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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. Why does Saudi Arabia try to limit oil production?
(a) To keep oil prices high.
(b) To keep national control over the oil fields.
(c) To limit the number of Americans in the country.
(d) To prevent damages from overproduction.

2. Socony-Vaccum became which company?
(a) Exxon.
(b) Mobil.
(c) Shell.
(d) Standard Oil.

3. Experts estimate that more than what percent of Berri's oil will be unrecovered?
(a) 15 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 5 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

4. Offshore exploration is banned in the United States except where?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Gulf of Mexico.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The coast of California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After drilling begins, the estimates are adjusted based on what?

2. What kind of data surveys are used to help determine where to drill?

3. Who was the first king of Saudia Arabia?

4. How many fields are there, after Ghawar, that produce significant levels of oil in Saudi Arabia?

5. What title did Ahmed Zaki Yamani hold?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the example Saudi Aramco told the author, and other industry visitors, as an example of fuzzy logic?

3. What has happened to oil fields that are similar, geographically and geologically, to Saudi Arabia's oil fields?

4. Why are Abqaiq, Sanfaniya, and Berri having technological challenges similar to Ghawar?

5. What kinds of modern technologies are used to search for oil?

6. What important discovery occurred in 1996?

7. What did the G.A.O. report investigate, and what was its conclusion?

8. Describe the water injection process and when it is used.

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

10. Why are the odds of discovering another giant oil field in Saudi Arabia slim?

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