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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the amount of oil in a place is estimated, what is estimated next?
(a) The selling price of the oil.
(b) The cost of recovering the oil.
(c) The purity of the oil.
(d) The amount of recoverable oil.

3. In what year did Abqaiq start operating?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1966.

4. Approximately how much does it cost to dispose of the water generated by oil production?
(a) $40 billion per year.
(b) $40 billion per month.
(c) $40 billion per week.
(d) $40 billion over the life of a well.

5. In what year was a paper published by Saudi experts that said Ghawar's most productive areas are showing common signs of aging?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2001.

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

7. What type of zones are found in all three of the super-giant reservoirs in Saudi Arabia?
(a) Super L.
(b) Super K.
(c) Super G.
(d) Super T.

8. In the 1930's Oklahoma limited the number of days per month oil companies could operate to protect what?
(a) The environment.
(b) The state.
(c) The oil workers.
(d) Oil prices.

9. Saudia Arabia became the third largest oil producer in the world behind who?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Norway.
(c) Russia.
(d) Alaska.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Parallel Oil, Water, and Gas Reservoir Stimulator?

2. Saudi Arabia becomes an oil super power when whose oil production declines?

3. When the United States's oil production declined, who stepped in to become the world's leading oil producer?

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

5. Water became a commonly used primary technique in what area first?

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