View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was the October 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference held?
(a) Maine.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Texas.
(d) Colorado.

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

4. Dr. Nansen Saleri heads what type of management group?
(a) Rehabilitation management group.
(b) Cleanup management group.
(c) Reserve management group.
(d) Reservoir management group.

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

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

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

8. If Saudi Arabian production levels decline sharply, what will they affect?
(a) Regional oil supplies.
(b) American oil supplies.
(c) Global oil supplies.
(d) European oil supplies.

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

10. The oil at Hawtah Trend is what?
(a) Low quality.
(b) High purity.
(c) High quality.
(d) Low purity.

11. From 1940 to 1968, oil exploration in Saudi Arabia is what?
(a) Not successful.
(b) Extremely successful.
(c) Moderately successful.
(d) A failure.

12. Where are some of the giant oil fields that are geographically and geologically similar to Saudi Arabian fields located?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Israel.
(c) Oman.
(d) Dubai.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Saudi Arabia invest in gas processing facilities?

2. At the October 2003 SPE conference, how many papers were presented by Saudi Arabian authors?

3. Who encourages the assumption that Saudi Arabia can continue to maintain its incredible level of oil production?

4. "OOIP" refers to what?

5. How has modern technology helped in predicting what oil reserves are present?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 497 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample