ASSESSMENT OF PETROLEUM RESERVES

a) define the term Resource

b) what do you understand about uncertainty measures
c) what are the project based resource
d) what are the 3C's in commercial evaluations
e) expand the term SPE-PRMS

1. Explain about project based resource assessment and project based resource
assessment.
2. Explain in details Unconventional resource and prospective resource.
3. Explain about Monte Carlo Simulation and contingent resource.
4. Explain about Performance based reserve estimation and Economic Limits.
5. Explain in details Crystal Ball and operational freedom.
6. Explan about P/Z plots, estimation Tax and Royalty.
INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCESS CONTROL

a) Give the example for a first order system and write its transfer function.
The ratio of Laplace transform of output deviation variable to the Laplace transform of input
deviation variable is known as what?
What is the difference between servo and regulator problem?
Write about control valve with a neat schematic diagram?
What is angle criterion in root locus?
7. Find out the transfer functions for interacting and non-interacting
system?
8. The transfer function of the second order control system is given
𝑌(𝑆) 25(𝑠+1)
by𝐺(𝑆) = 𝑋(𝑆) = 𝑆2 +2𝑆+25. A step change of magnitude 1 is given in the
input variable of the system. Determine Y (0), Y (0.6) and Y (∞).
9. a) What are bode stability criterion
7
b) The overall transfer function of a control system is given as 𝐺(𝑠) =
16
2
1.5𝑠 +2.4𝑠+6
. Find overshoot and decay ratio.
10. A proportional controller is used for the control of a first-order system. If the
dynamics of all the other units in the control loop are negligible and their
steady –state gains are all equal to unity, show that
a) The response of the controlled process is faster than that of the
uncontrolled process,
11. Explain about transient response of closed-loop sampled-data systems. i) No
transport Lag ii) with transport Lag.
HEALTH, SAFETY& ENVIRONMENT IN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

1. a) Write Basics of extreme climatic conditions?

b) Discuss about Ergonomic Hazards.
c) Explain about Medical Control.
d) Discuss ISO 9000.
 e) Discuss about eco-system.

1. Discuss about Physical Hazards (Noise, Heat, Vibration, Illumination and Radiation
etc.).
2. Explain about Prevention & Remedial controls of Occupational Hazards in Oil & Gas
Industry.
3. Discuss about Risk Matrix, HAZID, HAZOP, QRA and Safe Work Practices PTW,
MOC.
4. Discuss about Accident Investigations and major accidents like Piper Alpha, Bhopal
gas.
5. Explain about Impact of Exploration & Exploitation of Hydrocarbon on Environment
Environmental studies.
6. Discuss about Safety in Rig operation and Safety in Exploration and Production in
Upstream safety.

CRE
The activation energy of a bimolecular reaction is about 9150 cal/mol. How much faster is this
reaction takes place at 500 K than at 400 K?
a) Define ‘Recycle ratio’. The dispersion number for PFR is _____ and CSTR is
______..
b) Define a differential reactor and an integral reactor.
c) What are the basic aspects of non-ideal flow?
d) What are Tracer and RTD?

2. At 500 K the rate of a bimolecular reaction is ten times the rate at 400 K. Find The
activation energy for this reaction
(a) From Arrhenius law
(b) From collision theory
(c) What is the percentage difference in rate of reaction at 600 K predicted by these
two methods?
3. A reaction, 2HI (g) = H2 (g) + I2 (g) is studied over a range of temperatures. The results
obtained are tabulated below.
Temperature 633 666 697 715 781
Rate const.,k 1.7x10-5 1.07x10-4 5.01x10-4 1.05x10-3 1.51x10-3
(mol/l.s)
i) Find out the value of activation energy graphically using the data.
ii) Determine by what factor the rate increases when temperature rises from 300K to
320K.
4. Derive the expression for tmax and CRmax /CA0 for an irreversible series reaction.
5. a) A 10 minute experimental run shows that 75% of liquid reactant is converted to product
by a half order rate. What would be the fraction converted in a half hour run?
b) At present we have 90% conversion of a liquid feed (n=1, CAO=10 mol/lt) to our PFR
with recycle of product (R=2). If we shut off the recycle stream, by how much will this lower
the processing rate of our feed to the same 90% conversion?
6. a) Liquid A decomposes by first order kinetics, and in a batch reactor 50% of A is
converted in a 5-mins run. How much long would it take to reach 75% Conversion?
b) Discuss the temperature dependency from the Collision Theory.
7. a) Give the design equation for Batch reactors.
b) Discuss the temperature dependency from Arrhenius Theory.
 ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

1. a) Write Basics of Offshore Drilling?

b) Explain about Offshore Environment.
c) Explain about characteristics of marine sediments.
d) Discuss In situ testing methods.
e) Explain about Anchor design.

7. Discuss about classification and properties of marine sediments.

8. Explain about Offshore Well Completion, Offshore Production systems and Deep-
water technology.
9. Discuss about Laboratory testing, In situ testing methods and geophysical methods.
10. Discuss about Dynamic analysis of offshore structures and Centrifugal modeling.
11. Explain about Offshore soil mechanics and offshore pile foundations and caissons.
12. Discuss about Ocean mining and energy systems. ROV.
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION TECHNIQUES

12. a) What is the oil bearing rocks?

b) Explain term well logging
c) What you know about Continental environment?
d) What are sources of rocks?
e) Explain about Anticline

13. Explain about Origin of oil and Important factors that control petroleum.
14. Explain about Geological exploration methods and Geophysical exploration
methods.
15. Explain about Geological control, Gas logging and drilling control important
formation evaluation using wire line logging data.
16. Explain about functioning, composition, and classification of Drilling Fluids.
17. Explain about Primary and secondary enhanced oil recovery techniques and
methods.
18. Explain about Major well complication and Remedies and exploitation of oil
and gas.
Pipe line Engineering
What are the Responsibilities of pipeline engineers and designers?
What are the inputs and outputs are used in pipeline?
Define PFD and P&ID Diagrams?
Write about free span?
Write pipeline materials?

f) Write briefly about pipeline engineering, Responsibilities of pipeline engineers and

designers?
g) Explain crossing details, trench details, anode details, monel sheathing?
h) Explain Pipeline valve thickness calculations, cathodic protection, valves specifications &
specialties?
i) Explain pipeline supports, clamps, configuration of equipments?
j) Explain Pipe stress Requirements, fatigue failure and code compliance?
k) Explain about failure fatigue and explain.
Transportation of Oil & Gas)
What are the Responsibilities of engineers in Line Specifications?
What are the Wey Mouth and Panhandle Equation?
Define Heat Flux Estimation?
Write about Shore Installation?
Write are the Flow Networks?
l) Explain modes of crude oil transportation, liquefied petroleum gas transportation and
pipeline Transportation.
m) Explain about model calculations of interface length and interface volumes multiproduct
transportation pipeline?
n) Explain about Flow Networks, Flow pattern in Gas- Liquid Flow and Pressure Drop
Estimation?
o) Explain about Transportation Problems and Remedial Measures, Pressure Surges, and
Scaling?
p) Write and explain systems of Q and ∆Q equations with examples?
q) Explain about Storage of Crude, Product, Natural Gas and LNG.