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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most accurate way to determine the true potential of a reserve?
(a) Drill and change the estimates based on production.
(b) Drill the first wells.
(c) Drill and see what happens.
(d) Drill appraisal wells.

2. The Shaybah field is located where?
(a) The Exhausted Quater.
(b) The Shallow Quarter.
(c) The Empty Quarter.
(d) The Eastern Quarter.

3. How many oil fields does Hawtah Trend consist of?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. Since when has Ghawar been yielding the bulk of Saudi Arabia's oil supplies?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1951.

5. How much money did Saudi Arabia invest in gas processing facilities?
(a) Millions of dollars.
(b) Hundereds of thousands of dollars.
(c) Hundreds of millions of dollars.
(d) Billions of dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. The geologists say that the Arab D Zone has eroded away over what period of time?

2. Where was the first significant oil find in the Middle East?

3. In what year was a paper published by Saudi experts that said Ghawar's most productive areas are showing common signs of aging?

4. When did the oil production in southern Ghawar reopen?

5. When was the Spindletop field discovered?

(see the answer key)

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