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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. Saudia Arabia became the third largest oil producer in the world behind who?
(a) Russia.
(b) Norway.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Belgium.

2. Saudi Arabia becomes an oil super power when whose oil production declines?
(a) United States.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Iraq.

3. What is the name of the Saudi Arabian national oil company?
(a) Saudi Texaco.
(b) Saudi Oil.
(c) Saudi Gas and Petroleum.
(d) Saudi Aramco.

4. What is Ghawar known for?
(a) World's most political oil reserve.
(b) World's most hard-to-reach oil reserve.
(c) World's richest oil reserve.
(d) World's most fragile oil reserve.

5. What job does Matthew Simmons hold?
(a) Company CEO.
(b) Oil speculator.
(c) Investment banker.
(d) Federal Reserve Chairman.

Short Answer Questions

1. It has become far more _________ _________ to maintain the high rate of oil production in Saudi Arabia.

2. Before drilling begins, a field's production rate and ________ ______ are calculated.

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

4. After the amount of oil in a place is estimated, what is estimated next?

5. The crude oil coming from Saudi Arabia contains liberal amounts of what, which makes it less pure?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Saudi Arabia ban oil sales to the United States in 1973?

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

3. What happens if Saudi Arabia runs out of natural gas?

4. What has modern technology enabled Saudi Aramco to do?

5. What has happened to the capacities of oil supplies in 2005?

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

7. What does Aramco do in the midst of the Great Depression?

8. Why is using water to help maintain pressure in wells a curse?

9. What is the main thing that paints a gloomy picture of oil in Saudi Arabia?

10. Why is the discovery of the Hawtah Trend not an answer to Saudi Arabia's oil production problem?

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