2018 NA Petrobowl Regional Qualifier

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Question

What is used at the beginning of a frac stage to clean the perforations, get
better connection to the reservoir and establish some width in the fracture
prior to injecting bigger proppant?

What is the name of the test used to verify that the casing, cement, and
formations below the casing seat can withstand the wellbore pressure
required to drill safely to the next depth at which casing will be set?
When designing a liner hanger you have to account for tube move. Whate
does a PBR stand for?

As a type of API-standard tubing connection, what does EUE stand for?

What is raw, untreated gas, that as it leaves the well and before it enters any
field or other treating facilities

What index is used in Ordovician and Devonian rocks as an indicator of

thermal maturity and to determine maximum temperature reached by a
sedimentary rock.

What do the abbreviations of "s" , "T" and "R" stand for in a well location ?
What is a subsurface volume of porous and permeable rock in which oil and
gas has accumulated?
Who played Mike Williams the electronics technician in the recent movie
Deepwater Horizon?
Name the term to resolve an emulsion, especially water and oil, to its
components

You have to design a new Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) and found that back
pressure at the downstream of the valve is too high for conventional type.
What is your suggestion for this case?
Name a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides computers with the
ability to learn without being explicitly programmed

The Permeability of a medium filled with a fluid with 1 cp viscosity flowing at a

rate of 1 cm3/sec across a sectional area of 1 cm2 under a pressure gradient of
1 atmosphere per 1 cm. Defines what unit of measure?

This is a calculation question, If the measured surface shut-in pressure is 2,000

psi, there is fresh water in the well, and the perforations are 6,000 ft True
Verical Depth, then what is the bottomhole shut-in pressure at the
perforations?
This is a calculation question, A 6500 foot TVD well filled with fresh water has
a shut-in wellhead pressure of 450 psi. What fluid weight (in ppg) would result
in a wellhead pressure of zero psi?

Identify the power cable shown in the Figures

Whose company logo is this? And where are their headquarters?

For 5 points each what is the numerical value for the shape factor for (a)
circular reservoir with well in the center and (b) square reservoir with well in
the center

For 5 points each, Where can one find datasheets for existing monuments,
and Where can one find insight into proper coordinate conversion method for
the states?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, In gas-liquid two-phase horizontal flow in

a smooth pipe, name at least three expected flow regime or patterns.
when creating a hydraulic fracture, what is the purpose or single most
important feature to create

What is this measurement called? "the tensile strength required to produce a

total elongation per unit length of 0.005 on a standard test specimen."

In directional drilling a mud motor or driling motor is often used to provide

additional power to the bit. What does PCPD stand for in a mud motor?
What is the material pumped into a hydraulically fractured formation to keep
the fractures from closing?

What is the term to describe work expressed in foot pounds per pound of gas,
with respect to a compressor at a given speed or capacity?
The product of bulk density and seismic propagation velocity in a medium in
which a wavefield propagates is known as what?

What is an object placed to mark key survey points on the Earth's surface?
What is the geologic age of the niobrara formation?
What was the name of the sailing ship that carried the first recorded shipping
of oil in 1861?

Name the calculation of gas through an orifice meter where the quantity of
gas is determined, usually expressed in pounds mass per unit time

What are the two primary chemical constituents of mud acid?

Name the term to describe a rock stratum different or distinguished from
another stratum

Material Balance Time is the term that is the ratio of cumulative production to
instantaneous rate, in what flow regime is this term applicable on a log/log
plot?
For 10 points total or 3 points each name the 3 solid raidoactive isotopes used
for tracing in the industry?
For 5 points each what are the two most common swelling clays encounted
while drilling?
This is a calculation question, for 10 points, convert a mud weight of 100
pounds/cuft to pounds/gal (US gal)?
For 5 points, what does NAD83 stand for? For 5 points,when was it adopted
into use.

For 10 points total, or 3 points each; A sucker rod pumping unit designation
has 3 different numbers, what do these 3 numbers represent?

Whose company logo is this? And where are their headquarters?

Calculation (45 seconds allowed): An oil has a denisty at standard conditions of

50 lb/ft3. The produced gas has a density of 0.1 lb/ft3. If the solution gas ratio
is 1000 scf/STB and the formation volume factor of the oil is 1.2 RB/STB,
calculate the density of the oil at reservoir conditions

In rock mechanics, we assume that three principle stresses exists, where S1 is

greater than S2 which is greater than S3. During hydraulic fracturing, assuming
a planar geometry, in which direction do we expect a fracture to propagate?

What type of schedule must be followed to maintain the drilling line in good
condition?
Multiple lateral junctions are categorized by their isolation capabilities or
TAML. What does TAML stand for?
What is the name for a type of chemical used to reduce the viscosity of gels
and foams?
Why is it important t use deep induction and deep lateral logs when calcuating
fluid saturations?
What is the imaginary circle on the Earth's surface passing through Greenwich
Park England and through the geographic poles?

What is the name of an evaporite salt mineral and rock composed of CaSO4?
What year was the world's first oil well drilled?
What is the highest load imposed on the polished rod throughout a complete
sucker rod pump cycle
API pump designation 25-150-RHBC-24-5-2-2: What designates the location /
type of the seating assembly?
Name the term to describe a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons

What is the maximum API gravity for heavy oil?

Name the recent volunteering initiative uniting all community service work
done by SPE Student Chapters and Professional Sections. This initiative
established volunteering events beginning at the 2015 ATCE.
Given the following decision tree, solve the tree and determine which type of
treatment should be pumped.

In the February 2018 JPT there is an article with excerpts from a drilling
related SPE paper. The article references CLD and MPD. For 5 points each,
what does each acronym stand for?
For 10 points total 3 points each, list 3 actions that are required of a chemical
demulsifier

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 reasons for coring a new
exploration well?

From a geologic perspective, Unconventional Resources are classified into 5

types. For 10 points total or 3 points each, name 3 of these types or
classifications

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 5 3 polymer attributes for selecting
a polymer for a waterflood
Whose company logo is this? And where are their headquarters?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, name 3 numerical methods to determine

the root of a nonlinear equation
What are the 2 Body Material Types of PDC drill bits?
What is the pressure called in the annulus of casing strings that is measurable
at the wellhead and rebuilds to at least the same pressure level after pressure
has been bled down.

Why is it not good practice to hold excessive pressure in the casing while the
cement sets?
In a typical primary cementing operation, which plug is dropped first?
What was the first organic acid used for well stimulation purposes?
How does the presense of H2S in natural gas mixtures impact hydrate
formation?

What is the name of the logging technique that measures the induced magnet
moment of hydrogen nuclei (protons) contained within the fluid-filled pore
space of porous media (reservoir rocks)?
What surveying reference point does the Prime Meridian define?
What is the name of a sodium, calcium, or potassium aluminum silicate clay
mineral?
What are the three common hydrocarbon reserve classifications used by the
Security and Exchange Commission?

Acording to SPE's Energy4Me literature, what city and country was the world's
first oil well drilled?
What does NORM stand for?
Name the term to describe the durability or longevity of inhibitors used for
corrosion control

Name the general term to describe the unproduced but unrecoverable oil and
gas in a formation that has been proved by production

What is the primary source of data for defining the FWL fluid contacts?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 reasons for needing artifical lift?
When generating a directional plan, what does POE and LP stand for?

For three points each, or ten points total, name three essential components
and/or features for a separator on a facilities site
for 5 points each, Name two of the most common earth minerals.

For three points each, or ten points for three correct, name at least three basic
benefits of using heat to treat crude oil emulsions.

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 purposes of descriptive reservoir

tests
For 5 points each, Whose company logo is this? And where are their
headquarters?

For 5 points each, classify the following two oils. Oil A is dark green, has an API
gravity of 25, and an initial formation volume factor of 1.2. Oli B is yellow to
orange, has an API gravity of 50, and an initial formation volume factor of 8.0

When looking at a Direction Drilling Plan, describe magnetic declination.  Is

this always measured in terms of East or West in the US?
The basic materials of calcium carbonate and clay are combined to make this
industry accepted barrier in wellbore construction.
What is the approximage density of steel?
What insoluble precipitate forms from the reaction of calcite with hydrofluoric
acid?
In a BOP, what is the name of the rams designed to provide a seal when no
pipe is in the hole?

What method of logging does provide information about the quantities of

fluids present, the properties of these fluids, and the sizes of the pores
containing these fluids?
If your well location is in North Dakota, what direction longitutde would it
have?
Besides the US, name another country in the Top 5 for technically recoverable
shale gas resources
In the January 2018 JPT, what instrument was the 2018 SPE President pictured
playing?
 When calculating a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR), what is the
common hour-based denominator used by OSHA?

What does the "C" stand for in this pumping unit type C456D-305-168?
Name a method of artificial lift that uses an external source of high-pressure
gas for supplementing formation gas to lift the well fluids
Name the term to describe the total estimated amount of recoverable
hydrocarbons in a reservoir
What is the name of the partial differential equation used to describe the law
of conservation of mass at every point in porous media?
For 3 points each ot 10 points total, What type of “stimulation” project is this a
picture of?, In what state did this test take place? In what year did this test
occur?
Which type of drillbit has carbide inserts?
For three points each, or 10 points total, name three main categories of wax
deposition

For 3 points each or 10 points total, In gas-liquid two-phase vertical flow in a

smooth pipe, name at least three expected flow regime or patterns.
The pump portion of an ESP, or electrical submersible pump, is made up of
stages, name the 2 parts of each stage
For 5 points each, Name two classes of synthetic polymers used in water
flooding
For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name three models for the normalized
pressure integral type curve analysis
For 5 points each, Whose company logo is this? And where are their
headquarters?

What's the most common use of matrix acidizing?

What is the name given to a wellsite where multiple wells are drilled?

According to API standards, when a proppant is said to be 40/70 that means

that what percentage of particles fall between those sieve values?
What is the name of fluid used to thin and disperse drilling-fluid particles and
used to separate drilling fluids and cementing slurries?
When no oxygen is present in the in the gas stream, what is the maximum
temperature operating limit in a compressor?

How important is the difference between US Survey Foot conversion and

International Foot Conversion in surveyed location?
What is the branch of physics that deals with the deformation and flow of
matter?
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), which sector is the
largest consumer of oil?
According to the February 2018 JPT, what was the total world rotary rig count
in December 2017?
What are the X and Y axes of a typical risk matrix?
The maximum pressure differential across a gas lift valve bellows occurs in
most installations during what operation?

What is the term to describe when increasing or maintaining the pressure by

injecting a pressurized fluid to effect greater ultimate recovery?
What country surpassed the United States as the world's largest crude oil
importer in 2017?
When determing bit clearance through a casing string which is more important
ID or Drift? Why?

For 5 points each, Name the type of wellhead that is above the water line and
the type of wellhead and tree that is on the seabed, referring to subsea
completions

For 2 points each, name up to 5 of the different components which control

hydrocarbons-in-place calculations?
For three points each or ten points total, what are the three general and most
popular methods for measuring capillary pressure?

For 5 points each, What is the sudden pressure drop that causes hydrocarbon
light ends to go from a liquid to a gas? AND what is this resulting pressure
called?
For 5 points each, Whose company logo is this? And where are their
headquarters?

What is the TFA (Total Flow Area) of an 8-3/4” PDC bit with 5 nozzles ported
with 16’s?
What does ISIP for a stimulation mean?
What is the name of the permeable fabric used on a drill site or production
site to stabilize the ground?
In relation to completions, what does the acronym TCP stand for?
What does the acronym AFE stand for when considering a project's
economics?
An article in the February 2018 JPT describes the design and fabrication of the
worlds deepest FPSO unit. What is FPSO?

Surveys within a specific State are measured within what coordinate system?

the ratio of the area occupied by the gas phase

to the total area occupied both flowing gas and liquid phases at a
given cross-section of a flow conduit. Is called what?
Which large National Oil Company is planning an Initial Public Offering (IPO)
this year?

The December 2017 JPT has an article about water management in a mature
basin in South Argentina, in the article, what basin does the acronym GSJB
refer to?

What is the specific gravity of hydrogen sulphide?

What is the most common cause of wax deposition?

In relation to reservoir flow units, what does "RQI" stand for?
According to Baker Hughes, how many total drilling rigs where running world
wide in December 2017? (+/- 100)

What is The basic equation for hydraulic energy?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Given this Present Value Plot for Projects X
and Y, which are mutually exclusive projects, answer the following questions:
What is the approximate DCFROR for Project X? Which project recovers cash
faster? At approximately what reinvestment opportunity rate are you
indifferent between the two projects?

For 5 points each, what are the 2 upstream profiles of an orifice plate?
For 10 points total or 3 points each, Name the three things the viscosity of
natural gas depends on?
for 10 points total (no partial credit) Expand the abbreviations RTA and PTA,
respectively.
Name the 2017 International student paper contest winner for the PhD
Division
For 5 points each, Whose company logo is this? And where are their
headquarters?
What is the first fluid pumped into a well during a fracture stimulation?
What is the term to describe having the affinity for the suspending medium,
such as bentonite in water?
Coiled tubing and snubbing operations use a special assembly for pressure
control on live wells. What is this assembly called?
EVM refers to what economic term?

