Reading Comprehension (RC) | Locating hydrocarbons is difficult, and by now all obvious reserves of

 

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[textarea] 3. According to the passage, all of the following are needed if oil is to be extracted from a reservoirEXCEPT

Explanation

Analyze the questionstem

This is a Detail EXCEPT question, which means that all of the incorrect answers will be stated in the passage. The correct answer is either not stated in the passage or is stated but is not a requirement for extractingoil.

Research

Review the passage map: the second paragraph is all about how oil is trapped, while the third covers how to extractoil.

Make aprediction

It is difficult to make a precise prediction for questions that ask what is not stated by the passage, but you can predict possible wrong answers. For oil to be extracted from a reservoir, it first has to get into thereservoir— "hydrocarbons migrateupward," according to paragraph2. Then the reservoir itself must be made of permeable rock but have impermeable
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