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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Master Gas System used the natural gas to fuel what industry?
(a) Transportation industry.
(b) Pyrotechnical industry.
(c) Chemical industry.
(d) Biological industries.

2. Overproduction and what have contributed to an early decline in production in Russian oil fields?
(a) Civil wars.
(b) Damage to the surrounding areas.
(c) Poor management.
(d) Lack of technology.

3. What was one of the issues addressed by the Saudi Arabian papers at the October 2003 SPE conference?
(a) Sandstone oil fields.
(b) Permeability.
(c) Reserve levels.
(d) Oil purity.

4. What is one assumption that can be used to bring a brighter future to Saudi Arabia's oil production?
(a) That Saudi oil reserves won't suffer the same decline as the rest of the world.
(b) That over production means there are new oil fields to be found.
(c) That natural gas is more important to Saudi Arabia than oil.
(d) That Saudi's are hiding the true number of oil fields they have found.

5. What phenomenon appears to be a part of the life cycle of all large oil fields regardless of their differences?
(a) The second life phenomenon.
(b) The decay phenomenon.
(c) The water/natural gas improvement phenomenon.
(d) The peak/decline phenomenon.

6. The geologists say that the Arab D Zone has eroded away over what period of time?
(a) Hundereds of thousands of years.
(b) Thousands of years.
(c) Tens of thousands of years.
(d) Millions of years.

7. One of the discoveries made between 2004 and 2006 is known as what type of reserve?
(a) Gas-only.
(b) Oil-only.
(c) Crude-only.
(d) Natural gas-only.

8. Shaybah is located near Saudi Arabia's border with what nation?
(a) United Arab Emirates.
(b) Bahrain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Iran.

9. Saudi Arabian officials are making impressive predictions about oil fields which have a history of what?
(a) Hard to reach oil but large quantities.
(b) Easily excessible oil and high levels of purity.
(c) Poor quality and excessive quantities.
(d) Problems and poor performance.

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

11. Between 2004 and 2006, how many oil discoveries were made?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Two.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

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

13. How much unexplored area is there in Saudi Arabia?
(a) Very little.
(b) A lot.
(c) Some.
(d) None.

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

15. Why is the most accurate way to determine the true potential of a reserve rarely done?
(a) Takes too much time.
(b) Too expensive.
(c) Too few people know how to do it.
(d) Too many steps to take.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened at the other giant oil fields in the world?

2. What evidence is there to indicate that Saudi Arabian oil fields will be different from the oil fields in the rest of the world?

3. Where does Saudi Arabia invest money in order to maintain its position as the largest oil supplier in the world?

4. In the early days of oil exploration, natural gas was seen as what?

5. Instead of helping to recover more oil from older fields, technology has done what?

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