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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) Biological industries.
(c) Pyrotechnical industry.
(d) Chemical industry.

2. Hawtah Trend becomes the first oil produced outside of what?
(a) The Southern Province.
(b) The Western Province.
(c) The Northern Province.
(d) The Eastern Province.

3. At the October 2003 SPE conference, how many papers were presented by Saudi Arabian authors?
(a) 9.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

5. Many people think there is plenty of oil in Saudi Arabia but that the government limits exploration to control what?
(a) U.S. foriegn policy.
(b) The market.
(c) The economy.
(d) The people of Saudi Arabia.

6. What is one assumption that can be used to bring a brighter future to Saudi Arabia's oil production?
(a) That over production means there are new oil fields to be found.
(b) That Saudi oil reserves won't suffer the same decline as the rest of the world.
(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.

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

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

9. "OOIP" refers to what?
(a) Original oil in planes.
(b) Original oil in place.
(c) Original oil in position.
(d) Original oil in plans.

10. What is the most accurate way to determine the true potential of a reserve?
(a) Drill the first wells.
(b) Drill and see what happens.
(c) Drill and change the estimates based on production.
(d) Drill appraisal wells.

11. According to the author, where does the future of Saudi Arabian oil production lay?
(a) In the oil left behind.
(b) In the offshore drilling areas.
(c) In the neutral zone.
(d) In natural gas production.

12. Oil in Saudi Arabia will not last ____________.
(a) Forever.
(b)
(c) For more than a decade.
(d) Past the 22nd century.

13. By using the history of other fields around the world, the author hopes to make what point?
(a) That the end of Saudi Arabia's oil days is bad for the Saudi people.
(b) That the end of Saudi Arabia's oil days isn't the end of oil.
(c) That the end of Saudi Arabia's oil days means no more oil in the world.
(d) That the end of Saudi Arabia's oil days are near.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Shaybah is located near Saudi Arabia's border with what nation?

3. When was Yerbin field discovered?

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

5. What do the odds indicate about future oil discovery in Saudi Arabia?

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