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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. Saudi Arabia called in experts from what major petroleum company to help with Berri's problems?

2. After the amount of oil in a place is estimated, what is estimated next?

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

4. How long did it take Saudi Arabia to increase production from three million barrels a day to eight million barrels a day?

5. Sanfaniya is located where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would credible field production data from Saudi Arabia allow?

2. What do the massive investments by Saudi Arabia in simulation technology indicate?

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

4. Why are estimated recovery figures highly inaccurate?

5. What did Dr. Saleri highlight in his 2003 paper that confirms finding oil in Saudi Arabia is challenging?

6. What is causing some success at reviving dead zones of Abqaiq?

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

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

9. What is Saudi Arabia doing to search for alternative oil supplies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the author's conclusion about Russian oil fields? Why are they not a viable replacement for Saudi Arabian oil? What evidence does the author provide to support his position?

Essay Topic 3

What is secondary recovery? Why is it important? How does it affect the supply of Saudi Arabian oil? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

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