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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oil in Saudi Arabia will not last ____________.
(a) Past the 22nd century.
(b)
(c) For more than a decade.
(d) Forever.

2. When did the oil production in southern Ghawar shut down?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1950s.

3. Who promised King Faisal's father that Saudia Arabia would be consulted on any U.S. decision involving Palestine?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) F.D.R.
(c) L.B.J.
(d) Nixon.

4. What is one technique used in retrieving oil that can impact the amount of oil eventually recovered?
(a) Gas injection.
(b) Salt injectino.
(c) Water injection.
(d) Pressure injection.

5. How long is Ghawar?
(a) 174 miles.
(b) 182 miles.
(c) 156 miles.
(d) 121 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Saudi Arabian officials, how long did it take before they found oil at Yerbin Field?

2. What is the most accurate way to determine the true potential of a reserve?

3. The super-giant oil fields cannot be part of the alternatives because what process, currently used there, makes them useless?

4. What is the name of the Saudi Arabian national oil company?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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