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Offshore, the sea and the remoteness of the site complicate operations. The contractor
therefore requires more personnel than on land. For example, in many areas, regulations require that
1)_______ have an2)_______. The OIM is in charge of the entire rig and has the final say in any
decision that affects the operation. In some cases, the 3)________ is also the OIM; in other cases,
the rig has an OIM as well as a rig superintendent.
Offshore contractors also hire several4)______.They are general workers on the rig whose
duties include unloading supplies from boats to the rig. They also keep the offshore facility in good
repair. A 5)______ runs the rig's cranes and supervises the roustabouts. Cranes transfer supplies to
and from boats. 6)______ install, maintain, and repair complex 7)_____ that keeps the rig in
constant contact with shore facilities. Medics provide first aid and are often certified emergency
medical technicians, who can stabilize injured personnel and prepare them for evacuation to
shore.On 8)______, such as drill ships and 9)_______, more personnel are required because in
some ways floating rigs are like ships.

8 Scan the text and correct spelling and grammar mistakes.
The rig superintendent supervise a driller, who, in turn, supervises the derrickmen and the
rotary helpers. Since a control console or an oparating cabin on the rig floor, the driller manipulates
the controls that keep the drilling operation over way (fig. 43). This person is directly responsible
for drilling the hole. Most offshore rigs and large land rigs, expecially this working outside the U.S.,
also have an assistant driller. The assistant driller aids the driller by the rig floor and helps the
driller supervise the derrickman and the rotari helpers.
Translation Section
9 Translate the following expressions at a quick pace.

Бурова підрядна фірма, власник свердловини, базуючись на щоденних витратах, розхідне
та нерозхідне обладнання, вміст бурильного розчину, запобігати засміченню пласта,
запускати бурильну трубу у свердловину, контролювати рівень спуску, напівзанурювальні
морські бурові установки.

10 Translate the following sentences from English into Ukrainian.

1 A drilling contractor is an individual or a company that owns from one to dozens of drilling
rigs.
2 On small rigs drilling shallow wells, for example, two rotary helpers on a shift can safely and
efficiently perform the required duties.
3 Two crews may work 14 days and then take off 14 days when the second crews come on board
to relieve them.
4 The monkeyboard is a small platform in the mast or derrick on which the derrickman stands to
handle the upper end of the pipe.
5 The assistant rig superintendent often relieves the superintendent during nighttime hours and is
thus sometimes nicknamed the “night toolpusher”.
6 In addition, the derrickman has an escape device, a Geronimo, or a Tinkerbell line, so that he or
she can quickly exit the monkeyboard in an emergency.
7 Operators can pay contractors based on the daily costs of operating the rig, the number of feet
or metres drilled, or on a turnkey basis.
8 An operating company, or an operator, is usually an oil company, a company whose primary
business is working with oil and gas, or petroleum.
9 Supply companies sell expendable and nonexpendable equipment and material to the operator
and the drilling contractor.
10 Crew members place the equipment on the seafloor and operate it from the rig on the water's
surface.

11 Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English.

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