TASK 1.7: Oil production capacity

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Hello teacher, I have written a simple essay related to task 1 in the IELTS test. Please help me to check and correct it. Thank you with love.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.• You should write at least 150 words.• You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.Answer:The amounts of estimated oil production in some countries over the period between 1990 and 2010 are shown on the bar graph. These specific countries are Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The unit of measurement was million of barrels per day.Overall, the production of oil increased over this period in these nations and had the highest value in the year 2010 excepted Qatar which was mostly stable over the period. Saudi Arabia’s oil production was significantly higher than in other nations. In contrast, Qatar was the least nation producing oil compared to the others. The production in oil of the remained countries just slightly increased throughout the period.Saudi Arabia was in first place in oil production, started out barely above 8 million of barrels per day in 1990 and slightly rose over the next 10 years before having a big milestone in oil production over the following 5 years, then continued to increase and ended at around 14 million of barrels per day at the end of the period. In contrast, Qatar showed the smallest amounts of oil production when the value just varied around 0.5 million of barrels per day.Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait showed their similar trend which firmly increased over the 20-year period. They began at around 2 and end at approximately 4 million of barrels. In the initial 10 years, the capacity of oil production in the UAE kept the same value of barely above 2 million of barrels per day, then slightly rose over the remained years and peaked at around 4 million of barrels in 2010.

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The amounts of estimated oil production (Incorrect. That is not what is plotted.) in ~~some~~ six countries over the period between 1990 and 2010 are shown on the bar graph. These ~~specific~~ countries are Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The unit of measurement was million (incorrect form) of barrels per day.

Overall, the production of oil (Incorrect. That is not what is plotted.) increased over this period in these nations and had the highest value in the year 2010 except ~~excepted~~ Qatar which was mostly stable over the period. Saudi Arabia’s oil production (Incorrect. That is not what is plotted.) was significantly higher than in other nations. In contrast, Qatar was the least (Wrong adjective ). nation producing oil compared to the others. The production in oil (Incorrect. That is not what is plotted.) of the remaining ~~remained~~ (incorrect form "remained" is not good.) countries just slightly increased throughout the period.

Saudi Arabia was in first place in oil production, (Incorrect. That is not what is plotted.) which started out barely above 8 million of barrels per day in 1990 and slightly rose over the next 10 years before having a big milestone (wrong word) in oil production (Incorrect. That is not what is plotted.) over the following 5 years, then continued to increase and ended at around 14 million of barrels (Incorrect units of measure. ) per day at the end of the period. In contrast, Qatar showed the smallest amounts of oil production (Incorrect. That is not what is plotted.) when the value just varied around 0.5 million of barrels (Incorrect units of measure. ) per day.

Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait showed a ~~their~~ similar pattern of increasing production capacity ~~trend which firmly increased~~ over the 20-year period. They began at around 2 and end (wrong form - past tense) at approximately 4 million of barrels. In the initial 10 years, the capacity of oil production (Almost correct. Except is is not actual capacity, it is the estimated capacity.) in the UAE ~~kept~~ remained at the same value of barely above 2 million of barrels per day, then slightly rose over the remained (incorrect form "remained" is not good.) years and peaked (wrong word) at around 4 million of barrels in 2010.

Use of "remain"

1. Past tense.
The end-of-class bell rang and most students left the classroom to go home. Three students remained to ask the teacher some questions.

2. Participle (adjective)
There was a full bottle of milk in the refrigerator. Mother used most of it for dinner. The remaining milk was used by father. He put it in his coffee.
Ton scored the winning goal with less than one minute remaining in the game.

Some additional points for this bar chart:
These are examples of simple calculations you can do. If you perform calculations, rather than just copying numbers, you will get a better mark.

From 1990 to 2010, the total production capacity of these six countries increased by two-thirds between 1990 and 2010, from about 17 to 29 million barrels per day. In absolute terms, Saudi Arabia had the greatest increase, about 6 million barrels per day. Percentage-wise, Iraq and Kuwait had the largest increase; they were close to doubling their capacity. Qatar showed little change.

In 2010, Saudi Arabia had triple the production capacity of second-place Iran. That was a wider gap than in 1990, when the difference was a factor of about two and a half times.

Units of measurement:
The units are: millions of barrels per day.

When used with a data value, the phrase for the units change: (three million barrels)

Iraq had an estimated production capacity of about 2 million barrels per day in 1990, and by 2010 it had doubled this amount.

With an adjective: (many millions)
These countries have the capacity to produce many millions of barrels of oil each day.

TASK 1.7: Oil production capacity

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