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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. With OPEC's secrecy regarding oil production levels, what is unclear?
(a) Whether Saudi Arabia can continue production at high levels.
(b) Whether OPEC countries are engaged in price inflation.
(c) Whether OPEC countries can produce oil.
(d) Whether Saudi Arabia will stay the number one oil producer.

2. Water is a natural part of the ________ process in oil fields.
(a) Development.
(b) Environmental.
(c) Decline.
(d) Recovery.

3. Where is Prudhoe Bay?
(a) Florida.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Washington.

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) Six months.
(c) Four years.
(d) Two and a half years.

5. When was Saudi Arabia established?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sanfaniya begin to experience problems with sand mixing with the oil?

2. Who insists that Saudi Arabia will continue to be able to meet the demand for oil?

3. In 1988, the Saudi Arabian government raised the estimate of oil reserves in the country to what level?

4. In 2005, what is the only country in the world with unused oil capacity?

5. Saudi Arabia becomes an oil super power when whose oil production declines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What contradicts the claim that the government of Saudi Arabia is limiting the exploration for oil in their country?

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

3. When and why did the Middle East become associated with oil production?

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

5. What is not a promising sign at Yerbin Field?

6. Why does the author believe that Saudi Arabian oil production data has been hidden for over 20 years?

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

8. What is the history of water injection at Abqaiq?

9. What is SABAIC?

10. What are some of the challenges the Saudi government faces due to their population explosion?

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