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

Multiple Choice Questions

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 In what year did geologists determine that the Arab D Zone has eroded away and been replaced by younger rock?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

2. 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?
(a) Western investors.
(b) Western gas companies.
(c) Western oil companies.
(d) Western gas buyers.

3. What was one of the issues addressed by the Saudi Arabian papers at the October 2003 SPE conference?
(a) Sandstone oil fields.
(b) Permeability.
(c) Oil purity.
(d) Reserve levels.

4. Who encourages the assumption that Saudi Arabia can continue to maintain its incredible level of oil production?
(a) International engery forecasters.
(b) International oil companies.
(c) International engineering companies.
(d) International drilling companies.

5. The information contained in the SPE papers confirms the uncertainty of Saudi Arabia's what?
(a) Estimated oil reserves.
(b) Current oil production.
(c) Efforts to find oil.
(d) Future oil finds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the early days of oil exploration, natural gas was seen as what?

3. What is the most accurate way to determine the true potential of a reserve?

4. Why must Saudi Arabia find and develop huge natural gas reserves, and soon?

5. What has been found to replace the aging heavy producing oil fields in Saudi Arabia?

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