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1 Toss up
1Q: This phenomenon can occur anywhere in the production system, either at
bottomhole or in surface lines and equipment. It is the loss of metal due to chemical
or electrochemical reactions, which could eventually destroy a structure. The rate of
it will vary with time depending on the particular conditions of the oil field, such as
the amount of water produced, secondary recovery operations and pressure
variations. Name it.
A: Corrosion
2Q: Attempts were made to keep this deal secret but rumours began to circulate when
it became known that Albert Fall was spending large sums of money. On 14th April,
1922, the Wall Street Journal reported that Fall had leased it to Harry F. Sinclair.
Name this scandal.
A: Teapot Dome Scandal
3Q: What are the small pieces of rock created as a drill bit moves through
underground formations while drilling called?
A: Drill cuttings
4Q: There was a main writer and journalist whose reports published on McClure's
jounal were assembled The History of the Standard Oil Company. What is her name?
A: Ida Tarbell
5Q: This equipment is installed at the wellhead to control pressures in the annular
space between the casing and drill pipe or tubing during drilling, completion, and
workover operations. Name this equipment.
A: Blowout preventer (BOP)
7Q: What is the application of hydraulic pressure to the reservoir formation to create
fractures through which oil or gas may move to the wellbore?
A: Hydraulic Fracturing
8Q: what's the percent of shale gas made in the total gas market?
A: 30%3%
9Q: Barrel is a unit of measure for oil and petroleum products. How many U.S.
gallons is a Barrel equal to?
A: 42 U.S. gallon
10Q: One of the largest oilfields in China, located in the northeast of China.
A: Daqing
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11Q: Name the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of petroleum industry?
A: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil
disaster)
12Q: A positive displacement drilling motor that uses hydraulic horsepower of the
drilling fluid to drive the drill bit. And they are used extensively in directional
drilling operations.
Name it.
A: Mud motor
13Q: He was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil. He was also a
key figure in the development of the eastern coast of Florida along the Atlantic
Ocean and was founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway.
A: Henry Flagler
18Q: What is the ratio between the volume of the pore space in reservoir rock and the
total bulk volume of the rock?
A: Porosity
19Q: This is a mechanical device that must simultaneously suspend the weight of the
drillstring, provide for rotation of the drillstring beneath it while keeping the upper
portion stationary, and permit high-volume flow of high-pressure drilling mud from
the fixed portion to the rotating portion without leaking. Name this device.
A: Swivel
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20Q: This is a type of drilling which uses coiled tubing with downhole mud motors to
turn the bit to deepen a wellbore. This type of drilling operations proceeds quickly
compared to using a jointed pipe drilling rig because connection time is eliminated
during tripping. Name this type of drilling.
A: Coiled tubing drilling
21Q: This is a type of drilling under the condition that the pressure being exerted
inside the wellbore (from the drilling fluids) is less than the pressure of the oil or gas
in the formation. Name it.
A: Underbalanced drilling
22Q: This is a kind of oil that does not move when fluids are flowed through the rock
in normal conditions, for example primary and secondary recovery, and invasion.
What is this kind of oil?
A: residual oil
23Q: In ancient what material people used for construction of gas pipelines in China?
A: Bamboo
24Q: what is the natural gas produced with crude oil from the same reservoir called?
A: Associated gas
25Q: Very often operations are needed on a producing well to restore or increase
production. It may be performed to stimulate the well, remove sand or wax from the
wellbore, to mechanically repair the well, or for other reasons. What are these
operations are called?
A: Workover
26Q: What is the method used to permanently seal annular spaces between casing and
borehole walls called?
A: Cementing
28Q: What is the reduction in permeability in reservoir rock due to the infiltration of
drilling or treating fluids into the area adjacent to the wellbore?
A: Formation damage
29Q: Name the company which was formed in 1907 through the amalgamation of a
number of oil businesses, principally the J.M. Guffey Petroleum and Gulf Refining
companies of Texas and William Larimer Mellon was a founder of it.
A: The Gulf Oil Corporation
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30Q: This is a long square or hexagonal steel bar with a hole drilled through the
middle for a fluid path. It is used to transmit rotary motion from the rotary table or
to the drillstring during drilling. Name this device.
A: Kelly
31Q: What oilfield service company French brothers Conrad and Marcel
Schlumberger found in 1926?
A: Schlumberger
33Q: This is an area of depression in the crust of the Earth, caused by plate tectonic
activity and subsidence, in which sediments accumulate. What is this area of
depression called?
