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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many barrels of oil has Ghawar produced?
(a) Over 66 billion.
(b) Over 55 billion.
(c) Over 88 billion.
(d) Over 77 billion.

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

3. Why did the reports on the production levels for each field end?
(a) They were too expensive.
(b) No one knows the true reason.
(c) They were considered security breaches.
(d) They were not helpful to anyone.

4. When was the Spindletop field discovered?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1902.

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

6. What job does Matthew Simmons hold?
(a) Company CEO.
(b) Investment banker.
(c) Oil speculator.
(d) Federal Reserve Chairman.

7. From 1950-1982, OPEC published information on production levels for each field how often?
(a) Never.
(b) Once every five years.
(c) At least once a year.
(d) Once a decade.

8. With OPEC's secrecy regarding oil production levels, what is unclear?
(a) Whether Saudi Arabia can continue production at high levels.
(b) Whether Saudi Arabia will stay the number one oil producer.
(c) Whether OPEC countries are engaged in price inflation.
(d) Whether OPEC countries can produce oil.

9. What will Saudi Arabia face if the oil production declines?
(a) Religious problems.
(b) Transportation problems.
(c) Economic problems.
(d) International problems.

10. Water is a natural part of the ________ process in oil fields.
(a) Decline.
(b) Environmental.
(c) Recovery.
(d) Development.

11. What is Ghawar known for?
(a) World's most political oil reserve.
(b) World's most fragile oil reserve.
(c) World's most hard-to-reach oil reserve.
(d) World's richest oil reserve.

12. 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) Oil prices.
(d) The oil workers.

13. With the drop of pressure in key fields, what production is increased in the wells?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Gas.
(c) Water.
(d) Air.

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

15. What is the name of one of the northern sites in the Ghawar oil field?
(a) Shadrum.
(b) Shaylahum.
(c) Srultum.
(d) Shedgum.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the United States's oil production peak?

2. Experts estimate that more than what percent of Berri's oil will be unrecovered?

3. When was Saudi Arabia established?

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

5. What else does Saudi Arabia harvest from the oil fields?

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