Oil from Sea Bottom

The Capitan Sea __1__ a veritable storehouse of oil and gas. Over a hundred such deposits __2__ under its bottom at various depths. The new installation “Shelf-1”, __3__ prospecting up to 200 meters deep. It __4__ possible to drill over a dozen wells from such a platform.

The history of sea oil extraction goes back a century and a half. Off-shore oil wells __5__ in the area of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, as early as 1824. The first rigs __6__ in the sea at the start of the last century. They __7__ of timber and __8__ on wooden platforms, then __9__ in shallow water.

Today modern machinery and technology __10__ the extraction of oil from lower depths. Oil rigs __11__ father out to sea. There __12__ now a whole town in the sea __13__ on piles __14__ NeftyaniyeKamni. Now Russia __15__ with many countries interested in the continental shelf. Germany, Poland and Russia __16__ together on the Polish shelf on the “Petrobaltyc” programme. At present our country __17__ already done much prospecting on the Sakhalin shelf. It __18__ contracts with firms in France, Japan, Finland and other countries.

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4. a) be b) been c) is	5. a) was built b) will built c) were built	6. a) appeared b) appears c) appear
7. a) was made b) was make c) were made	8. a) places b) place c) placed	9. a) dropping b) dropped c) drops
10. a) permits b) will permit c) permit	11. a) are going b) is going c) am going	12. a) were b) was c) is
13. a) standing b) standed c) stand	14. a) call b) called c) calling	15. a) cooperate b) cooperating c) cooperates
16. a) was working b) are working c) is working	17. a) have done b) had done c) has done	18. a) have b) haved c) has

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