2nde C D Anglais Devoir 2 Semestre 2 CEG1 Allada 2013 2014

Tâche: Après avoir lu le texte, tu montreras que tu l'as compris en : • Reconnaissant les détails du texte; • Exprimant tes appréciations sur le texte; • Mettant les phrasesàla forme négative; • Mettant des verbes entre parenthèses aux temps et formes convenables Nigeria's first commercial oil weil began production in 1956 at Oloibri, west of Port Harcourt. Soon after this, other wells in the area began producing oil. Since that time oil production has expanded rapidly. Oil fields around Ughelli began production in 1964,and the next year, production began from offshore oil fields at thelIlqp~h.ofJ:he Escravos River.Ships approaching the coast of Nigeria now have to steer a careful course to avoid the oil rigs.An extensive system of pipelines was laid down for transporting oil, and these are now thousands ofkilometers in length. The first shipment of crude oil from Nigeria was made from Port Harcourt in1958, but because of the shallowness of the Bonny River at Port Harcourt, the port was unàble to handle large tankers. Therefore, a large modern oil terminal was developed at Bonny. A second terminal was buiIt at Escravos, and other terminaIs have since been built. Before 1964, the