpreting
5.3 Reading & understanding
5.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: objectivity
5.5 Writing skills: learn to express objectively
Unit Six Drilling equipment
6.1 Petroleum technical terms
6.2 Exploring & interpreting
6.3 Reading & understanding
6.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: lexical metaphor
6.5 Writing skills: learn to use metaphorized technical terms
Unit Seven Drilling fluids and circulation
7.1 Petroleum technical terms
7.2 Exploring & interpreting
7.3 Reading & understanding
7.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: technical word formation
7.5 Writing skills: learn to construct technical terms
Unit Eight Drilling operation flow
8.1 Petroleum technical terms
8.2 Exploring & interpreting
8.3 Reading & understanding
8.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: procedure description
8.5 Writing skills: learn to describe engineering procedures
Unit Nine Petroleum natural lift
9.1 Petroleum technical terms
9.2 Exploring & interpreting
9.3 Reading & understanding
9.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: summarizing language
9.5 Writing skills: learn to use nominalized structures
Unit Ten Petroleum artificial lift
10.1 Petroleum technical terms
10.2 Exploring & interpreting
10.3 Reading & understanding
10.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: causality
10.5 Writing skills: learn to express cause and effect in static language
Unit Eleven Petroleum surface treatment
11.1 Petroleum technical terms
11.2 Exploring & interpreting
11.3 Reading & understanding
11.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: ellipsis
11.5 Writing skills: learn to write in correct omitted forms
Unit Twelve Petroleum transportation
12.1 Petroleum technical terms
12.2 Exploring & interpreting
12.3 Reading & understanding
12.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: discourse coherence
12.5 Writing skills: learn to write coherent paragraphs and sentences
Unit Thirteen Oil refining
13.1 Petroleum technical terms
13.2 Exploring & interpreting
13.3 Reading & understanding
13.4 Science language exploration
Study focus: lexical connectivity
13.5 Writing skills: learn to write with lexical connectives
References
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