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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Saudi Arabia find and develop huge natural gas reserves, and soon?
(a) Their economy depends on it.
(b) Their future development depends on it.
(c) Their future role in the market depends on it.
(d) Their people depend on it.

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

3. In what year did geologists determine that the Arab D Zone has eroded away and been replaced by younger rock?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1998.

4. How long have Saudi Arabia's heavy producers been operating?
(a) 40 - 80 years.
(b) 40 - 50 years.
(c) 40 - 70 years.
(d) 40 - 60 years.

5. Some people suggest that exploration for oil in Saudi Arabia has been less than successful in recent years because of what?
(a) Lack of oil.
(b) Lack of data.
(c) Lack of effort.
(d) Lack of skilled engineers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it became clear that Saudi Arabia wasn't going to find enough natural gas to make processing it economically feasible, who did they reach out to?

2. Why is the most accurate way to determine the true potential of a reserve rarely done?

3. What has happened at the other giant oil fields in the world?

4. Hawtah Trend becomes the first oil produced outside of what?

5. When was Hawtah Trend discovered?

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