In the context of subsea installations; what does PLEM stands for?

What is the definition of a "Setback" in location?

When did the US Congress lift a 40-year ban of oil exports?

The January 2018 JPT has an article about an extended reach well drilled from
the Orlan platform; what is the total depth of the well in meters?
Who is the CEO of Halliburton

What is the method of relative permeability measurement that consists of

injection of only one phase at either a constant flow rate or constant pressure
drop while the pressure drop and production of phases are measured?

What are the two types of tracers?

What does asphaltene adsorption onto the rock surface impact?

If the end point relative permeability of oil to water (krow) is greater than 0.5,
what does it indicate about the reservoir?
When snubbing, how much force is applied upward on a 4.5" flat bottom mill if
there is 2000 psi on the well while milling with tubing?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, the location and height of flare stacks
must consider what?
For 3 points each, or 10 points total, Name 3 of the top 5 oil producing states
in the United States?

What is the specific gravity of 40 degree API oil?

for 10 points total (no partial credit), Expand the well testing abbreviations,
MTR and LTR, respectively.
For 2 points each name 5 individuals who recived Honorary Membership in
2017

For 2 points each or 10 points forall, give the official API gravity range for the
following 4 fluid types: light crude oil, medium crude oil, heavy crude oil, and
Extra heavy oil
In a well lifted with an ESP, what happens when the pump is stopped and fluid
falls back?
What is the term to describe a hole with casing that is exactly centralized in
the hole?

Name the law used to calculate particle settling velocity in a given fluid.

This type of petroleum agreement was first developed in Indonesia in the

1960s, in this type of agreeement the oil producer gains right to conduct
exploration and assumes the entire risk of exploration failure.
Which of the following valves is considered a “quarter turn valve”: Gate valve,
ball valve, no-return valve, globe valve
What is name of land that is available for oil and gas leasing or that has been
leased?
What is the only national trade association representing all facets of the oil
and gas industry?
In Norway the SPE sections have establised a national council, called the SPE
Norway Council, how many SPE sections are there in Norway?

This company produces approximately 2 million barrels of oil equivalents pr

day, with ~250 000 coming from US, it has approximately 20 500 employees
world wide and the majority owner (with ~67%) is in the Norwegian State
(Norway). What is this company's name?
Name the term that describes the column of fluid that is designed to be
moved by an ESP.

What is the diagnostic plot slope for a well experiencing bilinear flow?
What is the term for the Lowest temperature at which oil is mobile (in a wax
system)

What is the amount of water spontaneously imbibed divided by the amount of

water forcibly imbibed during an Mott imbibition test on a porous rock?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name four reasons of hole deviation

For 10 points total, 5 points each, According to 'Twilight in the Desert' by

Matthew Simmons, Saudi Aramco's first venture into artificial lift was in what
year, and with what type of artificial lift?
For 3 points each, or 10 points total, Name the three cities outside the United
States which have hosted SPE's ATCE.
What is the name the company that has this logo? (Show logo) And where is
their HQ located?
for 10 points total ot 3 points each, according to Petrowiki, what are the 3 best
factors in candidate selection for Acid Fracturing?
The total skin effect of a vertical or inclined well consists of a number of
components, for two points each or ten for all, list the four major components
of the total skin effect:
For 3 points each or 10 points total, What are the three groups of crude oils
based on changing properties and compositions?

Per the 2017 SPE Annual Report, for 3 5 points each or 10 total…how many
conferences/symposiums and how many forums/workshops were held in Asia
Pacific?
What is the term used for acid treatments injected below the fracture
pressure?
According to the CEO of Halliburton in his February 2018 JPT interview, what is
their highest priority outside North America?

According to the Oil and Gas Journal's suggested bit and casing size selection
chart, what would be an appropriate bit or hole size to run 4" casing?
In Work-over Operations, what does PBTD stand for?

What term is used to describe a situation when 90% of the estimates should
be greater than this, and the probability of failure should be 10% or less/
What is the name of unprocessed natural gas produced from the a reservoir
containing oil?
On a topography map, what can be used to describe or detemine the direction
of flow?
In 2004 there was a major reserves scandal that rocked the oil industry. What
company was involved in this scandal?

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) currently has

14 member nations. Which nation is OPEC’s newest member?

Other than for FUEL, what is the next most important use of Hydrocarbons?
In gas lift operations, what operation could be the most damaging to the gas
lift valves?

In pressure transient analysis boundary dominated flow occurs in the late time
region. What is the technical term for when all of the outer boundaries have
been reached and are no flow boundaries?
What term is used for a system when the dispersed droplets are larger than
0.1um and are thermodynamically unstable ?
For 10 points total or 3 points each, Name 3 of the 4 pillars of the E&P digital
transformation from the February 2018 JPT article

For 3 points each or 10 points total, name three reasons to have production
casing
For 5 points each, Ignoring transportation costs, oil prices are influence by
what two factors?
For 5 points each, name 2 of the 3 US states have banned hydraulic fracturing
Whose company logo is this? And where are their headquarters?

For 5 points each, name the 2 types of motors used to power ESP systems

For 10 points total or 3 points each, In IOR/EOR processes the total recovery
efficience for the oil recovery equation can be subdivided into three types of
efficiencies. ED, EI, and EA. What do these 3 acronyms stand for?
for 10 points total (no partial credit), What are the three nonhydrocarbon
gases typically found in crude oil systems?
For 5 points each, Whose company logo is this? And where are their
headquarters?

Name the type of cement that consists of fly ash, hydrated lime, and small
quantities of calcium chloride. At low temperatures, initial reactions of these
cements are lower than Portland cements

In Well Servicing, what does HUD stand for?

What is the name of a transaction during which natural gas flows in the
opposite direction of normal gas flow?
Name the term to cool heat-treated metal rapidly by immersion in an oil or
water bath?
What does a reflection indicate on a seismic line?
What is the name of a chemical alteration of a substance by microorganisms
such as bacteria, either aerobic or anaerobic?

According to 'Twilight in the Desert' by Matthew Simmons, what decade was

oil discovered in Saudi Arabia?
Plunger lift has become a widely accepted artificial lift method, espicially in
what types of gas and oil wells?

In Artificial Lift, what does PCP Stand for?

When referring to produced oil, what does the acronym RVP stand for?
Generally speaking for a tertiary flood, how does polymer increase oil recovery
in a reservoir?
Name the plane at which the bottom of an oil sand contacts the top of a water
sand in a reservoir
What is the name of a liquid that is capable of dissolving more gas at that
temperature & pressure?
Who serves on the SPE Foundation?
For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name three factors that affect the time
spent in drilling a well

This is a calculation question, for 10 points, Calculate the BHP (in psi) of a
9000ft deep well with 9.8lb/gal brine in the entire well, with a wellhead
pressure of zero psi

For 10 points total or 3 points each, What are the three different rock types?

What kind of pumping unit is shown in the picture?

For 3 points each, or 10 points total, Name three of the Generic Hydrate
inhibition systems that are commonly used in gas production

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name three viscosity correlations

For 3 points each or 10 points total, What are three of the four characteristics
of Reserves?
For 5 points each,Whose company logo is this? And where are their
headquarters?

The blake kozeny equation for permeability in packed beds of speheres can be
written as k = (dp^a)*f^b/(150 *(1-f)^c), where dp is the grain diameter and f
is the porosity. What is the numerical value of a, b, and c (3 points each or 10
points for all)

When directional drilling with MWD (Measurement While Drilling), how many
raw channels or raw data are required to calculate the tool’s downhole
position?
Name a length of a drillpipe, tubing, or casing shorter than the 18 feet or 6
meters in length

What is the last string of casing set in a well, usually preceding a tubing string?
What is the name of the diagram used to represent three dimensional
stresses?

API has adopted a casing "grade" designation to define the strength of casing
steels. This designation consists of a grade letter followed by a number, what
does that number represent?

What is the rate of flow through a relief nozzle dependent on?

Name the term to describe the rate of change of temperature and pressure
What happens in a pump when available net positive suction head (NPSHa) is
less than required net positive suction head (NPSHr)?

Name the primary logging tool used to measure porosity

What is a regional strike-slip fault with a nearly vertical fault plane?

What year did West Texas Intermediate see its highest price per barrel?
what is the series of pipes and vessels called that connect the wellhead gas to
a central facility

In reference to oil and gas production facilities, what does LACT stand for?
What impact does increasing the salinity in formation water have on water
fluid properties?
What is the API gravity of a fluid with a density of 1 gm/cc?

What is the name of the reservoir simulation models that rely on flow based
calculations rather than cell based calcaultions?
Who is the current CEO of SPE
For 5 points each, Name two main categories why one would want to drill
underbalanced?
For 5 points each, Name 2 common completion styles in multi-stage, cased-
hole, horizontal well completions?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Opposing the fluid forces are the
restraining forces that hold the formation sand in place. Name the 3 of the 4
different restraining forces

For 3 points each or 10 points total, name 3 purposes of productivity tests

For 5 points each, what are the 2 types of positive displacement compressors?
For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 types of fluid samples that can be
obtained?

For 10 points total or 3 points each, Name 3 assumptions of Arps decline curve
analysis
For 2 points each with a maximum of 10 points, Name 5 of the original 7
companies that make up the "Seven Sisters"
The Lee and Eakin (1964) and Stiel and Thodos (1962) Correlations are most
useful to compute what fluid property?
Directional Well Planning: UTM stands for Universal Transverse Mercator.
How many UTM’s make up the Earth?
(DAS) provides near real-time measurement utilizing optical fiber. What does
DAS stand for?

What is the name of a metal that easily corrodes and oxidizes in moist air?
What tool is placed along critical casing sections to help prevent the casing
from sticking while it is lowered into the well?

Name the term to describe the use of very small pieces of material, at
dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, by themselves or
their manipulation to create new large scale materials, where unique
phenomena enable novel applications.
What happens to stagnation pressure when flow is accelerated in a nozzle
with no loss?

What term is used to define naturally occuring solids, that have a definite
structure, composition and suite of properties that are fixed or vary
systematically within a definite range?
In Geophysics, data recorded simulataneously in stratigraphic depth and
sesimic reflection time is referred to as what?
What country has the largest proven oil reserves?
What is the name of a payment made to the mineral rights owner for not fully
developing a lease?

What are the units for GOR

What do you call a compression system used to collect and compress low
volume gas streams, or vent gas, for injection into the suction of a larger
compressor, a meter run, or directly into a gas gathering line.

What is the general technique that can be used to remove the effects of
wellbore storage from the measured pressure profile from a pressure test?,
this technique includes methods such as rate normalization and Laplace
transformations.
If Reservoir pressure is higher than saturation pressure and no free gas is
present, what condition does that describe?
In what year did the Offshore Technology Conference celebrate its 40th
anniversary?

In 2016, what is OPEC's share of world crude oil reserves as a precentage?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 challenges related to drilling fluid
For 5 points each, When measuring near wellbore friction, a step-rate test
provides an estimate of what two frictional values?
For 3 points each or 10 points total, What 3 things are important to the lateral
distribution of depositional environments?
For 3 points each or 10 points total, name 3 types of decline analysis in
production forecasting

For 10 points total or 3 points each name three of the four standard sucker
rod pumping unit structural geometry designations

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 applications of water sample

analysis?
For 3 points each or 10 points total, name 3 causes of unwanted flow in a
well?

For 5 points each, Whose company logo is this? And where are their
headquarters?

What rheological constitutive model can be represented by a purely viscous

damper and a purely elastic spring connected in series?

Directional Drilling & Directional Plans: What are the 2 primary Datums or
World Geodetic Systems used in the United States for directional well
planning?

What are the 2 most common stimulation methods?

What is the name of a short pipe section just above a bit or mill on a drillstring
that is designed to catchlarge jumk fragments in an outer bowl?

With respect to casing and tubing, what does the acronym OCTG mean?
A measure of elasticity, equal to the ratio of the stress acting on a substance
to the strain produced

What is the term to describe the elevations or inequalities of a land surface?

What is a fault?
According to Petrowiki, how many wells worldwide use some type of artificial
lift?
What is the industry 'slang' for a potential HSE incident?
What are the two main detrimental effects encountered during handling
produced water from reservoirs?

Name the 2 most common types of water based fracturing fluids

The giant oil field Johan Sverdrup, which lies offshore Norway, will come on
stream in 2019. What is the expected peak daily oil production in barrels per
day for phase 1 of this project?
2016 global oil consumption averaged 96.6 million bpd. When was it half this
volume?
What recovery mechanism are Hall Plots used to analyse?
In what year did JPT celebrate its 50th Anniversary?

To the closest million, what is the October 2017 oil production from OPEC?

For 2 points each, name 5 diifferent types of wells tests used

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 key considerations for wellbore
hydraulic simulation

For 3 points each, or 10 points total, The water management article in the
December 2017 JPT describes water management decisions in shale oil and
gas production in 3 primary categories. Name the 3 categories.
How old is the Earth?
For 5 points each, name two types of artificial lift that have positive
displacement pumps

For 2 points each or 10 points total, name 5 of the 6 major forms of artificial
lift
For 5 points each, What are the two most prevalent causes of asphaltene
precipitation in the reservoir?

