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The oil and gas industry is a lot more complex than you may imagine.
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There are large companies like Exxon, Shell, and BP, but the industry goes far beyond these major players.
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In fact, the heart of this industry also lies in the supply companies
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that provide invaluable products and services to these heavy hitters.
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From the first exploration of a potential oil well to the thousands of finished products for end users,
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like toothpaste and gasoline, there are numerous opportunities for service companies in the oil and gas space.
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There are three distinct sectors that will help you understand the true scope of this industry.
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The easiest way to visualize this is to picture a river.
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Rivers have an upstream, a midstream and a downstream.
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Much like a river, the oil and gas industry starts upstream with exploration
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and production and it concludes downstream with the distribution and sale of numerous petroleum by-products that are essential to everyday life.
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Let's take a closer look at this river.
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The upstream sector is where our journey begins.
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This sector is also referred to as E&P, or exploration and production.
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Companies operating in this sector are trying to find and ultimately produce crude oil and natural gas on land or offshore.
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Once the product is out of the ground, it must move down the river to the midstream sector.
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This sector of the industry handles the transportation and storage of crude oil and natural gas.
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There are many ways to transport these products, including trucks, ships, barges, trains and pipelines.
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The oil and gas needs to be transported to a storage facility, often referred to as terminals or an LNG site, before they can continue on down the river to the refineries.
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Once it arrives, we are officially downstream.
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Here the crude oil and gas is refined and processed into finished products and then sold to the public.
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The end of the journey from upstream to downstream sees the crude oil and gas refined into gasoline,
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diesel, jet fuel and by-products used by chemical plants to create numerous consumer goods like pharmaceuticals,
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football helmets, insect repellent, umbrellas, fishing rods, paint, eyeglasses, detergents,
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artificial limbs, movie film, heart valves, life jackets, tires, deodorant, food preservatives, and so much more.
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Natural gas is also used by power plants to generate electricity.
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Speaking of electricity, let's have a light bulb moment together.
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In an industry so large, it may seem nearly impossible to a service company to get a firm foothold in a particular sector
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and secure jobs in multiple sectors of the industry.
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There are numerous trade shows and associations that you can attend and get involved with that are sector specific.
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To best find your niche in the industry, it's important to understand not only your capabilities,
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but also the different sectors and subsequent subdivisions between each sector and the ways they relate to one another.
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Let's take a quick look at just a few trade shows and associations that you could get involved with today.
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That looks like a lot of opportunity to me, but seeing the vast numbers of associations and trade shows is a bit daunting, isn't it?
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Where do you begin when there are so many options?
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How will you find the right niche for you and your business?
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The best place to start is with BIC magazine, because BIC magazine is the largest multi-industry, multi-departmental energy publication in North America.
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So if you want to find a comprehensive roadmap to making serious inroads
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and getting in touch with great opportunities in oil and gas, visit BICmagazine.com today or read the magazine online.
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BIC magazine is your all-stream connection to the oil and gas industry.
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For more information, call 1-800-460-4242 or click at BICMagazine.com.
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This animation was co-produced with our media partner, Launch Media.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello C1 si basa sul video “Understanding the Oil and Gas Value Chain: Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: sector, gas, oil, industry, product. Questo video contiene 44 frasi e 661 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:10. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 158 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| upstream aggettivo | /ʌpˈstɹiːm/ | a monte |
| downstream aggettivo | /ˌdaʊnˈstɹiːm/ | a valle |
| crude aggettivo | /kɹuːd/ | greggio, grezzo |
| refine verbo | /ɹɪˈfaɪn/ | raffinare, decontaminare |
| niche sostantivo | /nɪt͡ʃ/ | nicchia, edicola |
| gasoline sostantivo | /ˈɡæs.ə.liːn/ | benzina |
| customize verbo | /ˈkʌs.tə.maɪ̯z/ | customizzare, personalizzare |
| daunting aggettivo | /ˈdɔntɪŋ/ | avvilente, impressionante |
| deodorant sostantivo | /diˈoʊ.də.ɹənt/ | deodorante |
| departmental aggettivo | /dɪpɑːtˈmɛntəl/ | ministeriale, dipartimentale |
| detergent sostantivo | /dɪˈtɜːd͡ʒənt/ | detergente |
| preservative sostantivo | /prɪˈzəːvətɪv/ | conservante |
| refinery sostantivo | /rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/ | raffineria |
| repellent aggettivo | /ɹəˈpɛlənt/ | ripugnante, disgustoso |
| toothpaste sostantivo | /ˈtuθpeɪst/ | dentifricio |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Let's take a closer look at this river.
- Where do you begin when there are so many options?
- How will you find the right niche for you and your business?
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/, subdivision /ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/, offshore /ɒfˈʃɔː(ɹ)/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: deodorant /diˈoʊ.də.ɹənt/, departmental /dɪpɑːtˈmɛntəl/, preservative /prɪˈzəːvətɪv/, refinery /rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/, invaluable /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come upstream, downstream, crude.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.