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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the larger urban centers.
(d) To power remote medical clinics.

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

3. When was Hawtah Trend discovered?
(a) 1992.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1989.

4. What evidence is there to indicate that Saudi Arabian oil fields will be different from the oil fields in the rest of the world?
(a) None.
(b) Geological evidence.
(c) Oil purity levels.
(d) Gravitation and magnetism study data.

5. How many oil fields does Hawtah Trend consist of?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

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

7. The Shaybah field is located where?
(a) The Exhausted Quater.
(b) The Empty Quarter.
(c) The Eastern Quarter.
(d) The Shallow Quarter.

8. What kind of logic describes the black and white area of interpretation?
(a) Fuzzy logic.
(b) Problematic logic.
(c) Clear logic.
(d) Logical logic.

9. When Abdullah Jumah was asked to allow outside auditors in to verify the field production data, what was his response?
(a) "Why should we?"
(b) "We have our own auditors."
(c) "Of course we will."
(d) "No one understand Saudi oil better than Saudis."

10. Who encourages the assumption that Saudi Arabia can continue to maintain its incredible level of oil production?
(a) International drilling companies.
(b) International oil companies.
(c) International engery forecasters.
(d) International engineering companies.

11. When free-flowing oil in Saudi Arabia ends, what is the only alternative to find oil?
(a) Cleanup efforts.
(b) Secondary recovery efforts.
(c) Rehabilitation efforts.
(d) Shale and surface drilling.

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

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

14. How much money did Saudi Arabia invest in gas processing facilities?
(a) Billions of dollars.
(b) Hundereds of thousands of dollars.
(c) Millions of dollars.
(d) Hundreds of millions of dollars.

15. When was Yerbin field discovered?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2003.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who printed in 2005 an article about Saudi Arabian oil fields facing challenges?

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

3. How long after the Master Gas System was established, did it take for natural gas to be the primary fuel for creating domestic energy?

4. Overproduction and what have contributed to an early decline in production in Russian oil fields?

5. If the estimates of Saudi Arabian oil reserves made in the 1970's were accurate, what is about to end?

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