For three points each, 10 points total, according to the PRMS what are three
of the four requirements that must be met in order to classify hydrocarbon
volumes as reserves?
For 5 points each , what was the price of WTI and Brent crude at close of
business Tuesday, February 20th? +/- $1 accepted
Name 2 API classes of cement for well cementing
Who is a drilling company employee in charge of drilling operations and
supervision of the crew at the drillsite?

In horizontal wells, what is the term used to describe the positive change in
inclination over a normalised length (for example 3 deg/100 ft)?
At what concentration is it generally accepted that exposure to H2S over one
hour may lead to headache, dizziness, and/or staggering.

Name the term to describe unstratified, homogeneous accumulation of silt,

often containing small amounts of clay or sand an redeposited by wind from
glacial outwash or deserts
The last stage of maturation and conversion of organic matter to
hydrocarbons. The stage occurs at temperatures of 150° to 200°C [302° to
392°F]. At the end of the stage, methane, or dry gas, is evolved along with
nonhydrocarbon gases such as CO2, N2, and H2S, as oil molecules are cracked
into smaller gas molecules. What do we call this?
Of the five original OPEC member countries, only one was not located in the
Middle East. What country is this?

What do we call an economy in which we keep resources in use for as long

as possible, extract the maximum value from them whilst in use, then recover
and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life.
Progressive cavity pumps evolve from the helical gear pump first developed in
the 1920´s, who developed the helical gear pump?
What temperature is necessary to cool natural gas into Liquified Natural Gas
(LNG)

With reference to liquid loading in gas wells, The flow velocity at which a liquid
droplet is suspended, moving neither upward or downward in the wellbore Is
called what?
For water and hydrocabon gas systems at atmospheric pressure, what is the
approximate surface tension in dynes/cm, within a 5% margin?

Describe a reservoir fluid if all the gas is entrained in the oil and one does not
have to estimate the GOR to get the fluid back to the original composition?
Since the program began in 1961 through the 2016-2017 season, how many
Distinguished Lecturers have there been?
In what year was water injection implemented in the Kirkuk field?

Calculation (45 seconds allowed). An oil has a formation volume factor of 1.2
RB/STB, the produced gas a formation volume factor of 0.005 ft3/scf, and
initial solution gas ration of 1000 scf/STB and a current solution gas ratio of
700 scf/STB. Compute the total formation volume factor in RB/STB

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name the 3 of the 5 factors that influence
the rate of tooth wear on a drillbit

For 2 points each, name up to 5 different parts of the field life cycle

When discussing sustainable development, people often refer to the “triple

bottom line.” For 5 points each, Name two of these three elements.

For 5 points each, Name two main types of gas lift mandrels
For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 reasons why hydrocarbon
production would deviate from established decline curve due to a change in
the reservoir?
for 5 points each, What are the typical tools available for Injection/Falloff
Performance Analysis?

The Greater Burgan field is located in Kuwait and is the largest sandstone oil
field. For 5 points each, name the 2 smaller fields included in the Greater
Burgan?

For 5 points each, At year end 2017, how many student members did SPE
have? What percentage of those members were from North America?

What is a name for a well with no casing, liner or screen?

When drilling on air, we often describe the drilling medium as "stiff foam".
Besides water, what is the other primary ingredient?
Which way does the convex fold of an anticline point?
In what year was the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) founded?

Operating companies are required to develop and implement a SEMS to

address integrated management of oil and gas operations in the US Outer
Continental Shelf. What does SEMS stand for?

in relation to reliability, what is the acronym RCFA?

In the Oil and Gas industry it often happens that the operator initate a study /
work to try to expand the production capacity at a production facility. What is
this type of work often called?
With relation to One of the offshore of oil and gas production modules, what
does is the "FPSO" stand for?
Name the term that is defined as the process of displacing the wetting phase
with the non-wetting phase:
What dimensionless number represents the ratio of convective to dispersive
forces?
If the contact angle between a fluid and the formation surface is less than 90
degrees, the surface is said to be what?

What is the maximum value that the relative permeability for oil can be?
Who is the 2018 SPEI President

In the context of transporting oil by sea, what does VLCC stand for?

When directional drilling with MWD tools, it is necessary to reduce to effect of

magnetic interference from the drillstring.  The most common tool inserted
into the drillstring is a NMDC.  What does this acronym stand for?
For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 advantages of underbalanced
drilling:

For three points each, or 10 points total, name three reasons dehydration is
important in gas processing?

For 10 points total or 3 points each, Name three conditions that favor the
formation of hydrates?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 reasons it is important to get an

initial reservoir pressure prior to any substantial production?
For 2 points each, name up to 5 of thefirst six alkenes in increasing carbon
number
Per the 2017 SPE Annual Report and for 5 points each, how many Twitter and
Instagram followers does SPE have?

Whose company logo is this? And where are their headquarters?

A tracer is injected into a one-dimensional core with a concentration of 1

g/mL.There is no tracer initially in the core. After injection of 1 pore volume,
what is the expected concentration of tracer in the effluent?

What is the required fluid weight needed to kill a gas well at 8,000’ TVD with
4,500 psi shut in pressure at surface?  Presume 0.1 psi/ft gas gradient. 

What is a wellhead that uses only one casinghead for all casing strings?
When setting a plug on wireline, what does WLPSA stand for?

What is the laying down of rock forming material by any natural agent
What formation in Argentina is considered one of the most promising
unconventional resources in the world?
BSEE is the lead US government agency charged with improving safety on the
U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, what does BSEE stand for?

What is the benefit of running optic fibre in wellbores?

The December 2017 JPT has an article about oil and gas facilities that uses the
acronym RCM. What does RCM stand for?

Certain crude oils form deposits which may plug the wellbore tubing and
valves, as well as coat surface safety and process control equipment
The diffusvity equation for flow of slighlty compressible fluids can not be
applied for gas, what are the two most common methods for linearizing the
diffsuvity equation for gas flow?
What is the primary difference between Reserves and Resources?
What term is used to describe a fluid whose density is independent of
pressure?
What happens to the radius of investigation when you increase flow rate
during well testing?
In developing heavy oil reservoirs, what does SAGD stand for?
Who is the 2017 SPEI President?

2018 is the 30th anniversary of which of the following oil industry disasters:
Longford (Australia), Macondo (Gulf of Mexico), Exxon Valdeze Oil Spill
(Alaska), Piper Alpha (North Sea), Texas City (Texas) ?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, the Basis of torque and drag analysis
consists of three principal features. What are they?
For 5 points each, name the 2 countries that have had commercial Coalbed
Methane production

For 10 points, What is the formula to approximate the volume a rod pump can
move, asuming an all steel string - no numbers are necessary
For 5 points each, What are the two most common non-hydrocarbon gasses
considered for miscible gas injection projects?

For 2 points each, with a maximum of 10 points, name 5 SPE Technical

Sections?
Whose company logo is this? And where are their headquarters?
For 2 points each or 10 points for all, name up to 4 commonly-used aquifer
models for prediicting water in-flux

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name the three of the five OPEC countries
with the highest crude oil reserves at year end 2016?
When drilling a well with drilling mud, what does ECD stand for?  Is the ECD
higher or lower than the static mud weight?

What company in the Appalachians is featured in the Chapter 9 of the book

'The Frakers' by Gregory Zuckerman. The company also employed the current
SPE President Dary Spady

What is the part of the wellhead that accomodates the tubing hanger?
Where in a well is a BPV or Back Pressure Valve installed?
What is the term to describe the ion-exchange to remove residual minerals
from water

What is the chemically precipitated mineral material that occurs in the spaces
among the grains of a sedimentary rock, binding the grains into a rigid mass
Wells drilled from piers in Santa Barbara California that pioneered the offshore
industry, were drilled in what decade?

Who is credited with development of the commonly-used safety triangle:

Name the term that refers to a circumstance when multiple zones are being
produced at once without any downhole zonal separation
What acid should never be used during an acid fracturing treatment in a
carbonate reservoir?
If a sucker rod pumping unit designation is 456-305-168, what does the 168
represent?

In reservoir simulation, Transmissibility between blocks is calcaulted between

the centre values of the cells rather than at edges, what is the term for this?
What type of flow regime is represented with a slope of minus one half ( -1/2)
in a diagnostic plot of of a pressure transient test?

What do we call A dimensionless estimation of obstruction to flow. An

undamaged well would have a value of zero. A damaged well has a positive
value above zero and a stimulated well has a negative value.

How does AIME (The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and

Petroleum Engineers) relate to SPE?
According to the EIA, In 2016 approximately how much shale gas was
produced in the United States?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name three crucial functions drilling fulid
provides to drilling:
For three point each, 10 points total, what are the three principles used to
achieve physical separation?
For 2 points each, or 10 points total, Name the five founding countries of the
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

For 3 points each or 10 points total, name 2 3 types of diverting agents for
stimulation treatments

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name the three classes of parrafins
For 3 points each or 10 points total, Name 3 of the past presidents who have
also served as AIME president?

Whose company logo is this? And where are their headquarters?

Calculation (30 seconds allowed): A plot of P/z versus gas produced in a dry
gas reservoir yields a straigh line with intecept 1000 psi and slope of 100
psi/MMscf. Calculate the initial gas in place

for 5 points each, what 2017 crime thriller film stars Christopher Plummer as J.
Paul Getty and what upcoming American television anthology on FX stars
Donald Sutherland also as J Paul Getty?
Online fields

Answer(s) Calculation or visual question?

Fine sand (40-100 mesh)

Leakoff test

Polished Bore Receptacle

External Upset End

green gas

Conodont alteration index (CAI)

Section, Township and Range - must get all 3

Reservoir

Mark Wahlberg

demulsify

Use either balanced PRV or pilot-operated PRV

Machine Learning

Darcy Unit

~4,600 psi (=2,000+0.052*8.33*6,000) Calculation

± 9.7 ppg (6500' * .434 psi/ft = 2821 psi; add 450 psi, divide by
6500'->req'd gradient = .503/.0521 = 9.67 ppg ) Calculation

Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) Visual

Beach Energy, HQ: Adelaide, South Australia Visual

(a) 31.62 and (b) 30.88. Note: students can round to the nearest
digit (32 and 31, respectively but need at least 2 significant digits to
be correct)

National Geodetic Survey/National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Stratified, Stratified wavy, Plug , Slug, Bubble, Annular and

Mist flow.
Calculation

fracture conductivity

yield strength

Progressive Cavity Positive Displacement

PROPPANT

head

Impedance

Monument, or Survey Mark, or geodetic mark

(Late) Cretaceous

Elizabeth Watts

mass flow rate

Hydrofluoric acid (HF), Hydrocloric acid (HCl)

zone

boundary dominated flow

Iridium, Scandium, Antimony

Smectite, illite

Divide by 7.481, to give 13.37 pounds/gal YES

North American Datum of 1983, was adopted in 1986

1)gearbox or reducer maximum torque 2)structural rating or

capacity 3)maximum stroke length
Po Valley Energy, Admin Office: Australia, Operational Office:
Rome, Italy, accept either location Visual - done

(50 +0.1*1000/5.61)/1.2' = 56.52 lb/ft3

Accept any of the 3 - Parallel to S2 , perpendicular to S3 or

perpendicular to minimum stress

slip-and-cut

Technology Advancement for Mulitlaterals

Breaker
Because they pentrate into the reservoir beyond the altered
saturation zone caused by drilling

The Prime Meridian

Gypsum
1847

peak polished rod load

B indicates Bottom seating assembly.

reformate

22.3 degrees API

SPE Cares
Proppant fracture will generate EMV of $4.65 MM ($4.25 MM for
acid frac). Visual - done

Closed Loop Drilling and Managed Pressure Drilling

1) Strong attraction to oil and water interface, 2) flocculation, 3)
coalescence, and 4) solids wetting N

1) conventional rock data (porosity, permbility), 2) initial water

sauration, 3) wettability data 4) overburden information 5)
compressiliblity testing 6) EOR determination 7) strength tests for
completion design

1)shale gas 2)shale oil 3)tight gas 4)coalseam gas/coalbed

methane 5)hydrates

1) maximise viscosity enhancement/mobility reduction, 2) readily

disolves, 3) propagate well and have low retnetion as its
transported throught the reservoir, 4) good shear stability, 5) good
chemical stability, 6) biological stability, 7) thermally stable at
reservoir conditions, 8) acceptable injectivity peoperties
Qatar Petroleum, HQ: Doha, Qatar Visual - done

Bisection, false poistion (also called regula falsi), fixed poit

iteration, Newton (or Netwon-Raphson), Secant, Bairstow's
method (there may be others as well)
Matrix Body Construction and Steel Body Construction

Sustained casing pressure

small annular channel or microannulus could form

Bottom plug
Acetic

Increases hydrate formation temparture

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging

Zero degrees of Longitude.