A: basin
34Q: This is a type of reverse fault in which the fault plane has a very shallow dip,
typically much less than 45o. The hanging wall fault block moves up the fault
surface relative to the footwall. In cases of considerable lateral movement, the fault
is described as an overthrust fault. It can occur in areas of compression of the Earth's
crust. Name this type of fault.
A: thrust fault
35Q: Name the company which was mergered with BP in 1998 and became the third
company in the world oil industry.
A: Amoco Corporation
36Q: This is a kind of communication tunnel created from the casing or liner into the
reservoir formation, through which oil or gas is produced. Name it.
A: Perforation
37Q: Name the second large oil field in the world which was discovered in 1936 and
came into production in1946.
A: Burgan in Kuwait
39Q: Name the highest leader who is the longest in power of the Soviet Union.In his
leads, the Red Army of the Soviet Union with its allies defeated the Axis together."
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40Q: This is a tool used for the measurement of formation properties during the
excavation of the hole, or shortly thereafter, through the use of tools integrated into
the bottomhole assembly. What is the tool called?
A: LWD (Logging while drilling)
41Q: This company is the sole sponsor and controlling shareholder of PetroChina.
A: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).
42Q: This is a wellbore that requires the use of special tools or techniques to ensure
that the wellbore path hits a particular subsurface target, typically located away from
(as opposed to directly under) the surface location of the well. What is the wellbore
called?
A: Directional well
43Q: In 1980, under whose leadership , Iraq launched the war against Iran?
A: Saddam Hussein
44Q: This is a chemical used to break emulsions (that is, to separate the two phases).
The type of this chemical selected depends on the type of emulsion, either
oil-in-water or water-in-oil. What is this chemical called?
A: Demulsifier
45Q: This is a surface free energy that exists between two immiscible liquid phases,
such as oil and water. The energy barrier produced by energy prevents one liquid
from becoming emulsified into the other. What is the energy called?
A: Interfacial tension
46Q: This is a stress that must be applied to a material to make it begin to flow (or to
yield). It is a parameter in the Herschel-Bulkley rheological model. Name this stress.
A: yield stress
48Q: This is a device used to collect small liquid droplets (moisture or hydrocarbons)
from the gas stream before it leaves the separator. Name it.
A: mist extractor
50Q: The pressure and temperature conditions at which the first bubble of gas comes
out of solution in oil. At discovery, all petroleum reservoir oils contain some natural
gas in solution. What is this pressure called?
A: Bubblepoint
51Q: Who dug the first oil well in North America at Oil Springs, Ontario, in 1858?
A: James Miller Williams
52Q: This is the wellbore radius that produces equivalent results to those obtained
using a skin factor of zero. Name it, please.
A: effective wellbore radius
54Q: This is the gas mainly composed of propane and butane, which has been
liquefied at low temperatures and moderate pressures. The gas is obtainable from
refinery gases or after the cracking process of crude oil. What is this type of gas
called?
A: liquefied petroleum gas
56Q: This is a velocity gradient measured across the diameter of a fluid-flow channel,
be it a pipe, annulus or other shape. It is the rate of change of velocity at which one
layer of fluid passes over an adjacent layer. Name this velocity gradient.
A: Shear rate or rate of shear
57Q: In China, there is a famous person who made profound revolutions in CNOOC,
name him.
A: Fu ChengYu
58Q: This is a process of splitting a large heavy hydrocarbon molecule into smaller,
lighter components. The process involves very high temperature and pressure and
can involve a chemical catalyst to improve the process efficiency. What is this
process called?
A: Cracking
59Q: This is the temperature at which wax crystals first start to form in a crude oil.
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Wax appearance temperature (WAT) and wax precipitation temperature (WPT) are
other synonyms. Name this temperature.
A: Cloud point
60Q: He was one of the first executives of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and
for 36 years (19001936) its chairman and the chairman of the combined Royal
Dutch/Shell oil company.
A: Henri Deterding
62Q: This is a procedure happened as the property of some liquids or solids to soak up
water or other fluids. It is usually found in the natural gas dehydration process, using
glycols (liquids) that absorb the water vapor to finally obtain dehydrated gas. What is
this kind of procedure called?
A: absorption
65Q: It is the finer grained, interstitial particles that lie between larger particles or in
which larger particles are embedded in sedimentary rocks such as sandstones and
conglomerates. What is it?
