15. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. What do the countries of the Asian Pacific region have in general? 2. What is the favouring factor for the natural gas use in the Asian Pacific region? 3. Where are the prices for the imported gas higher than in Western Europe? 4. What countries remain large gas importers in the near future? 5. Who will compete for their markets? 6. What can you say about the “Turkmenistan-China-Japan” gas pipeline construction project? 7. When is it to be completed? 8. What limits its competitiveness? 9. What can you say about other competing projects? 10. What is the strong side of the Kovytkinskoye field project?

16. Перескажите текст а по плану:

1. Energy problems in the countries of the Asian Pacific region.

2. Competing gas pipeline construction projects, their advantages and shortcomings.

17. Запомните следующие слова:

amount - количество

development - разработка

enable - давать возможность

owing to - благодаря

to put into operation - вводить в действие

including - включая

expensive - дорогостоящий

nevertheless - тем не менее

undertake - предпринимать

fuel - топливо

extract - добывать

deposit - месторождение

supply - поставлять, снабжать

primarily - главным образом

remote - отдаленный

expenses - расходы

raw materials - сырье

Прочтите текст. Озаглавьте его.

2,000,000 million cu m of Tyumen gas is the total amount of gas extracted in Tyumen. The development of Siberian deposits enabled our country to lead the world in gas extraction. Today more than 1,000 million cu m are extracted there every day.

Tyumen gas is supplied to the Urals, the central districts of Russia, Byelorussia, the Ukraine and European countries through pipelines.

Gas extraction in Russia will develop in the future primarily owing to the north of West Siberia. Recently a new deposit has been put into operation there.

Another large system of seven pipelines has been built there. It transports gas from the new deposits of northern Tyumen, including an export pipeline which supplies European countries with gas.

Tyumen gas is very expensive because gas fields are developed in the remote climatic conditions. Nevertheless, Russia undertakes these expenses to supply its economy and that of other countries, with fuel and raw materials.

Прочтите текст еще раз. Быстро и кратко ответьте на вопросы:

1. The development of Siberian deposits enabled our country to lead the world in gas extraction, didn’t it? 2. Where is Tyumen gas supplied to? 3. Gas extraction in Russia will develop owing to the north of West Siberia, won’t it? 4. Another large system of seven pipelines has been built to transport gas from the new deposits of northern Tyumen, hasn't it? 5. Russia undertakes great expenses to supply its economy and that of other countries with fuel and raw materials, doesn’t it?

18. Прослушайте и прочитайте диалог. Затем воспроизведите его:

Student: We are interested in Russia’s oil and gas potential and we are going to ask you some questions.

Teacher: All right. You may put questions to me and I’ll try to answer them.

Student: Well, what can you say about oil and gas deposits in Russia?

Teacher: As far as I know our country has unique oil and gas deposits. New discoveries come thick and fast.

Student: Where are the largest of them located?

Teacher: You see, the largest have been those of West Siberian gas field, mainly in the Tyumen region, in the Komi Republic and near Orenburg.

Student: By the way, don’t you know the total length of our trunk pipelines?

Teacher: In my opinion it has grown almost 60-fold during the past years and today exceeds the entire West European network of gas pipelines.

Student: Please, excuse me for asking you questions. But it is all very interesting. I know about Russia’s oil and gas potential now much better than before. Thank you very much.