Bentonite

PROVED, PROBABLE, and POSSIBLE

Baku, Azerbaijan
Naturally-occurring radioactive materials

persistence

reserves

Formation pressure surveys

1) reservoir has low natural energy, 2) high water cuts, 3) high
faciltieis back pressure, 4) low reservoir productivity no
POE: Point of Entry, LP: Landing Point

Primary separation device, secondary separation (gravity

settling), mist extractor, gas outlet, liquid settling section oil
outlet, water outlet, adequate volume liquid capacity, adequate
vessel diameter and adequate vessel height, means to control
oil/water levels in separator, back pressure valve, pressure relief
devices N
Quartz, feldspar, plagioclase

Reducing viscosity, Increasing droplets, Dissolves paraffin crystals

(deactivate the emulsifier), Increasing density between oil and
water

Assess reservoir extent and geometry

Determine hydraulic communication between wells
Characterize reservoir heterogeneities
Evaluate reservoir parameters. No

PTT, Bangkok Thailand Visual - done

Fluid A = Black Oil; Fluid B = Condensate

Magnetic declination is the angle between magnetic North and

Geographic North and Always measured positively Eastward in the
US.
Portland cement
490 lbm/cu ft | 65.5 lbm/gal (allow for a range)

Calcium Fluoride

Blind rams

NMR

West

China, Argentina, Algeria, Canada

accordian

 Incidents per 200,000 hours worked

Conventional No

gas lift

reserves-in-place N

Continuity Equation NO

Nuclear fracing, new Mexico, 1967 Visual - done

Steel Tooth or Tungsten Carbide Inserts (TCI)

thermal, chemical, mechanical N

Bubble, Finely dispersed bubble, Slug, Churn, Annular dispersed

flow.
Calculation

1)impeller or rotating impeller 2) diffuser or stationary diffuser

polyacrylamide and polysacchsride(Xanthan gum)

radial, fractured (cylindrical), and water drive No

Saipem HQ: San Donato, Milanese, Italy Visual - done

Removal of formation damage ( or increase near well permeability)

Pad/multi-well pad/eco drilling

89.90%

Flushers

350 F

Very, as the State Plane or UTM coordinate systems are typically in

the millions or tens of millions in value and can cause for a well to
be placed in default of a setback.

Rheology

Transportation

2089
Probability and consequence

unloading

repressure N

China
Drift is more important as it has a smaller ID due to API milling
tolerances

Dry tree, wet tree, respectively N

Gross rock volume, net-to-gross ratio, porosity, hydrocarbon

saturation, formation volume factor, recovery factor

Porous plate methods, Mercury methods, Centrifuge methods

flash liberation, bubble point pressure No

Faroe Petroleum, Headquarters: UK (London) Visual - done

You need to know that the nozzle size is represented in 1/32" -->
16/32" or 1/2" per ject, Area of 0.5" circle = 0.196 in2. Total flow
area = 0.196in2 x 5 jets = 0.98in2 Calculation
Initial Shut in Pressure
geotextile
tubing conveyed perforating

Authority for expenditure.

Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading

State Plane or UTM coordinate system?

Void-fraction
Calculation

Saudi Aramco

Golfo San Jorge Basin

1.207
(1.2 is acceptable)

Temperature Reduction no
Rock Quality Index

2089

H=pq/1714, where H = hydraulic horsepower, p = pressure (psi or

kPa), q = flow rate (gal/min or L/min), and 1,714 is the conversion
of (psi-gal/min) to hydraulic horsepower [ or (kPa•L/min) = 44
750] . No

70%, Project Y, 20% Visual - done

1) Square 2) Sharp

temperature, pressure, and composition of gas

Rate-transient Analysis and Pressure Transient Analysis N

Wenyue Sun, Stanford University

National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran, Iran Visual - done

pad or pre-pad

lyophilic

Stripper (or stripper rubber)

Expected Monetary Value

Pipe Line End Manifold

A distance from which the wellhead and or well trajectory must

stay away from a legal property line, or lease line; or for health and
safety concerns other surface feature, i.e., building, road,
waterway,etc.
2016

15,000
Jeff Miller

Unsteady-state method

Passive and active

Wettability

Oil wet rock, oil wet system

F=PxA, F=2000psix15.90in2, F=31,800lbs

1) Flare stack height 2) thermal radiation 3) emissions during flaring

4) groud level concetrations in case of flare outs 5)liquid carryover
6)noise

1) Texas, 2) North Dakota, 3) California, 4) Alaska, 5) Oklahoma

40 = 141.15/D -131.5 | D = 0.823

Middle-Time-Region and Late-Time-Region

Akhil Datta-Gupta, Anil Kumar, Robert Moore, Alexander Neyin,
Dean Oliver, Sidney S. Smith Sr., Dongxiao Zhang

Light crude oil : API > 31.1°; Medium oil: 22.3 <API< 31.1°;
Heavy crude oil: 10<API<22.3°; Extra heavy oil: API < 10.0°
the pump backspins, or spins backwards

100% standoff N

Stokes Law

Production sharing agreements

Ball valve

Tract

API (American Petroleum Institute)

Statoil ASA - Statoil is acceptable Calculation

Total Dynamic Head., could accept head No

quarter slope no

pour point temperature no

Water wettability/water wetting index

formation heterogeneities, drillstring makeup, stabilizers,

applied weight on bit, hole inclination angle, drillbit type
mechanical design, hydraulics at the bit, improper hole
cleaning N

2003, ESP

Florence, Amsterdam, Dubai

Aker BP and HQ in Oslo, Norway. Visual - done

Shallow, low temperature, Carbonate reservoir

Partial completion
Type of completion
Well deviation
Pseudoskins (rate and phase dependent skin)

Paraffinic, napthenic, aromatic no

Conferences/Symposia: 5, Forums/Workshops: 14

Matrix acidizing, or matrix treatments

the Middle East

4 3/4" or 5 7/8" is acceptable N

Plug Back Total Depth

P90

Casinghead Gas

The rule of "v"s

Royal Dutch Shell no

Equatorial Guinea

Petrochemicals

unloading

Pseudo-steady state (PSS) flow no

macroemulsion no
1) automation 2) real-time resource optimization 3) integrated
technology platform 4) big data analytics

isolate producing zone from other formations, provide work

shaft of known diameter to the pay zone, protect the
production-tubing equipment N

API gravity (density, specific gravity) and sulfur content of the oil no
New York, Vermont, and Maryland
Oil Search; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Visual - done

induction motors and permanent magnet motors

ED = unit displacement efficiency (pore to pore discplacement

efficiency would be ok), EI the vertical discplacement (sweep)
efficiency, EA the areal discplacement (sweep) efficiency no

Nitrogen, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide no

Rockhopper Exploration, United Kingdom Visual - done

Pozzolan/Lime Cements or Silica/Lime Cements N

Hold-up Depth - The point or depth at which a tool or drift of a
specific size can no longer pass through the wellbore.

Backhaul

quench N
A change of accoustic impedance

Biodegradation

1930's or 1938

High GLR (Gas Liquid Ratio)

Progressive Cavity Pump, sometimes called a screw pump

Reid Vapor Pressure

By increasing the sweep area

oil-water contact N

Undersaturated
All living past presidents of SPEI
Drill rate, trip time, hole problems, casing running, directional
drilling, completion type, move in and move out with rig, and
weather N

4586 psi YES

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

Rotoflex Visual - done

environmental inhibitors, thermodynamic inhibitors, and kinetic
inhibitors.

Al-Marhoun, Al-Shammasi, Farshad et al, Kartoadmodjo,

Velarde, Al-Najjar, Petrosky, Standing, Elsharkawy, Elam,
Glaso, Levitan and Murtha, Asgarpour et al Leduc, Owolabi
CIB, Abdul-Majeed and Salman, Omar and Todd, Labedi,
Vasquez and Beggs, Dokla and Osman, Asgarpour et al Cardium,
Ahmed, Owolabi ANS, Dindoruk and Christman, Almehaideb,
Obomanu and Okpobiri, Asgarpour et al Nisku, Khairy,
Macary et al. N

Discovered, recoverable, commercial, remaining.

Africa Oil Corp, Vancouver Canada Visual - done

a =2; b=3; c=2

6 channels – x,y,z Axis – Accelerometer (3 measurements) & x,y,z

Axis – Magnetometer (3 measurements)

pup joint N

production casing or liner N

Mohr diagram/mohr circle NO

The number designates the minimum yield strength of the steel in

ksi (10^3 psi). Calculation

Absolute upstream pressure

gradient N
Cavitation

Formation density log

Wrench Fault

2008

gas gathering system

Lease Automatic Custody Transfer

Decreases the viscosity

10 degrees API (141.5/1 - 131.5) calc

Streamlines (Streamline simulation) NO

Mark Rubin
maximize hydrocarbon recovery, minimize pressure related
drilling problems

Plug-and-perf, Sliding sleeve, Coiled tubing-actuated sleeve

Natural cementation (compressive strength) | Friction between

sand grains | Fluid pressure in the pores of the rock | Capillary
forces

Determine well deliverability

Characterize formation damage and other sources of skin effect
Identify produced fluids and determine their respective volume
ratios
Measure reservoir pressure and temperature
Obtain representative fluid samples suitable for PVT analysis
Evaluate completion efficiency
Evaluate workover or stimulation treatments.

Reciprocating and rotary

Surface separator, downhole/bottomhole, wellhead, stock tank,

1) constant BHP, 2) constant area with no-flow boundaries, 3)

constant permeabliity, 4) constant wellbore condition, 5) well is in
boundary dominated flow
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP), Gulf Oil (Chevron), Royal
Dutch Shell, Standard Oil Co of CA (SoCal, now Chevron), Standard
Oil of NJ (Esso,later Exxon), Standard Oil of NY (Socony, later
Mobil), Texaco

Viscosity

60 UTM’s at 6° each for 360°

Distributed Acoustic Sensing N

Base metal

Centralizer

Nanotechnology N

Remain constant

Minerals

VSP (Vertical Seismic Profile) No

Venezuela

Compensation royalty/compensatory royalty

scf/bbl (or scf/ft3 is technicallty correct)

VRU or Vapor Recovery Unit

Deconvolution

under-saturated oil NO

2009

81.50% no
loss of circulation, stuck pipe, shale instability, hole cleaning,
barite sag, salt formations and rubble zones N
Friction due to perforations and friction due to tortuosity

energy levels, topography, and organic activity. No

Traditional (arps), Duong, Multi-Segment, Power Law,
Stretched exponential, Transient Hyperbolic, Fetkovich No

Conventional, Mark II, Air balanced, Reverse Mark (earlier models

were known as TorqMaster)
Identify origin of produced water, characterise aquifer
properties, interpret wireline log measurements, predict
formation damage from water incompatibility, investigate scaling
tendencies, monitor fluid movement in reservoir, identify
bacteria, evaluate disposal options, predict and monitor
corrosion no
Casing failure, lack of cement integrity, Mobile gas or water in
the completed zone no

China National Petroleum Corporation , Headquarters: Beijing

China Visual - done

Maxwell model

WGS 72 & WGS 84

Acidizing and hydraulic fracturing

Basket Sub or junk basket

Oilfield Country Tubular Goods

Young's modulus Calculation

relief N
A break in the earth Calculation

more than 1 million

near miss
Scale / deposition of scale
Corrosion

linear and crosslinked

440,000 barrels per day accept 400,000 to 500,000

1971 calc?
Waterflooding NO
1999

32.25 million barrels per day no

drwadown, buildup, fall off, flow test, RFT, drillstem, multirate,

production, Bankers, interference (there may be more possible
answers and some of these may go by different names)

transient effects, fluid models, wellbore geometry, flow types N

acquisition, usage (for frac operations), and disposal (of produced

and flowback)
4600 million years old

Progressive Cavity Pump, Rod Pump, (Jet pump) No

Sucker-rod (beam) pumping, Electrical submersible pumping

(ESP), Gas lift and intermittent gas lift, Reciprocating and jet
hydraulic pumping systems, Plunger lift, Progressive cavity
pumps (PCP)

1) Decreasing pressure and 2) mixing of oil with injected solvent

in IOR processes no

1) Discovered, 2) remaining, 3) Commercial (economic), 4)

recoverable (known technology) NO

$61.90 for WTI and $64.85 for Brent I asked this question too and it is a
Class A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H No

Toolpusher

Build Rate

100 ppm Calculation

loess N
Metagenesis

Venezuela

A circular economy 

Rene Moineau

-260F or -160C

"critical velocity"

72 dynes/cm, correct if between 65 and 79 dynes/cm

above the bubble point (or undersaturated?)

