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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has modern technology helped in predicting what oil reserves are present?

2. Many people think there is plenty of oil in Saudi Arabia but that the government limits exploration to control what?

3. When was Yerbin field discovered?

4. "OOIP" refers to what?

5. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does it mean to be objective? Is this author an objective author? Why or why not? Provide examples from the book to support your answer.

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

Explain, using examples from the book, how technology has influenced oil production. Has this been a positive or negative influence? Why?

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