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5. Sichuan Province, one of China’s richest … , has
undergone an intense … of human development. Sichuan is also
one of China’s most productive farming regions. Since ancient … ,
this region has held attractive conditions for human habitation and
has been occupied by humans since the dawn of our existence.
6. The 2,000 year-old Sichuan salt industry has drilled
approximately 130,000 … and gas wells, with 10 % of those in the
immediate Zigong area. Zigong has a cumulative … production
over this period of over 1.06 Tcf. The area continues to be a major
salt producer, and many of the historical … are still in production.

Exercise 4. Translate into Ukrainian
1. Drilling is a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut or
enlarge a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials.
2. Sichuan Province, one of China’s richest regions, has
undergone an intense period of human development. Sichuan is
also one of China’s most productive farming regions. Since
ancient times, this region has held attractive conditions for human
habitation and has been occupied by humans since the dawn of our
existence.
3. On Russia’s Kola Peninsula, a rotary rig reached more
than 40,000 feet after ten years of drilling.
4. Approximately 5,000 years ago Chinese coastal people
were boiling sea water to produce salt.
5. In 1835 the Shаnghai well was the first in the world to
exceed a depth of 3,281 ft (1,000 m).

Exercise 5. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the English words
Digging, spring pole, stirrup, aquifer, drill stem, leather,
valve, cave-ins, circulate out, percussive drilling, drill bit, log,
debris, drilling mud, hydrocarbons.

Exercise 6. Complete the sentences
1. Ancient histories record the technique, …. .

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