1070
1961

1.467 =' 1.2 +0.005*(1000-700)/5.61'

1. formation abrasiveness | 2. tooth geometry | 3. bit weight | 4.

rotary speed | 5. cleaning and cooling action of the drilling fluid
"Gaining Access", Exploration, Appraisal, Development, Production,
Decommissioning

Economic, Social, Environmental

tubing retrievable and wire-line retrievable

1) abnormal reservoir pressure decline, 2) increasing
watercut/water breakthrough, 3) wellbore gas breakout, 4)
condensate drop out, 5) build up of sand or scale, 6) formation
collapse, 7) parafin/wax build up

G-Function Plot and Log-Log Plot

Magwa and Ahmadi

73,319 and 17% accept 70,000-75000 and 10-20%

Barefoot Completion/Openhole completion

Soap
Up

1960

Safety and Environmental Management System

Root Cause Failure Analysis N

Debottlenecking Calculation

Floating Production Storage and Offloading

Drainage

Peclet number

wetting to that fluid

1 Calculation
Darcy Spady

Very Large Crude Carriers

Non-Magnetic Drill Collar (NMDC)

Increases ROP, Decreases formation damage, Eliminates risk of
differential pipe sticking, Reduces risk of lost circulation,
Improves bit life, Improves reservoir knowledge

1) prevent the formation of hydrates; 2) prevent condensation of

free water in facilities; 3) meet water content sales specifications;
4) prevent corrosion

1) pressure pulsations,2) introduction of small hydrate crystal, 3)

physical site (elbow, orifice, choke) 4) agitation 5) pressure of H2S
and or CO2 6) sudden decrease in temp at constant pressure 7)
sudden expansion through flow restriction no

1) to calcaulte fluid in place, 2) to anchor the initial pressure in P/Z

for material balance and decline curves, 3) to determine reservoir
depletion, 4) for PVT analsysis
Methane (C1) | Ethane (C2) | Propane (C3) | Butane (C4) | Pentane
(C5) | Hexane (C6)

Twitter: 25,500, Instagram: 17,600 (to the nearest 100)

Sino Gas and Energy, HQ: Beijing, China or Subiaco, Western
Australia (accept either location) Visual - done

0.5 g/ml (effluent concentration is half the injected concentration

after one pore volume)
8,000 ft x 0.1 psi/ft = 800 psi hydrostatic +4500 psi = 5300 psi true
bottom hole pressure, 5300 psi/8000ft = 0.6625 psi/ft x 0.052
conversion = 12.8ppg Calculation

Unitized wellhead
Wireline Pressure Setting Assembly

Deposition No

Vaca Muerta

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

There is no electrical components at depth no

Reliability Centered Maintenance

Asphaltenes or paraffin accept either

Pseudopressure
Pressure square

Reserves must be commercial

incompressible no

Nothing (rate is not in the radius of investigation equation) no

Steam assisted gravity drainage
Janeen Judah

Piper Alpha (North Sea)

1) The drill string trajectory is specified, usually as constant curve

segments, 2) bending moments are neglected, 3) drill string force is
assumed to be tangent to trajectory n

United States, Australia

SPM * SL* (pump diameter)2 * conversion factor (from inches &

min to bbl/per day) No

N2, CO2 no

Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Storage, Drilling Systems

Automation, Digital Energy, Drilling Uncertainty Prediction, Flow
Assurance, Geomechanics, Human Factors, Petroleum Data-Driven
Analytics (PD2A), Research and Development, Separations
Technology, Sustainable Development, Unmanned Systems, Water
Handling and Management, Wellbore Positioning, Well Integrity
Sonatrach, HQ: Hydra, Algiers, Algeria Visual - done
pot aquifer Fetkovich, Hurst and Van Everdignen, Carter-Tracy,
Schilthuis model

Venezuela (302.25, 24.8%), Saudi Arabia (266.21, 21.9%), Iran

(157.20, 12.9%), Iraq (148.77, 12.2%), Kuwait (101.50, 8.3%)
ECD = Equivalent Circulating Density.  ECD is always higher than
static mud weight.

Triana Energy

Tubing Bowl or B section

Casing or Tubing Hanger

Demineralization N

cement No

1890

Herbert Heinrich in 1931

commingle or commingling N

HF or Hydrofluoric

maximum stroke length (in inches)

block centered or cell-centered

Spherical flow

Skin

SPE's antecedent/"parent" organization no

15.8 Trillion Cubic Feet (Tcf)

Cleaning of the cutting structure.

Cuttings removal from the hole bottom.
Efficient cuttings evacuation to the surface. No

1) Momentum 2) gravity settling 3) coalescing

Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran

ball sealers, rock salt, benzoic acid flakes, napthalene flakes or

balls, wax beads or uni beads, oil soluable resin or polymer, foam

Alkanes, alkene, Alkynes

Behrooz Fattahi, Roy H. Koerner, George H. Sawyer, Noel D.
Rietman, Arlen L. Edgar, Edward E. Runyan, Donald G. Russell, M.
Scott Kraemer, H.A. Nedom, Wayne E. Glenn, John S. Bell, Lloyd E.
Elkins
Genel Energy, HQ: London (or UK) or Ankara, Turkey, accept either
location Visual - done

G = interecpt/slope = 1000/100 = 10 MMscf

"All the Money in the World" and " Trust"

Pool Play Round 1 - Toss Up
Calculation
Question
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
# question?

What is used at the beginning of a frac

stage to clean the perforations, get
better connection to the reservoir and
establish some width in the fracture
1 prior to injecting bigger proppant? Fine sand (40-100 mesh)

What is the name of the test used to

verify that the casing, cement, and
formations below the casing seat can
withstand the wellbore pressure
required to drill safely to the next
2 depth at which casing will be set? Leakoff test

When designing a liner hanger you

have to account for tube move. Whate
3 does a PBR stand for? Polished Bore Receptacle

As a type of API-standard tubing

4 connection, what does EUE stand for? External Upset End

What is raw, untreated gas, that as it

leaves the well and before it enters
5 any field or other treating facilities green gas

What index is used in Ordovician and

Devonian rocks as an indicator of
thermal maturity and to determine
maximum temperature reached by a
6 sedimentary rock. Conodont alteration index (CAI)

What do the abbreviations of "s" , "T" Section, Township and Range - must
7 and "R" stand for in a well location ? get all 3

What is a subsurface volume of porous

and permeable rock in which oil and
8 gas has accumulated? Reservoir

Who played Mike Williams the

electronics technician in the recent
9 movie Deepwater Horizon? Mark Wahlberg

Name the term to resolve an emulsion,

especially water and oil, to its
10 components demulsify
 You have to design a new Pressure
Relief Valve (PRV) and found that back
pressure at the downstream of the
valve is too high for conventional type. Use either balanced PRV or pilot-
11 What is your suggestion for this case? operated PRV

Pool Play Round 1 - Toss Up Cont'd

Calculation
Question
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
#
question?

Name a type of artificial intelligence

(AI) that provides computers with the
ability to learn without being explicitly
12 programmed Machine Learning

The Permeability of a medium filled

with a fluid with 1 cp viscosity flowing
at a rate of 1 cm3/sec across a
sectional area of 1 cm2 under a
pressure gradient of 1 atmosphere per
13 1 cm. Defines what unit of measure? Darcy Unit

Pool Play Round 1 - Bonus

Question Calculation
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
#
question?

This is a calculation question, If the

measured surface shut-in pressure is
2,000 psi, there is fresh water in the
well, and the perforations are 6,000 ft
True Verical Depth, then what is the
bottomhole shut-in pressure at the
14 perforations? ~4,600 psi (=2,000+0.052*8.33*6,000) Calculation

This is a calculation question, A 6500

foot TVD well filled with fresh water
has a shut-in wellhead pressure of 450
psi. What fluid weight (in ppg) would ± 9.7 ppg (6500' * .434 psi/ft = 2821
result in a wellhead pressure of zero psi; add 450 psi, divide by 6500'->req'd
15 psi? gradient = .503/.0521 = 9.67 ppg ) Calculation
Identify the power cable shown in the
16 Figures Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) Visual
Whose company logo is this? And Beach Energy, HQ: Adelaide, South
17 where are their headquarters? Australia Visual
 For 5 points each what is the numerical
value for the shape factor for (a) (a) 31.62 and (b) 30.88. Note: students
circular reservoir with well in the can round to the nearest digit (32 and
center and (b) square reservoir with 31, respectively but need at least 2
18 well in the center significant digits to be correct)

For 5 points each, Where can one find

datasheets for existing monuments,
and Where can one find insight into National Geodetic Survey/National
proper coordinate conversion method Oceanic and Atmospheric
19 for the states? Administration

Pool Play Round 1 - Bonus Cont'd

Calculation
Question
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
#
question?

For 3 points each or 10 points total, In Stratified, Stratified wavy, Plug ,

gas-liquid two-phase horizontal flow in Slug, Bubble, Annular and Mist
a smooth pipe, name at least three flow.
20 expected flow regime or patterns. Calculation
Pool Play Round 2 - Toss Up
Calculation
Question
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
# question?

when creating a hydraulic fracture,

what is the purpose or single most
21 important feature to create fracture conductivity

What is this measurement called? "the

tensile strength required to produce a
total elongation per unit length of
22 0.005 on a standard test specimen." yield strength

In directional drilling a mud motor or

driling motor is often used to provide
additional power to the bit. What does Progressive Cavity Positive
23 PCPD stand for in a mud motor? Displacement

What is the material pumped into a

hydraulically fractured formation to
24 keep the fractures from closing? PROPPANT

What is the term to describe work

expressed in foot pounds per pound of
gas, with respect to a compressor at a
25 given speed or capacity? head

The product of bulk density and

seismic propagation velocity in a
medium in which a wavefield
26 propagates is known as what? Impedance

What is an object placed to mark key Monument, or Survey Mark, or

27 survey points on the Earth's surface? geodetic mark
What is the geologic age of the
28 niobrara formation? (Late) Cretaceous

What was the name of the sailing ship

that carried the first recorded shipping
29 of oil in 1861? Elizabeth Watts

Name the calculation of gas through an

orifice meter where the quantity of gas
is determined, usually expressed in
30 pounds mass per unit time mass flow rate

What are the two primary chemical Hydrofluoric acid (HF), Hydrocloric acid
31 constituents of mud acid? (HCl)

Name the term to describe a rock

stratum different or distinguished from
32 another stratum zone
 Material Balance Time is the term that
is the ratio of cumulative production to
instantaneous rate, in what flow
regime is this term applicable on a
33 log/log plot? boundary dominated flow

Pool Play Round 2 - Bonus

Question Calculation
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
# question?

For 10 points total or 3 points each

name the 3 solid raidoactive isotopes
34 used for tracing in the industry? Iridium, Scandium, Antimony

For 5 points each what are the two

most common swelling clays
35 encounted while drilling? Smectite, illite

This is a calculation question, for 10

points, convert a mud weight of 100 Divide by 7.481, to give 13.37
36 pounds/cuft to pounds/gal (US gal)? pounds/gal Calc

For 5 points, what does NAD83 stand

for? For 5 points,when was it adopted North American Datum of 1983, was
37 into use. adopted in 1986

For 10 points total, or 3 points each; A

sucker rod pumping unit designation 1)gearbox or reducer maximum torque
has 3 different numbers, what do 2)structural rating or capacity
38 these 3 numbers represent? 3)maximum stroke length

Po Valley Energy, Admin Office:

Whose company logo is this? And Australia, Operational Office: Rome,
39 where are their headquarters? Italy, accept either location Visual

Calculation (45 seconds allowed): An

oil has a denisty at standard conditions
of 50 lb/ft3. The produced gas has a
density of 0.1 lb/ft3. If the solution gas
ratio is 1000 scf/STB and the formation
volume factor of the oil is 1.2 RB/STB,
calculate the density of the oil at
40 reservoir conditions (50 +0.1*1000/5.61)/1.2' = 56.52 lb/ft3 Calc
Pool Play Round 3 - Toss Up
Calculation
Question
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
# question?

In rock mechanics, we assume that

three principle stresses exists, where
S1 is greater than S2 which is greater
than S3. During hydraulic fracturing,
assuming a planar geometry, in which Accept any of the 3 - Parallel to S2 ,
direction do we expect a fracture to perpendicular to S3 or perpendicular
41 propagate? to minimum stress

What type of schedule must be

followed to maintain the drilling line in
42 good condition? slip-and-cut

Multiple lateral junctions are

categorized by their isolation
capabilities or TAML. What does TAML Technology Advancement for
43 stand for? Mulitlaterals

What is the name for a type of

chemical used to reduce the viscosity
44 of gels and foams? Breaker

Why is it important t use deep Because they pentrate into the

induction and deep lateral logs when reservoir beyond the altered
45 calcuating fluid saturations? saturation zone caused by drilling

What is the imaginary circle on the

Earth's surface passing through
Greenwich Park England and through
46 the geographic poles? The Prime Meridian

What is the name of an evaporite salt

47 mineral and rock composed of CaSO4? Gypsum
What year was the world's first oil well
48 drilled? 1847

What is the highest load imposed on

the polished rod throughout a
49 complete sucker rod pump cycle peak polished rod load

API pump designation 25-150-RHBC-

24-5-2-2: What designates the
location / type of the seating
50 assembly? B indicates Bottom seating assembly.
Name the term to describe a liquid
51 mixture of hydrocarbons reformate
What is the maximum API gravity for
52 heavy oil? 22.3 degrees API
 Name the recent volunteering initiative
uniting all community service work
done by SPE Student Chapters and
Professional Sections. This initiative
established volunteering events
53 beginning at the 2015 ATCE. SPE Cares

Pool Play Round 3 - Bonus

Calculation
Question
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
# question?

