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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Saudi Arabian production levels decline sharply, what will they affect?
(a) Regional oil supplies.
(b) Global oil supplies.
(c) American oil supplies.
(d) European oil supplies.

2. The super-giant oil fields cannot be part of the alternatives because what process, currently used there, makes them useless?
(a) Natural gas injection programs.
(b) Multivariate drilling programs.
(c) Purification programs.
(d) Water injection programs.

3. When Saudi Arabia began drilling just for natural gas, they encountered problems with sand and what?
(a) Saline water.
(b) Silicate crystals.
(c) River water.
(d) Graphite.

4. Saudi Arabia becomes an oil super power when whose oil production declines?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Iraq.
(d) United States.

5. The science of oil discovery and production is what?
(a) Linear.
(b) Diverse.
(c) Multi-faceted.
(d) Complicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take for the Saudi Arabian population to quadruple?

2. During which war did the expansion on the Saudi Arabian oil projects stop?

3. When was the Spindletop field discovered?

4. Without any significant new discoveries, Saudi Arabia will lose what percentage of its oil production when Ghawar closes down?

5. What was one of the issues addressed by the Saudi Arabian papers at the October 2003 SPE conference?

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