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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What title did Ahmed Zaki Yamani hold?
(a) Saudi Arabian foriegn minister.
(b) Saudi Arabian oil minister.
(c) Saudi Arabian defense minister.
(d) Saudi Arabian economic minister.

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

5. Water became a commonly used primary technique in what area first?
(a) Iran.
(b) China.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Russia.

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

7. When does the Middle East become associated with oil production?
(a) 1940's.
(b) 1960's.
(c) 1950's.
(d) 1930's.

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

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

10. Where was the first significant oil find in the Middle East?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Iran.
(c) Dubai.
(d) Bahrain.

11. Socony-Vaccum became which company?
(a) Standard Oil.
(b) Shell.
(c) Mobil.
(d) Exxon.

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

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

14. When did Sanfaniya begin to experience problems with sand mixing with the oil?
(a) Late 1980's.
(b) Early 1980's.
(c) Never.
(d) Mid 1980's.

15. What industry does Matthew Simmons specialize in?
(a) Transportation.
(b) Energy.
(c) Financial.
(d) Banking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fields are there, after Ghawar, that produce significant levels of oil in Saudi Arabia?

2. What is one technique used in retrieving oil that can impact the amount of oil eventually recovered?

3. The new technology that Saudi Arabia has been implementing in their wells is associated with wells that have what?

4. Since when has Ghawar been yielding the bulk of Saudi Arabia's oil supplies?

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

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