A: Matrix
66This is gas-well test, often required by law, in which one flow rate immediately
follows another, with each flow period reaching stabilized flow. The bottomhole
pressure at the end of each flow period is used to calculate gas-well deliverability.
What is this test called?
A: flow-after-flow tests
67Q: On an offshore jackup drilling rig, there is a deck below the rotary table and rig
floor where workers can access the BOP stack. Whats the name for that deck?
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A: Texas deck
68Q: When gas passes through the restrictions, it will expand and lead to a
temperature change. Whats the name for this phenomenon?
A: Joule-Thomson effect
70"Name a U.S. oil industrialist whose nickname was ""Buckskin Joe"" and he
founded The Texas Company, which would eventually be known as Texaco
Incorporated.
A: Joseph S. Cullinan
71Q: This is the difference between the average velocities of two different fluids
flowing together in a pipe. In vertical ascending flow, the lighter fluid flows faster
than the heavier fluid. Name it.
A: slip velocity
72Q: This is a test in an oil or gas well to determine its flow capacity at specific
conditions of reservoir and flowing pressures. The absolute open flow potential
(AOFP) can be obtained from these tests, and then the inflow performance
relationship (IPR) can be generated. What is this test called?
A: productivity test (deliverability test)
73An American industrialist who is often considered the father of the American oil
industry and sponsored Edwin Drake to drill the first well.
A: George Bissell
74These are the flux (flow rate) or pressure states assigned to the theoretical
boundaries used in developing and solving the differential equations that apply to
well testing and in specifying a model to match to pressure-transient data. Name it,
please.
A: boundary conditions
75This is a wellbore acid treatment designed to remove scale or similar deposits from
perforations and well-completion components. This treatment generally does not
include injection of treatment fluid into the reservoir formation. What is it?
A: acid wash
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77A rack that supports the stands of pipe being stacked in the derrick or mast. What is
this
A: fingerboard
78which oil field in china has the toppest petroleum production by 2012?
A: Changqing oil field
79The second stage of hydrocarbon production during which an external fluid such as
water or gas is injected into the reservoir through injection wells located in rock that
has fluid communication with production wells. The purpose of secondary recovery
is to maintain reservoir pressure and to displace hydrocarbons toward the wellbore.
A: secondary recovery
80Which oil field is iron man's hometown and called as "the cradle of China's oil
industry".
A: Yumen oil field
82A measure of the effectiveness of an enhanced oil recovery process that depends on
the volume of the reservoir contacted by the injected fluid.
A: Sweep efficiency
83The number of cubic feet of gas per 24 hours that would be produced by a well if
the only pressure against the face of the producing sand in the well bore were
atmospheric pressure.
A: Absolute Open Flow:
84This law is the combination of the volume, temperature, and pressure relationships
of Boyles and Charles laws resulting in the relationship PV=RT. Real gases deviate
by varying amounts from this law.
A: Ideal Gas Law:
86Mixture of water and special additives circulating within the well for the purpose of
cooling the drill-bit, removing rock cuttings and transporting them back up to the
surface, preventing the well wall from caving in, maintaining sufficient pressure at
the well bottom to avoid hydrocarbon blowout.
A: Drilling Mud:
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2 Bonus
5 Q: At the end of 2011,what are the 5 top countries in relation to the proved reserves
of oil?A: VenezuelaSaudi ArabiaCanadaIranIraq
8 Q: In history ,in which dynasty who first name crude oil officially?
A: Chinese people Shen Kuo in Song dynasty
9 Q: Rotary rigs drill the vast majority of wells today, including all medium and deep
wells. The rotary rig consists of four major systems. For 5 points each, name them.
A: The engines (or prime moverspower system)hoisting system, rotating system
( or rotary system), mud system (or fluid circulating system)
10 Q: On July 17, 1913 , in a statement to the British parliament he warned that "if we
can't get oil, we also won't get grain, cotton, and many required goods to keep the
economic vitality of the Britain. Who is he?
A: Winston Churchill
11 Q: Name of the First Vessel (Tanker) dispatched by Marcus Samuel through the
Suez Canal in 1892.
A: Murex
A: paraffin inhibitor
16 Q: Diagenesis is a process through which the loose sediments are compacted and
cemented into sedimentary rocks. List 4 ways of diagenesis:
A: Compaction ,Cementation Recrystalization , Authigenesis .
17 QIt is a hydrocarbon fluid that is used to dilute heavy oil and reduce its viscosity
for easier transportation. Generally a distillation tower cut such as naphtha is used
as for heavy oil dilution and transportation. The added may be recovered at the
destination using distillation and it may be subsequently pumped back for blending.
