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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Without any significant new discoveries, Saudi Arabia will lose what percentage of its oil production when Ghawar closes down?
(a) Less than half.
(b) Aprroximately 80%.
(c) Approximately 75%.
(d) More than half.

2. Dr. Nansen Saleri heads what type of management group?
(a) Reservoir management group.
(b) Reserve management group.
(c) Rehabilitation management group.
(d) Cleanup management group.

3. What phenomenon appears to be a part of the life cycle of all large oil fields regardless of their differences?
(a) The peak/decline phenomenon.
(b) The second life phenomenon.
(c) The water/natural gas improvement phenomenon.
(d) The decay phenomenon.

4. How much unexplored area is there in Saudi Arabia?
(a) Very little.
(b) Some.
(c) A lot.
(d) None.

5. Why must Saudi Arabia find and develop huge natural gas reserves, and soon?
(a) Their economy depends on it.
(b) Their future role in the market depends on it.
(c) Their people depend on it.
(d) Their future development depends on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since when has Ghawar been yielding the bulk of Saudi Arabia's oil supplies?

2. What else does Saudi Arabia harvest from the oil fields?

3. How many "huge reserves" are there in Saudi Arabia?

4. When did the United States's oil production peak?

5. In 1988, the Saudi Arabian government raised the estimate of oil reserves in the country to what level?

(see the answer key)

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