Given the following decision tree, solve

the tree and determine which type of Proppant fracture will generate EMV of
54 treatment should be pumped. $4.65 MM ($4.25 MM for acid frac). Visual

In the February 2018 JPT there is an

article with excerpts from a drilling
related SPE paper. The article
references CLD and MPD. For 5 points
each, what does each acronym stand Closed Loop Drilling and Managed
55 for? Pressure Drilling

For 10 points total 3 points each, list 3 1) Strong attraction to oil and water
actions that are required of a chemical interface, 2) flocculation, 3)
56 demulsifier coalescence, and 4) solids wetting

1) conventional rock data (porosity,

For 3 points each or 10 points total,
Name 3 reasons for coring a new
57 exploration well?
permbility), 2) initial water sauration,
3) wettability data 4) overburden
information 5) compressiliblity testing
6) EOR determination 7) strength tests
for completion design

From a geologic perspective,

Unconventional Resources are
classified into 5 types. For 10 points 1)shale gas 2)shale oil 3)tight gas
total or 3 points each, name 3 of these 4)coalseam gas/coalbed methane
58 types or classifications 5)hydrates

For 3 points each or 10 points total,
Name 5 3 polymer attributes for
59 selecting a polymer for a waterflood
Whose company logo is this? And
60 where are their headquarters?
1) maximise viscosity
enhancement/mobility reduction, 2)
readily disolves, 3) propagate well and
have low retnetion as its transported
throught the reservoir, 4) good shear
stability, 5) good chemical stability, 6)
biological stability, 7) thermally stable
at reservoir conditions, 8) acceptable
injectivity peoperties
Qatar Petroleum, HQ: Doha, Qatar Visual
 Bisection, false poistion (also called
For 3 points each or 10 points total, regula falsi), fixed poit iteration,
name 3 numerical methods to Newton (or Netwon-Raphson), Secant,
determine the root of a nonlinear Bairstow's method (there may be
61 equation others as well)
What are the 2 Body Material Types of Matrix Body Construction and Steel
62 PDC drill bits? Body Construction
Pool Play Round 4 - Toss Up
Calculation
Question
Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
# question?

What is the pressure called in the

annulus of casing strings that is
measurable at the wellhead and
rebuilds to at least the same pressure
level after pressure has been bled
63 down. Sustained casing pressure

Why is it not good practice to hold

excessive pressure in the casing while small annular channel or microannulus
64 the cement sets? could form

In a typical primary cementing

65 operation, which plug is dropped first? Bottom plug

What was the first organic acid used

66 for well stimulation purposes? Acetic

How does the presense of H2S in

natural gas mixtures impact hydrate Increases hydrate formation
67 formation? temparture

What is the name of the logging

technique that measures the induced
magnet moment of hydrogen nuclei
(protons) contained within the fluid-
filled pore space of porous media Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
68 (reservoir rocks)? logging
What surveying reference point does
69 the Prime Meridian define? Zero degrees of Longitude.

What is the name of a sodium, calcium,

or potassium aluminum silicate clay
70 mineral? Bentonite

What are the three common

hydrocarbon reserve classifications
used by the Security and Exchange
71 Commission? PROVED, PROBABLE, and POSSIBLE

Acording to SPE's Energy4Me

literature, what city and country was
72 the world's first oil well drilled? Baku, Azerbaijan
Naturally-occurring radioactive
73 What does NORM stand for? materials

Name the term to describe the

durability or longevity of inhibitors
74 used for corrosion control persistence
 Name the general term to describe the
unproduced but unrecoverable oil and
gas in a formation that has been
75 proved by production
What is the primary source of data for
76 defining the FWL fluid contacts?
Pool Play Round 4 - Bonus
Question
Question
#
For 3 points each or 10 points total,
Name 3 reasons for needing artifical
77 lift?
When generating a directional plan,
78 what does POE and LP stand for?
For three points each, or ten points
total, name three essential
components and/or features for a
79 separator on a facilities site
for 5 points each, Name two of the
80 most common earth minerals.
For three points each, or ten points for
three correct, name at least three
basic benefits of using heat to treat
81 crude oil emulsions.
For 3 points each or 10 points total,
Name 3 purposes of descriptive
82 reservoir tests
For 5 points each, Whose company
logo is this? And where are their
83 headquarters?
reserves
Formation pressure surveys
Calculation
Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
question?
1) reservoir has low natural energy, 2)
high water cuts, 3) high faciltieis back
pressure, 4) low reservoir productivity
POE: Point of Entry, LP: Landing Point
Primary separation device, secondary
separation (gravity settling), mist
extractor, gas outlet, liquid settling
section oil outlet, water outlet,
adequate volume liquid capacity,
adequate vessel diameter and
adequate vessel height, means to
control oil/water levels in separator,
back pressure valve, pressure relief
devices
Quartz, feldspar, plagioclase
Reducing viscosity, Increasing droplets,
Dissolves paraffin crystals (deactivate
the emulsifier), Increasing density
between oil and water
Assess reservoir extent and geometry
Determine hydraulic communication
between wells
Characterize reservoir heterogeneities
Evaluate reservoir parameters.
PTT, Bangkok Thailand Visual
 For 5 points each, classify the following
two oils. Oil A is dark green, has an API
gravity of 25, and an initial formation
volume factor of 1.2. Oli B is yellow to
orange, has an API gravity of 50, and
an initial formation volume factor of Fluid A = Black Oil; Fluid B =
84 8.0 Condensate

Magnetic declination is the angle

When looking at a Direction Drilling between magnetic North and
Plan, describe magnetic declination.  Is Geographic North and Always
this always measured in terms of East measured positively Eastward in the
85 or West in the US? US.
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The basic materials of calcium

carbonate and clay are combined to
make this industry accepted barrier in
86 wellbore construction. Portland cement
What is the approximage density of 490 lbm/cu ft | 65.5 lbm/gal (allow for
87 steel? a range)

What insoluble precipitate forms from

the reaction of calcite with
88 hydrofluoric acid? Calcium Fluoride

In a BOP, what is the name of the rams

designed to provide a seal when no
89 pipe is in the hole? Blind rams

What method of logging does provide

information about the quantities of
fluids present, the properties of these
fluids, and the sizes of the pores
90 containing these fluids? NMR

If your well location is in North Dakota,

what direction longitutde would it
91 have? West

Besides the US, name another country

in the Top 5 for technically recoverable
92 shale gas resources China, Argentina, Algeria, Canada

In the January 2018 JPT, what

instrument was the 2018 SPE President accordian
93 pictured playing?

 When calculating a Total Recordable

Incident Rate (TRIR), what is the
common hour-based denominator
94 used by OSHA?  Incidents per 200,000 hours worked
What does the "C" stand for in this
95 pumping unit type C456D-305-168? Conventional

Name a method of artificial lift that

uses an external source of high-
pressure gas for supplementing
96 formation gas to lift the well fluids gas lift

Name the term to describe the total

estimated amount of recoverable
97 hydrocarbons in a reservoir reserves-in-place
 What is the name of the partial
differential equation used to describe
the law of conservation of mass at
98 every point in porous media? Continuity Equation

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# question?

For 3 points each ot 10 points total,

What type of “stimulation” project is
this a picture of?, In what state did this
test take place? In what year did this
99 test occur? Nuclear fracing, new Mexico, 1967 Visual
Which type of drillbit has carbide Steel Tooth or Tungsten Carbide
100 inserts? Inserts (TCI)

For three points each, or 10 points

total, name three main categories of
101 wax deposition thermal, chemical, mechanical

For 3 points each or 10 points total, In

gas-liquid two-phase vertical flow in a Bubble, Finely dispersed bubble, Slug,
smooth pipe, name at least three Churn, Annular dispersed flow.
102 expected flow regime or patterns. Calculation

The pump portion of an ESP, or

electrical submersible pump, is made
up of stages, name the 2 parts of each 1)impeller or rotating impeller 2)
103 stage diffuser or stationary diffuser

For 5 points each, Name two classes of

synthetic polymers used in water polyacrylamide and
104 flooding polysacchsride(Xanthan gum)

For 3 points each or 10 points total,

Name three models for the normalized radial, fractured (cylindrical), and
105 pressure integral type curve analysis water drive

For 5 points each, Whose company

logo is this? And where are their Saipem HQ: San Donato, Milanese,
106 headquarters? Italy Visual
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What's the most common use of Removal of formation damage ( or

107 matrix acidizing? increase near well permeability)

What is the name given to a wellsite

108 where multiple wells are drilled? Pad/multi-well pad/eco drilling

According to API standards, when a

proppant is said to be 40/70 that
means that what percentage of
particles fall between those sieve
109 values? 0.899

What is the name of fluid used to thin

and disperse drilling-fluid particles and
used to separate drilling fluids and
110 cementing slurries? Flushers

When no oxygen is present in the in

the gas stream, what is the maximum
temperature operating limit in a
111 compressor? 350 F

Very, as the State Plane or UTM

How important is the difference coordinate systems are typically in the
between US Survey Foot conversion millions or tens of millions in value and
and International Foot Conversion in can cause for a well to be placed in
112 surveyed location? default of a setback.

What is the branch of physics that

deals with the deformation and flow of
113 matter? Rheology

According to the Energy Information

Administration (EIA), which sector is
114 the largest consumer of oil? Transportation

According to the February 2018 JPT,

what was the total world rotary rig
115 count in December 2017? 2089
What are the X and Y axes of a typical
116 risk matrix? Probability and consequence

The maximum pressure differential

across a gas lift valve bellows occurs in
most installations during what
117 operation? unloading

What is the term to describe when

increasing or maintaining the pressure
by injecting a pressurized fluid to effect
118 greater ultimate recovery? repressure
 What country surpassed the United
States as the world's largest crude oil
119 importer in 2017? China

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question?

When determing bit clearance through

a casing string which is more important Drift is more important as it has a
120 ID or Drift? Why? smaller ID due to API milling tolerances

For 5 points each, Name the type of

wellhead that is above the water line
and the type of wellhead and tree that
is on the seabed, referring to subsea
121 completions Dry tree, wet tree, respectively

Gross rock volume, net-to-gross ratio,

For 2 points each, name up to 5 of the porosity, hydrocarbon saturation,
different components which control formation volume factor, recovery
122 hydrocarbons-in-place calculations? factor

For three points each or ten points

total, what are the three general and
most popular methods for measuring Porous plate methods, Mercury
123 capillary pressure? methods, Centrifuge methods

For 5 points each, What is the sudden

pressure drop that causes hydrocarbon
light ends to go from a liquid to a gas?
AND what is this resulting pressure
124 called? flash liberation, bubble point pressure

For 5 points each, Whose company

logo is this? And where are their Faroe Petroleum, Headquarters: UK
125 headquarters? (London) Visual

You need to know that the nozzle size

is represented in 1/32" --> 16/32" or
What is the TFA (Total Flow Area) of an 1/2" per ject, Area of 0.5" circle =
8-3/4” PDC bit with 5 nozzles ported 0.196 in2. Total flow area = 0.196in2 x
126 with 16’s? 5 jets = 0.98in2 Calculation
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What does ISIP for a stimulation

127 mean? Initial Shut in Pressure

What is the name of the permeable

fabric used on a drill site or production
128 site to stabilize the ground? geotextile
In relation to completions, what does
129 the acronym TCP stand for? tubing conveyed perforating

What does the acronym AFE stand

for when considering a project's
130 economics? Authority for expenditure.

An article in the February 2018 JPT

describes the design and fabrication of
the worlds deepest FPSO unit. What is Floating Production, Storage, and
131 FPSO? Offloading

Surveys within a specific State are

measured within what coordinate State Plane or UTM coordinate
132 system? system?

the ratio of the area occupied by the

gas phase
to the total area occupied both flowing
gas and liquid phases at a
given cross-section of a flow conduit. Void-fraction
133 Is called what?

Which large National Oil Company is

planning an Initial Public Offering (IPO)
134 this year? Saudi Aramco

The December 2017 JPT has an article

about water management in a mature
basin in South Argentina, in the article,
what basin does the acronym GSJB
135 refer to? Golfo San Jorge Basin
What is the specific gravity of 1.207
136 hydrogen sulphide? (1.2 is acceptable)
What is the most common cause of
137 wax deposition? Temperature Reduction
In relation to reservoir flow units, what
138 does "RQI" stand for? Rock Quality Index

According to Baker Hughes, how many

total drilling rigs where running world
139 wide in December 2017? (+/- 100) 2089
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#
question?

H=pq/1714, where H = hydraulic

What is The basic equation for
140 hydraulic energy?
horsepower, p = pressure (psi or kPa),
q = flow rate (gal/min or L/min), and
1,714 is the conversion of (psi-gal/min)
to hydraulic horsepower [ or
(kPa•L/min) = 44 750] .