Name this hydrocarbon fluid.
A: Diluent
19 Q: According to statistics released by BP, what's the daily oil production in U.S. in
2011?
A: 7841 thousand barrels10
20 Q: This is one of the four main components of petroleum, along with asphaltenes,
aromatics and saturates (which include waxes). Aromatics, saturates and this
component are also known as maltenes. It adds to the stickiness and viscosity of
heavy oil. What is this component called?
A: Resin
22 Q: The most prolific oil reserves in the United States was not discovered until
October, 1930. The East Texas Oilfield included Rusk, Upshur, Gregg and Smith
counties. The company was the first small company to find oil in East Texas.
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23 Q: "There is a saying that ""things that decided the victory of the first world war
is coal, the French has no coal; things that decided the victory of second world
war is oil, the French has no oil", who say it?
A: Charles de Gaulle
24 Q: On July 17, 1913 , in a statement to the British parliament he warned that "if we
can't get oil, we also won't get grain, cotton, and many required goods to keep the
economic vitality of the Britain. Who is he?
A: Winston Churchill
25 Q: When it comes to the size of the proppant, for example, 100 mesh, what does the
mesh refer to?
A: The number of holes in the length of 1 inch
26 Q: The Seven Sisters included Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, Texaco, Gulf, Royal Dutch
/Shell, BP. Now there is another company called the eighth sister, name it?
A: CFP, French Petroleum Company
27 Q: The global battle of production intensified the long-standing rivalry between the
two key oil countries of the Middle East. What are the names of these two countries?
AIran and Saudi Arabia.
28 Q: During the economic depression, in autumn of 1930, the discovery of one oil
field was the largest oil field ever found in forty-eight states. Name this oil field.
A: the Black Giant
29 In the parlance of the oil industry, what a giant oil field is called?
A: an elephant
32 Name the oil field which was the the largest oil field discovered in1995. It's also the
largest oil industry company in westen China.
A: Karamay oil field
33 "Recently an oil company will buy Cooper Basin shale gas assets from Beach
Energy for up to 349 million dollars. Which company is it?"
A: Chevron
34 please name the times of the oil crisis and their occuring time.
A: six, 1951,1955,1967,1973,1979,1990
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35 In 1974, IEA (International Energy Agency) was established, what is the IEA's
purpose?
A: To ease the impact of supply disruptions and avoid the boom of oil prices
36 For fear of German submarines, the Secretary of the Interior urged the industry
executives to plan two pipelines as an emergency measure to export Texas crude to
other northeast states. Name the two pipelines.
A: Big Inch, Little Big Inch
37 In 1978 Shell completed the Cognac drilling and production platform of Gulf of
Mexicowhich was the highest drilling platform in the world.What is its height?
A: 35m
38 During the World War II, the United States was divided into five Petroleum
Administration for Defense Districts, or PADDs. For 5 points each, name the five
Administration for Defense Districts.
A: East Coast, Midwest, Gulf Coast, Rocky Mountain, West Coast
40 Q: On which year, did oil begin to flow in the pipeline, which introduced a new
stage in the history of oil. This development marked the stage of Standards
integration of the oil industry.
A: 1879
41 In 1911, faced with the Sherman Antitrust Act, Standard Oil was dissolved into
separate entities. Name the two of them with the largest net value at that time, both
their historic name and current name.
A: Standard Oil of New Jersey (Jersey Standard)-- Exxon, Standard Oil of New
York (Socony)-- Mobil"
42 What is the brand name of Royal Dutch Shell's enhanced high specification fuels
for road motor vehicles?
A: Shell V-Power
43 A set of high-pressure valves and associated piping that usually includes at least
two adjustable chokes, arranged such that one adjustable choke may be isolated and
taken out of service for repair and refurbishment while well flow is directed
through the other one.
A: Chock manifold
48 A structure which cools heated refining process water by circulating the water
through a series of louvers and baffles through which cool air is forced by large
fans.
A: Cooling Tower:
49 For 10 points each, name the respective bechmark crudes primarily used in the U.S.
and Europe.
A: West Texas Intermediate, Brent Crude
Attention: these PetroBowl competition sample questions presented above are just
some examples about the FPEC PetroBowl Competition questions, and only part of
them can be used in the real competition. So make sure to be familiar with these
questions will make you have a good performance in the competition!
SPE Competition Department
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