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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Saudi Arabia established?

2. What else does Saudi Arabia harvest from the oil fields?

3. Who did the United States government ask to investigate Saudi Arabia's ability to meet global oil demands?

4. Since when has Ghawar been yielding the bulk of Saudi Arabia's oil supplies?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the questions the decline of Saudi Arabian oil fields present to the world?

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

3. What are some of the speculations about why OPEC stopped releasing field production data?

4. What are some of the problems Ghawar is encountering?

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

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

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

8. What does the rush to increase production in the Saudi Arabian wells do to the wells?

9. Why does the amount of oil in Saudi Arabia remain a mystery?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on the evidence presented in the book, explain why it is unlikely that there are more, newer sources of oil to be found as replacements for aging oil fields.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, explain why Saudi Arabian oil is important to the world and what reasons Saudi Arabia would have for not releasing field production data.

Essay Topic 3

How did the U.S. lose its position as the number one oil supplier in the world? Support your answer with evidence from the book.

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