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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What else does Saudi Arabia harvest from the oil fields?
(a) Natural gases.
(b) Carbonate.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Hydrogen.
2. When does oil exploration begin in Saudi Arabia?
(a) 1920's.
(b) 1930's.
(c) 1900's.
(d) 1910's.
3. How many barrels of oil has Ghawar produced?
(a) Over 77 billion.
(b) Over 66 billion.
(c) Over 55 billion.
(d) Over 88 billion.
4. Where was the first significant oil find in the Middle East?
(a) Dubai.
(b) Bahrain.
(c) Iran.
(d) Iraq.
5. Saudi Arabia becomes an oil super power when whose oil production declines?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Iraq.
(d) United States.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of data surveys are used to help determine where to drill?
2. The crude oil coming from Saudi Arabia contains liberal amounts of what, which makes it less pure?
3. A Society of Petroleum Engineers paper written in 2004 describes what type of pump project as being successful in reviving several of Abqaiq's dead zones?
4. In 1988, the Saudi Arabian government raised the estimate of oil reserves in the country to what level?
5. Why did the reports on the production levels for each field end?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the massive investments by Saudi Arabia in simulation technology indicate?
2. Why did Saudi Arabia ban oil sales to the United States in 1973?
3. Based on examples from around the world, what does the author conclude about the peak/decline cycle?
4. What important discovery occurred in 1996?
5. What is causing some success at reviving dead zones of Abqaiq?
6. What kinds of modern technologies are used to search for oil?
7. What was Abdullah Jumah's response when he was asked to allow independent auditors to review the field production data Saudi Aramco produces?
8. Why are the facts in the SPE papers about Ghawar hard to ignore?
9. What has modern technology enabled Saudi Aramco to do?
10. Why are the odds of discovering another giant oil field in Saudi Arabia slim?
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