For 3 points each or 10 points total,

Given this Present Value Plot for
Projects X and Y, which are mutually
exclusive projects, answer the
following questions: What is the
approximate DCFROR for Project X?
Which project recovers cash faster? At
approximately what reinvestment
opportunity rate are you indifferent
141 between the two projects? 70%, Project Y, 20% Visual

For 5 points each, what are the 2

142 upstream profiles of an orifice plate? 1) Square 2) Sharp

For 10 points total or 3 points each,

Name the three things the viscosity of temperature, pressure, and
143 natural gas depends on? composition of gas

for 10 points total (no partial credit)

Expand the abbreviations RTA and PTA, Rate-transient Analysis and Pressure
144 respectively. Transient Analysis

Name the 2017 International student

paper contest winner for the PhD
145 Division Wenyue Sun, Stanford University

For 5 points each, Whose company

logo is this? And where are their National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran,
146 headquarters? Iran Visual
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What is the first fluid pumped into a

147 well during a fracture stimulation? pad or pre-pad

What is the term to describe having

the affinity for the suspending
148 medium, such as bentonite in water? lyophilic

Coiled tubing and snubbing operations

use a special assembly for pressure
control on live wells. What is this
149 assembly called? Stripper (or stripper rubber)

150 EVM refers to what economic term? Expected Monetary Value

In the context of subsea installations;

151 what does PLEM stands for? Pipe Line End Manifold

A distance from which the wellhead

and or well trajectory must stay away
from a legal property line, or lease line;
or for health and safety concerns other
What is the definition of a "Setback" in surface feature, i.e., building, road,
152 location? waterway,etc.
When did the US Congress lift a 40-
153 year ban of oil exports? 2016

The January 2018 JPT has an article

about an extended reach well drilled
from the Orlan platform; what is the
154 total depth of the well in meters? 15000
155 Who is the CEO of Halliburton Jeff Miller

What is the method of relative

permeability measurement that
consists of injection of only one phase
at either a constant flow rate or
constant pressure drop while the
pressure drop and production of
156 phases are measured? Unsteady-state method
157 What are the two types of tracers? Passive and active
What does asphaltene adsorption onto
158 the rock surface impact? Wettability

If the end point relative permeability of

oil to water (krow) is greater than 0.5,
what does it indicate about the
159 reservoir? Oil wet rock, oil wet system
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# question?

When snubbing, how much force is

applied upward on a 4.5" flat bottom
mill if there is 2000 psi on the well F=PxA, F=2000psix15.90in2,
160 while milling with tubing? F=31,800lbs Calculation

1) Flare stack height 2) thermal

For 3 points each or 10 points total, radiation 3) emissions during flaring 4)
the location and height of flare stacks groud level concetrations in case of
161 must consider what? flare outs 5)liquid carryover 6)noise

For 3 points each, or 10 points total,

Name 3 of the top 5 oil producing 1) Texas, 2) North Dakota, 3) California,
162 states in the United States? 4) Alaska, 5) Oklahoma
What is the specific gravity of 40
163 degree API oil? 40 = 141.15/D -131.5 | D = 0.823

for 10 points total (no partial credit),

Expand the well testing abbreviations, Middle-Time-Region and Late-Time-
164 MTR and LTR, respectively. Region

For 2 points each name 5 individuals Akhil Datta-Gupta, Anil Kumar, Robert
who recived Honorary Membership in Moore, Alexander Neyin, Dean Oliver,
165 2017 Sidney S. Smith Sr., Dongxiao Zhang

For 2 points each or 10 points forall,

give the official API gravity range for Light crude oil : API > 31.1°; Medium
the following 4 fluid types: light crude oil: 22.3 <API< 31.1°; Heavy crude oil:
oil, medium crude oil, heavy crude oil, 10<API<22.3°; Extra heavy oil: API <
166 and Extra heavy oil 10.0°
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In a well lifted with an ESP, what

happens when the pump is stopped the pump backspins, or spins
167 and fluid falls back? backwards

What is the term to describe a hole

with casing that is exactly centralized
168 in the hole? 100% standoff

Name the law used to calculate

169 particle settling velocity in a given fluid. Stokes Law

This type of petroleum agreement was

first developed in Indonesia in the
1960s, in this type of agreeement the
oil producer gains right to conduct
exploration and assumes the entire risk
170 of exploration failure. Production sharing agreements

Which of the following valves is

considered a “quarter turn valve”:
Gate valve, ball valve, no-return valve,
171 globe valve Ball valve

What is name of land that is available

for oil and gas leasing or that has been
172 leased? Tract

What is the only national trade

association representing all facets of
173 the oil and gas industry? API (American Petroleum Institute)

In Norway the SPE sections have

establised a national council, called the
SPE Norway Council, how many SPE
174 sections are there in Norway? 5

This company produces approximately

2 million barrels of oil equivalents pr
day, with ~250 000 coming from US, it
has approximately 20 500 employees
world wide and the majority owner
(with ~67%) is in the Norwegian State
(Norway). What is this company's
175 name? Statoil ASA - Statoil is acceptable

Name the term that describes the

column of fluid that is designed to be Total Dynamic Head., could accept
176 moved by an ESP. head

What is the diagnostic plot slope for a

177 well experiencing bilinear flow? quarter slope
 What is the term for the Lowest
temperature at which oil is mobile (in a
178 wax system) pour point temperature

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#
question?

What is the amount of water

spontaneously imbibed divided by the
amount of water forcibly imbibed
during an Mott imbibition test on a
179 porous rock? Water wettability/water wetting index

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#
question?

formation heterogeneities, drillstring

makeup, stabilizers, applied weight
on bit, hole inclination angle, drillbit
For 3 points each or 10 points total, type mechanical design, hydraulics at
180 Name four reasons of hole deviation the bit, improper hole cleaning

For 10 points total, 5 points each,

According to 'Twilight in the Desert' by
Matthew Simmons, Saudi Aramco's
first venture into artificial lift was in
what year, and with what type of
181 artificial lift? 2003, ESP

For 3 points each, or 10 points total,

Name the three cities outside the
United States which have hosted SPE's
182 ATCE. Florence, Amsterdam, Dubai

What is the name the company that

has this logo? (Show logo) And where
183 is their HQ located? Aker BP and HQ in Oslo, Norway. Visual

for 10 points total ot 3 points each,

according to Petrowiki, what are the 3
best factors in candidate selection for Shallow, low temperature, Carbonate
184 Acid Fracturing? reservoir

The total skin effect of a vertical or Partial completion

inclined well consists of a number of Type of completion
components, for two points each or Well deviation
ten for all, list the four major Pseudoskins (rate and phase
185 components of the total skin effect: dependent skin)
 For 3 points each or 10 points total,
What are the three groups of crude
oils based on changing properties and
186 compositions? Paraffinic, napthenic, aromatic

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question?

Per the 2017 SPE Annual Report, for 3

5 points each or 10 total…how many
conferences/symposiums and how
many forums/workshops were held in Conferences/Symposia: 5,
187 Asia Pacific? Forums/Workshops: 14
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# question?

What is the term used for acid

treatments injected below the fracture
188 pressure? Matrix acidizing, or matrix treatments

According to the CEO of Halliburton in

his February 2018 JPT interview, what
is their highest priority outside North
189 America? the Middle East

According to the Oil and Gas Journal's

suggested bit and casing size selection
chart, what would be an appropriate
190 bit or hole size to run 4" casing? 4 3/4" or 5 7/8" is acceptable
In Work-over Operations, what does
191 PBTD stand for? Plug Back Total Depth

What term is used to describe a

situation when 90% of the estimates
should be greater than this, and the
probability of failure should be 10% or
192 less/ P90

What is the name of unprocessed

natural gas produced from the a
193 reservoir containing oil? Casinghead Gas

On a topography map, what can be

used to describe or detemine the
194 direction of flow? The rule of "v"s

In 2004 there was a major reserves

scandal that rocked the oil industry.
What company was involved in this
195 scandal? Royal Dutch Shell

The Organization of the Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC) currently
has 14 member nations. Which nation
196 is OPEC’s newest member? Equatorial Guinea

Other than for FUEL, what is the next

197 most important use of Hydrocarbons? Petrochemicals

In gas lift operations, what operation

could be the most damaging to the gas
198 lift valves? unloading
 In pressure transient analysis boundary
dominated flow occurs in the late time
region. What is the technical term for
when all of the outer boundaries have
been reached and are no flow
199 boundaries? Pseudo-steady state (PSS) flow

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What term is used for a system when

the dispersed droplets are larger than
0.1um and are thermodynamically
200 unstable ? macroemulsion

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For 10 points total or 3 points each,

Name 3 of the 4 pillars of the E&P 1) automation 2) real-time resource
digital transformation from the optimization 3) integrated technology
201 February 2018 JPT article platform 4) big data analytics

isolate producing zone from other

formations, provide work shaft of
For 3 points each or 10 points total, known diameter to the pay zone,
name three reasons to have protect the production-tubing
202 production casing equipment

For 5 points each, Ignoring

transportation costs, oil prices are API gravity (density, specific gravity)
203 influence by what two factors? and sulfur content of the oil

For 5 points each, name 2 of the 3 US

states have banned hydraulic
204 fracturing New York, Vermont, and Maryland
Whose company logo is this? And Oil Search; Port Moresby, Papua New
205 where are their headquarters? Guinea Visual

For 5 points each, name the 2 types of induction motors and permanent
206 motors used to power ESP systems magnet motors

For 10 points total or 3 points each, In

IOR/EOR processes the total recovery
efficience for the oil recovery equation
can be subdivided into three types of
efficiencies. ED, EI, and EA. What do
207 these 3 acronyms stand for?
ED = unit displacement efficiency (pore
to pore discplacement efficiency would
be ok), EI the vertical discplacement
(sweep) efficiency, EA the areal
discplacement (sweep) efficiency
 for 10 points total (no partial credit),
What are the three nonhydrocarbon
gases typically found in crude oil Nitrogen, carbon dioxide and hydrogen
208 systems? sulfide

For 5 points each, Whose company

logo is this? And where are their Rockhopper Exploration, United
209 headquarters? Kingdom Visual
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Question Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
# question?

Name the type of cement that consists

of fly ash, hydrated lime, and small
quantities of calcium chloride. At low
temperatures, initial reactions of these
cements are lower than Portland Pozzolan/Lime Cements or Silica/Lime
210 cements Cements

Hold-up Depth - The point or depth at

which a tool or drift of a specific size
In Well Servicing, what does HUD stand can no longer pass through the
211 for? wellbore.

What is the name of a transaction

during which natural gas flows in the
212 opposite direction of normal gas flow? Backhaul

Name the term to cool heat-treated

metal rapidly by immersion in an oil or
213 water bath? quench
What does a reflection indicate on a
214 seismic line? A change of accoustic impedance

What is the name of a chemical

alteration of a substance by
microorganisms such as bacteria,
215 either aerobic or anaerobic? Biodegradation

According to 'Twilight in the Desert' by

Matthew Simmons, what decade was
216 oil discovered in Saudi Arabia? 1930's or 1938

Plunger lift has become a widely

accepted artificial lift method,
espicially in what types of gas and oil
217 wells?
In Artificial Lift, what does PCP Stand
218 for?
High GLR (Gas Liquid Ratio)
Progressive Cavity Pump, sometimes
called a screw pump

When referring to produced oil, what

219 does the acronym RVP stand for? Reid Vapor Pressure

Generally speaking for a tertiary flood,

how does polymer increase oil
220 recovery in a reservoir? By increasing the sweep area

Name the plane at which the bottom

of an oil sand contacts the top of a
221 water sand in a reservoir oil-water contact

What is the name of a liquid that is

capable of dissolving more gas at that
222 temperature & pressure? Undersaturated
 223 Who serves on the SPE Foundation? All living past presidents of SPEI

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Name a length of a drillpipe, tubing, or

casing shorter than the 18 feet or 6
234 meters in length pup joint

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question?

Drill rate, trip time, hole problems,

For 3 points each or 10 points total, casing running, directional drilling,
Name three factors that affect the time completion type, move in and move
224 spent in drilling a well out with rig, and weather

This is a calculation question, for 10

points, Calculate the BHP (in psi) of a
9000ft deep well with 9.8lb/gal brine in
the entire well, with a wellhead
225 pressure of zero psi 4586 psi Calculation

For 10 points total or 3 points each,

What are the three different rock
226 types? Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
What kind of pumping unit is shown in
227 the picture? Rotoflex Visual

For 3 points each, or 10 points total,

Name three of the Generic Hydrate environmental inhibitors,
inhibition systems that are commonly thermodynamic inhibitors, and kinetic
228 used in gas production inhibitors.

