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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must Saudi Arabia find and develop huge natural gas reserves, and soon?

2. Saudi Arabian officials are making impressive predictions about oil fields which have a history of what?

3. How much unexplored area is there in Saudi Arabia?

4. One paper, presented by a Saudi engineer, discusses how conventional analytical techniques are not accurately interpreting data from what type of wells?

5. Detail in papers for the SPE indicate that Saudi Arabia has had what kind of exploration effort over the past 30 years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is secondary recovery? Why is it important? How does it affect the supply of Saudi Arabian oil? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Why is Arab Zone D so important? What are its characteristics? Support your answer with specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of problems does the author foresee when oil production drops? What are the author's solutions? Are these expectations reasonable? Support your answer with examples and evidence from the book.

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