1. An example of the use of polyvinylchloride (PVC) is?

Chair
2. __ include FPSO, FSO and FPS? Floating facilities
3. The largest casing run inside a well is? Conductor casing
4. Describe petroleum refining? It is a process of separating different products from
the crude oil
5. What risks are taken into consideration in determining the possibilities of success?
Reservoir Presence Risks (Risk of finding no reservoir in prospect area)
6. Oil pipelines are made from __ tubes with inner diameter typically from 10 to
120cm? Steel or Plastic
7. Acrylonitrite-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) is a petrochemical product for synthetic?
Rubber
8. What is the final product of the exploration stage? Prospect map
9. Booster pumps are located along the oil-pipeline to maintain the pressure and keep
the oil flowing usually flows at speed of about? 1 to 6 m/s
10. How do International Oil Companies obtain an exploration license?
By negotiating directly with the government authorities of a country
By bidding in an open licensing round
By acquiring other companies who already have exploration licenses
11. CO2 is one of the tertiary recovery techniques which is also used to? Mitigate excess
atmosphere CO2
12. EOR is defined as any method that increases oil production by using techniques or
materials that are not part of normal pressure maintenance or water flooding
operations by? EOR Experts
13. Rotary system is used to? Rotate the drill string and bit
14. __ is an important attribute of a flow meter? Accuracy
15. Which type of energy will be most useful for transportation in 2030? Fossil fuel
16. Drill bit is a? Cutting tool
17. On what physical properties of rocks is seismic method based? Density and elastic
module
18. What types of data are necessary to evaluate the exploration potential of an area?
Seismic data , Geological data , Well data
19. Crown block and travelling block are consisted in? Hoisting system
20. __ are used to clean and increase the pipe line efficiency? Cleaning pigs
21. __ are used to drive pumps and compressors? Prime movers
22. Some economists predict that a __ will spur demand for alternate energy
sources, such as coal or liquefied natural gas temporary since both are
finite sources as well? Substitution Effect
23. What unit of volume is commonly used for natural gas? Cubic foot
24. Which of these countries is a member of OPEC? Saudi Arabia
25. Which area of the world has the highest oil and gas reserves and
production? Middle East
26. In order to transport natural gas in areas not served by pipelines, the gas is
liquefied to reduce its volume. When the gas is liquefied , it shrinks to __
of its gaseous volume? 1/600
27. Removing drilling cuttings from the bore hole is a part of the functions of?
Circulation system
28. Which one of the following techniques is NOT one of the Thermal
Methods? FAWAG
29. Tankers equipped with pressurized, refrigerated and insulated tanks are
used to transport? Liquified Natural Gas
30. Perforation is a completion phase during which? Flow paths from
reservoir to the wellbore are created
31. During EOR processes one or two variables of Darcy Equation is
manipulated. Which of the following is NOT one of those variables?
Permeability
32. What is the full name of OPEC? Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries
33. One of the following initiatives is not the effort of petroleum industry in
protecting the environment? Exploration and Production
34. WAG is the abbreviation of? Water Alternating Gas
35. What is the main objective of petroleum refining? To maximize
production of transport fuels
36. What properties plays a major role in separating products from crude oil?
Boiling Point
37. X-mas tree is installed at the __ of the well head? Top
38. __ engines uses gas as fuelGas
39. Deterministic calculation of hydrocarbon volume is place assumes?
Porosity is constant everywhere in the formation
40. Shale shaker removes? Large drill cuttings
41. What is the main feedstock for petrochemical production? Ethylene
42. A tanker with a single outer shell between the product and the ocean is
said to be? Single hull
43. API Code 27 define permeability as? A measure of the capacity of the
porous medium to transit fluids
44. SAGD is the abbreviation of? Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
45. In a trap containing oil, gas, and water, the water is always? Below the oil
46. How many liters are contained in one BARREL of crude oil? 159L
47. Which of the process is NOT part of refining? Polishing
48. OPEC refused to ship oil to western countries that had supported Israel in
the __ , which they fought against Egypt and Syria in the 1973 energy
crisis? Yom Kippur War

49. Which of the following is NOT needed to produce an economic
accumulation of oil and gas? Rock deposited in marine condition
50. The figures for oil and gas reserves of a country, published in official
documents correspond to? The volume of oil and gas that remains in the
subsurface at the time of publication
51. Approximately how much would it cost to drill a well onshore to a depth of
3500m? US$10.5 million
52. Porosity is a measure of? Storage capacity of the reservoir rocks
53. Which of the energy resources are finite resourcesFossil fuel
54. A wild cat is? The first well drilled into a possible hydrocarbon bearing
structure
55. Which one of the following techniques is NOT considered as a secondary
recovery process? Gas cap drive
56. Pipelines are very often inspected and cleaned using? Pipeline inspection
gauge (PIG)
57. __ is preferred over electric motor to reduce electric power requirement?
Combustion engine driver

58. Which one of the following air pollution tragedies is related to oil and gas
industry? Bhopal, India 1984
59. Oil and gas are stored in the subsurface, mainly in? Small pores within
rocks such as the spaces between sand grains, more than a thousand
meters below ground level
60. A __ is an equipment device that applies mechanical energy to liquid?
Pump
61. The main application of Gravity and Magnetics in oil and gas exploration
is? To detect metal and mineral deposits
62. What would be an average temperature interval for the oil window? 60
C to 120 C
63. Ozone layer depletion can cause? Increase in skin cancer
64. Who controls the oil price?
None of them (The large international oil companies , The oil producing
countries , The goverment)
65. In crude oil, what constitutes paraffin? Straight chain single bond
hydrocarbon
66. One of the PETRONASs triple bottom-line of corporate stability
is? Shareholder value
67. __ is used for the purpose of measuring volumes of gas and oil? Metering
device


68. The Peak Curve theory is named after American geophysicist __ who
created a method of modeling the production curve given an assumed
ultimate recovery volume? M. King Hubbert
69. Jack-up rigs are used in drilling where water depth is less than? 100m
70. The following is NOT a petroleum refining process? Product Blending
71. Which type of exploration license contract requires the foreign company
(contractor) to take all the risks and pay for all exploration costs during the
exploration phase?
Production Sharing Agreement , Joint Venture Agreement, Technical
Service Agreement
72. The set information about crude oil quality is called? Assay
73. Elasticity refers to how supply and demand respond to various factors. The
elasticity for oil market is __?Inelastic
74. BOP (Blow out preventers) are used to control? Pressure
75. he 3 basic steps in refining are separation, conversion and? Treatment
76. The most common type of oil trap is? Anticline
77. What is the largest oil field in the world? Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia
78. How do geophysicists indicate the correct geographic position of
geophones? Maps
79. The source rock that generate oil and gas are rich in organic matter. This
organic matter comes from? The accumulation and decomposition of
marine plankton at the bottom of deep oceans.