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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Arab D Zone 2B produces approximately how much of the oil output in Saudi Arabia?
(a) 70%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 28%.

3. The oil production in southern Ghawar is what?
(a) Inexpensive and limited.
(b) Inexpensive and extensive.
(c) Expensive and limited.
(d) Expensive and extensive.

4. What is the name of the Saudi Arabian national oil company?
(a) Saudi Oil.
(b) Saudi Texaco.
(c) Saudi Aramco.
(d) Saudi Gas and Petroleum.

5. Before drilling begins, a field's production rate and ________ ______ are calculated.
(a) Depletion curve.
(b) Depreciation curve.
(c) Declining curve.
(d) Devolution curve.

6. The crude oil coming from Saudi Arabia contains liberal amounts of what, which makes it less pure?
(a) Sea water.
(b) Carbon.
(c) Sand.
(d) Salt.

7. Experts estimate that more than what percent of Berri's oil will be unrecovered?
(a) 15 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) 5 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

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

9. How many "huge reserves" are there in Saudi Arabia?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

10. In 1988, the Saudi Arabian government raised the estimate of oil reserves in the country to what level?
(a) 350 billion barrels.
(b) 400 billion barrels.
(c) 300 billion barrels.
(d) 450 billion barrels.

11. Where is Prudhoe Bay?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Florida.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Washington.

12. What kind of data surveys are used to help determine where to drill?
(a) Seismic data surveys.
(b) Water data surveys.
(c) Gas pressure data surveys.
(d) Oil data surveys.

13. In 2002, a paper was published, by Saudi experts, that detailed the problems with oil recovery at what Ghawar location?
(a) Aramco.
(b) Uthmaniyah.
(c) Hadrah.
(d) 'Ain Dar.

14. Saudi Arabia, because the oil now is less pure, invests a lot of money in what?
(a) Gas oil technology plants.
(b) Gas oil separation plants.
(c) Gas oil crude plants.
(d) Gas oil purification plants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Middle East become associated with oil production?

2. Sanfaniya is located where?

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

4. Who was the first king of Saudia Arabia?

5. After the amount of oil in a place is estimated, what is estimated next?

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