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English for Workers in the Oil & Gas Industries

Oil & Gas Course

Learn to communicate more effectively in your workplace. Our English for Oil & Gas course helps intermediate-level English-speakers involved in all sorts of employment in the oil and gas fields. English is taught through content specifically related to these industries.

Emphasis is placed on the learning of technical vocabulary, writing and presenting related to petroleum and gas occupations. You will take part in a variety of individual, pair and group work activities to develop your English language skills for these important industries.

We will help you develop strong pronunciation skills to be able to communicate internationally. Email English and telephone English are important communication skills that are covered in this course.

Although a full session is four weeks, you may also take this course for only one, two, or three weeks. There are approximately 26 hours per week of classroom instruction. You will receive a certificate of completion after successfully completing this course.

We can also offer a custom on-site course anywhere in the world. Contact us for a quotation.

English for Oil & Gas - Course Content

Reading for Oil & Gas

  • Case studies from industry
  • Reading for meaning
  • Reading and analyzing graphs and charts
  • Reading for main ideas
  • Content analysis
  • Reading for specific information

Listening for Oil & Gas

  • Listening for meaning
  • Listening for key information
  • Note taking
  • Listening for main ideas
  • Content analysis

Speaking for Oil & Gas

  • Technical Presentations
  • Describing industry processes
  • Discussions
  • Role plays

Writing for Oil & Gas

  • Email
  • Reports
  • Preparing Presentations

Vocabulary for Oil & Gas

  • Technical vocabulary for the petroleum industry

Pronunciation for Oil & Gas

  • Sentence stress (presentation)
  • Word stress (technical vocabulary)

Grammar for Oil & Gas

  • Passive voice
  • Information questions
  • Reported speech
  • Futures
  • Past to now

Suitable English Levels


VEC Levels 6 - 9 (Lower-Intermediate to Higher-Intermediate).


English for Oil & Gas Fees
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