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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A SPE paper says that the best approach to steadily increasing water cuts is to choke back what?
(a) A well's rate of production.
(b) A well's drilling speed.
(c) A well's drilling depth.
(d) A well's purification efforts.

2. Detail in papers for the SPE indicate that Saudi Arabia has had what kind of exploration effort over the past 30 years?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Complex.
(c) Limited.
(d) Extensive.

3. Some people believe that Saudi Arabia's interest in Shaybah is not desperation, but what?
(a) Politically motivated.
(b) Technologically feasible.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Security motivated.

4. How many new discoveries are on Saudi Arabia's official list of developments?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. The neutral zone oil is shared between Saudi Arabia and what country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Kuwait.
(c) Dubai.
(d) Iran.

6. Instead of helping to recover more oil from older fields, technology has done what?
(a) Enabled oil to be recovered more purely.
(b) Enabled oil to be recovered without so much damage.
(c) Enabled oil to be recovered from remote places.
(d) Enabled oil to be recovered more quickly.

7. What is one of the most important uses of natural gas in Saudi Arabia today?
(a) To power desalination plants.
(b) To power the oil drills.
(c) To power remote medical clinics.
(d) To power the larger urban centers.

8. Where does Saudi Arabia invest money in order to maintain its position as the largest oil supplier in the world?
(a) Reviving old fields.
(b) Developing new technology.
(c) Making current production more effective.
(d) Searching for new fields.

9. Development of oil in Shaybah is what?
(a) A sure thing.
(b) Technologically dependent and expensive.
(c) Inexpensive but labor intensive.
(d) Complex and risky.

10. In the 1950's natural gas was seen as a useful product for what?
(a) Fueling oil drills.
(b) Keeping oil pure.
(c) Maintaining reservoir pressure.
(d) Identifying problems in oil fields.

11. The information contained in the SPE papers confirms the uncertainty of Saudi Arabia's what?
(a) Future oil finds.
(b) Estimated oil reserves.
(c) Efforts to find oil.
(d) Current oil production.

12. What kind of crisis will occur if Saudi Arabian oil production declines sharply?
(a) Global economic crisis.
(b) Global energy crisis.
(c) Global food shortage.
(d) Global transportation crisis.

13. What makes it unlikely that the papers presented to the SPE are exaggerations to make the authors look impressive?
(a) The professionalism of the writers.
(b) The details in the papers.
(c) The SPE screening process.
(d) The sheer volume of papers.

14. If the estimates of Saudi Arabian oil reserves made in the 1970's were accurate, what is about to end?
(a) Foreign dependence on Saudi oil.
(b) Oil production in Saudi Arabia.
(c) OPEC.
(d) Saudi Arabia's reign as global oil king.

15. In the early days of oil exploration, natural gas was seen as what?
(a) Worthless.
(b) An indicator oil was nearby.
(c) A problem to overcome.
(d) A challenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some people suggest that exploration for oil in Saudi Arabia has been less than successful in recent years because of what?

2. According to the author, where does the future of Saudi Arabian oil production lay?

3. The geologists say that the Arab D Zone has eroded away over what period of time?

4. Why must Saudi Arabia find and develop huge natural gas reserves, and soon?

5. When was Hawtah Trend discovered?

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