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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 the United States's oil production declined, who stepped in to become the world's leading oil producer?
2. In the 1930's Oklahoma limited the number of days per month oil companies could operate to protect what?
3. What type of zones are found in all three of the super-giant reservoirs in Saudi Arabia?
4. What is Ghawar known for?
5. At the time of writing this book, Saudi Arabia had produced how many barrels of oil in the past 17 years?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Abdullah Jumah's response when he was asked to allow independent auditors to review the field production data Saudi Aramco produces?
2. What has modern technology enabled Saudi Aramco to do?
3. What important discovery occurred in 1996?
4. Why did Saudi Arabia ban oil sales to the United States in 1973?
5. What did the great demand for natural gas lead Saudi Arabia to do?
6. Why does the author believe that Saudi Arabian oil production data has been hidden for over 20 years?
7. What has happened to the purity of the oil in Saudi Arabia?
8. What are some of the improvements the author thinks will happen in OPEC countries when the price of oil rises?
9. What has happened to oil fields that are similar, geographically and geologically, to Saudi Arabia's oil fields?
10. Why are the odds of discovering another giant oil field in Saudi Arabia slim?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Arab Zone D so important? What are its characteristics? Support your answer with specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the process of finding and recovering oil. Why is the process of oil recovery important to the author's argument? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Is this book a history book, a current events book, or a non-fiction novel? Why? What characterizes each of these genres, and what characteristics does this book have that place it into one of those genres?
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