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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the first significant oil find in the Middle East?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Iran.
(c) Dubai.
(d) Bahrain.

2. When does the Middle East become associated with oil production?
(a) 1960's.
(b) 1950's.
(c) 1940's.
(d) 1930's.

3. Water became a commonly used primary technique in what area first?
(a) Russia.
(b) Alaska.
(c) China.
(d) Iran.

4. How long did it take Saudi Arabia to increase production from three million barrels a day to eight million barrels a day?
(a) One year.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two and a half years.

5. In what year did Abqaiq start operating?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1926.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Society of Petroleum Engineers paper written in 2004 describes what type of pump project as being successful in reviving several of Abqaiq's dead zones?

2. Arab D Zone 2B contains what type of rock?

3. What is the name of one of the northern sites in the Ghawar oil field?

4. What job does Matthew Simmons hold?

5. What will Saudi Arabia face if the oil production declines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the facts in the SPE papers about Ghawar hard to ignore?

2. What does Simmons claim is happening to Saudi Arabia's oil supplies?

3. What are the steps taken before production is begun at an oil filed?

4. Based on examples from around the world, what does the author conclude about the peak/decline cycle?

5. What are some of the speculations about why OPEC stopped releasing field production data?

6. What are some of the problems Ghawar is encountering?

7. What happens when primary recovery at an oil field is complete?

8. What does the Senate Subcommittee on International Economic Policy's report on Ghawar conclude?

9. What are some of the improvements the author thinks will happen in OPEC countries when the price of oil rises?

10. What do the papers presented to SPE by Saudi Aramco engineers and consultants detail when taken as a group?

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