For 3 points each or 10 points total,
229 Name three viscosity correlations
For 3 points each or 10 points total,
What are three of the four
230 characteristics of Reserves?
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#
For 5 points each,Whose company logo
is this? And where are their
231 headquarters? Africa Oil Corp, Vancouver Canada
The blake kozeny equation for
permeability in packed beds of
speheres can be written as k =
(dp^a)*f^b/(150 *(1-f)^c), where dp is
the grain diameter and f is the
porosity. What is the numerical value
of a, b, and c (3 points each or 10
232 points for all)
When directional drilling with MWD
(Measurement While Drilling), how
many raw channels or raw data are
required to calculate the tool’s
233 downhole position?
Al-Marhoun, Al-Shammasi, Farshad
et al, Kartoadmodjo, Velarde, Al-
Najjar, Petrosky, Standing,
Elsharkawy, Elam, Glaso, Levitan
and Murtha, Asgarpour et al Leduc,
Owolabi CIB, Abdul-Majeed and
Salman, Omar and Todd, Labedi,
Vasquez and Beggs, Dokla and
Osman, Asgarpour et al Cardium,
Ahmed, Owolabi ANS, Dindoruk
and Christman, Almehaideb,
Obomanu and Okpobiri, Asgarpour et
al Nisku, Khairy, Macary et al.
Discovered, recoverable, commercial,
remaining.
Calculation
Answer(s) or visual Asked Correct?
question?
Visual
a =2; b=3; c=2
6 channels – x,y,z Axis – Accelerometer
(3 measurements) & x,y,z Axis –
Magnetometer (3 measurements)
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What is the last string of casing set in a

235 well, usually preceding a tubing string? production casing or liner

What is the name of the diagram used

to represent three dimensional
236 stresses? Mohr diagram/mohr circle

API has adopted a casing "grade"

designation to define the strength of
casing steels. This designation consists The number designates the minimum
of a grade letter followed by a number, yield strength of the steel in ksi (10^3
237 what does that number represent? psi).
What is the rate of flow through a
238 relief nozzle dependent on? Absolute upstream pressure

Name the term to describe the rate of

239 change of temperature and pressure gradient

What happens in a pump when

available net positive suction head
(NPSHa) is less than required net
240 positive suction head (NPSHr)? Cavitation
Name the primary logging tool used to
241 measure porosity Formation density log
What is a regional strike-slip fault with
242 a nearly vertical fault plane? Wrench Fault

What year did West Texas

Intermediate see its highest price per
243 barrel? 2008

what is the series of pipes and vessels

called that connect the wellhead gas to
244 a central facility gas gathering system

In reference to oil and gas production

245 facilities, what does LACT stand for? Lease Automatic Custody Transfer

What impact does increasing the

salinity in formation water have on
246 water fluid properties? Decreases the viscosity
What is the API gravity of a fluid with a
247 density of 1 gm/cc? 10 degrees API (141.5/1 - 131.5)

What is the name of the reservoir

simulation models that rely on flow
based calculations rather than cell
248 based calcaultions? Streamlines (Streamline simulation)
249 Who is the current CEO of SPE Mark Rubin
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For 5 points each, Name two main maximize hydrocarbon recovery,

categories why one would want to drill minimize pressure related drilling
250 underbalanced? problems

For 5 points each, Name 2 common

completion styles in multi-stage,
cased-hole, horizontal well Plug-and-perf, Sliding sleeve, Coiled
251 completions? tubing-actuated sleeve

For 3 points each or 10 points total,

Opposing the fluid forces are the Natural cementation (compressive
restraining forces that hold the strength) | Friction between sand
formation sand in place. Name the 3 of grains | Fluid pressure in the pores of
252 the 4 different restraining forces the rock | Capillary forces

Determine well deliverability

Characterize formation damage and
other sources of skin effect
Identify produced fluids and determine
their respective volume ratios
Measure reservoir pressure and
temperature
Obtain representative fluid samples
suitable for PVT analysis
Evaluate completion efficiency
For 3 points each or 10 points total, Evaluate workover or stimulation
253 name 3 purposes of productivity tests treatments.

For 5 points each, what are the 2 types

254 of positive displacement compressors? Reciprocating and rotary

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Surface separator,

Name 3 types of fluid samples that can downhole/bottomhole, wellhead,
255 be obtained? stock tank,

1) constant BHP, 2) constant area with

no-flow boundaries, 3) constant
For 10 points total or 3 points each, permeabliity, 4) constant wellbore
Name 3 assumptions of Arps decline condition, 5) well is in boundary
256 curve analysis dominated flow

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP),

For 2 points each with a maximum of
10 points, Name 5 of the original 7
companies that make up the "Seven
257 Sisters"
Gulf Oil (Chevron), Royal Dutch Shell,
Standard Oil Co of CA (SoCal, now
Chevron), Standard Oil of NJ (Esso,later
Exxon), Standard Oil of NY (Socony,
later Mobil), Texaco
 The Lee and Eakin (1964) and Stiel and
Thodos (1962) Correlations are most
258 useful to compute what fluid property? Viscosity

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Directional Well Planning: UTM stands

for Universal Transverse Mercator.
259 How many UTM’s make up the Earth? 60 UTM’s at 6° each for 360°
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(DAS) provides near real-time

measurement utilizing optical fiber.
260 What does DAS stand for? Distributed Acoustic Sensing

What is the name of a metal that easily

261 corrodes and oxidizes in moist air? Base metal

What tool is placed along critical casing

sections to help prevent the casing
from sticking while it is lowered into
262 the well? Centralizer

Name the term to describe the use of

very small pieces of material, at
dimensions between approximately 1
and 100 nanometers, by themselves or
their manipulation to create new large
scale materials, where unique
263 phenomena enable novel applications. Nanotechnology

What happens to stagnation pressure

when flow is accelerated in a nozzle
264 with no loss? Remain constant

What term is used to define naturally

occuring solids, that have a definite
structure, composition and suite of
properties that are fixed or vary
265 systematically within a definite range? Minerals

In Geophysics, data recorded

simulataneously in stratigraphic depth
and sesimic reflection time is referred
266 to as what? VSP (Vertical Seismic Profile)
What country has the largest proven
267 oil reserves? Venezuela

What is the name of a payment made

to the mineral rights owner for not Compensation royalty/compensatory
268 fully developing a lease? royalty
scf/bbl (or scf/ft3 is technicallty
269 What are the units for GOR correct)

What do you call a compression

system used to collect and compress
low volume gas streams, or vent gas,
for injection into the suction of a larger
compressor, a meter run, or directly
270 into a gas gathering line. VRU or Vapor Recovery Unit
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What is the general technique that can

be used to remove the effects of
wellbore storage from the measured
pressure profile from a pressure test?,
this technique includes methods such
as rate normalization and Laplace
271 transformations. Deconvolution

If Reservoir pressure is higher than

saturation pressure and no free gas is
present, what condition does that
272 describe? under-saturated oil

In what year did the Offshore

Technology Conference celebrate its
273 40th anniversary? 2009

In 2016, what is OPEC's share of world

274 crude oil reserves as a precentage? 0.815

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loss of circulation, stuck pipe, shale

For 3 points each or 10 points total, instability, hole cleaning, barite
Name 3 challenges related to drilling sag, salt formations and rubble
275 fluid zones

For 5 points each, When measuring

near wellbore friction, a step-rate test
provides an estimate of what two Friction due to perforations and
276 frictional values? friction due to tortuosity

For 3 points each or 10 points total,

What 3 things are important to the
lateral distribution of depositional energy levels, topography, and organic
277 environments? activity.

Traditional (arps), Duong, Multi-

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Segment, Power Law, Stretched
name 3 types of decline analysis in exponential, Transient Hyperbolic,
278 production forecasting Fetkovich
 For 10 points total or 3 points each Conventional, Mark II, Air balanced,
name three of the four standard Reverse Mark (earlier models were
sucker rod pumping unit structural known as TorqMaster)
279 geometry designations

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Identify origin of produced water,

characterise aquifer properties,
interpret wireline log measurements,
predict formation damage from water
incompatibility, investigate scaling
tendencies, monitor fluid movement
For 3 points each or 10 points total, in reservoir, identify bacteria,
Name 3 applications of water sample evaluate disposal options, predict
280 analysis? and monitor corrosion

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Casing failure, lack of cement

name 3 causes of unwanted flow in a integrity, Mobile gas or water in the
281 well? completed zone

For 5 points each, Whose company China National Petroleum

logo is this? And where are their Corporation , Headquarters: Beijing
282 headquarters? China Visual

What rheological constitutive model

can be represented by a purely viscous
damper and a purely elastic spring
283 connected in series? Maxwell model

Directional Drilling & Directional Plans:

What are the 2 primary Datums or
World Geodetic Systems used in the
United States for directional well
284 planning? WGS 72 & WGS 84
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What are the 2 most common

285 stimulation methods? Acidizing and hydraulic fracturing

What is the name of a short pipe

section just above a bit or mill on a
drillstring that is designed to
catchlarge jumk fragments in an outer
286 bowl? Basket Sub or junk basket

With respect to casing and tubing,

287 what does the acronym OCTG mean? Oilfield Country Tubular Goods

A measure of elasticity, equal to the

ratio of the stress acting on a
288 substance to the strain produced Young's modulus

What is the term to describe the

elevations or inequalities of a land
289 surface? relief
290 What is a fault? A break in the earth

According to Petrowiki, how many

wells worldwide use some type of
291 artificial lift? more than 1 million
What is the industry 'slang' for a
292 potential HSE incident? near miss

What are the two main detrimental

effects encountered during handling Scale / deposition of scale
293 produced water from reservoirs? Corrosion
Name the 2 most common types of
294 water based fracturing fluids linear and crosslinked

The giant oil field Johan Sverdrup,

which lies offshore Norway, will come
on stream in 2019. What is the
expected peak daily oil production in
barrels per day for phase 1 of this 440,000 barrels per day accept
295 project? 400,000 to 500,000

2016 global oil consumption averaged

96.6 million bpd. When was it half this
296 volume? 1971
What recovery mechanism are Hall
297 Plots used to analyse? Waterflooding
In what year did JPT celebrate its 50th
298 Anniversary? 1999

To the closest million, what is the

October 2017 oil production from
299 OPEC? 32.25 million barrels per day
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300 types of wells tests used
For 3 points each or 10 points total,
Name 3 key considerations for
301 wellbore hydraulic simulation
For 3 points each, or 10 points total,
The water management article in the
December 2017 JPT describes water
management decisions in shale oil and
gas production in 3 primary categories.
302 Name the 3 categories.
303 How old is the Earth?
For 5 points each, name two types of
artificial lift that have positive
304 displacement pumps
For 2 points each or 10 points total,
name 5 of the 6 major forms of
305 artificial lift
For 5 points each, What are the two
most prevalent causes of asphaltene
306 precipitation in the reservoir?
For three points each, 10 points total,
according to the PRMS what are three
of the four requirements that must be 1) Discovered, 2) remaining, 3)
met in order to classify hydrocarbon
307 volumes as reserves?
For 5 points each , what was the price
of WTI and Brent crude at close of
business Tuesday, February 20th? +/-
308 $1 accepted
Calculation
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question?
drwadown, buildup, fall off, flow test,
RFT, drillstem, multirate, production,
Bankers, interference (there may be
more possible answers and some of
these may go by different names)
transient effects, fluid models,
wellbore geometry, flow types
acquisition, usage (for frac operations),
and disposal (of produced and
flowback)
4600 million years old
Progressive Cavity Pump, Rod Pump,
(Jet pump)
Sucker-rod (beam) pumping, Electrical
submersible pumping (ESP), Gas lift
and intermittent gas lift,
Reciprocating and jet hydraulic
pumping systems, Plunger lift,
Progressive cavity pumps (PCP)
1) Decreasing pressure and 2) mixing
of oil with injected solvent in IOR
processes
Commercial (economic), 4) recoverable
(known technology)
$61.90 for WTI and $64.85 for Brent
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Name 2 API classes of cement for well

309 cementing Class A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H

Who is a drilling company employee in

charge of drilling operations and
310 supervision of the crew at the drillsite? Toolpusher

In horizontal wells, what is the term

used to describe the positive change in
inclination over a normalised length
311 (for example 3 deg/100 ft)? Build Rate

At what concentration is it generally

accepted that exposure to H2S over
one hour may lead to headache,
312 dizziness, and/or staggering. 100 ppm

Name the term to describe

unstratified, homogeneous
accumulation of silt, often containing
small amounts of clay or sand an
redeposited by wind from glacial
313 outwash or deserts loess

The last stage of maturation and

conversion of organic matter to
hydrocarbons. The stage occurs at
temperatures of 150° to 200°C [302° to
392°F]. At the end of the stage,
methane, or dry gas, is evolved along
with nonhydrocarbon gases such as
CO2, N2, and H2S, as oil molecules are
cracked into smaller gas molecules.
314 What do we call this? Metagenesis

Of the five original OPEC member

countries, only one was not located in
315 the Middle East. What country is this? Venezuela

What do we call an economy in

which we keep resources in use for as
long as possible, extract the maximum
value from them whilst in use, then
recover and regenerate products and
materials at the end of each service
316 life. A circular economy 
 Progressive cavity pumps evolve from
the helical gear pump first developed
in the 1920´s, who developed the
317 helical gear pump? Rene Moineau

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What temperature is necessary to cool

natural gas into Liquified Natural Gas
318 (LNG) -260F or -160C

With reference to liquid loading in gas

wells, The flow velocity at which a
liquid droplet is suspended, moving
neither upward or downward in the
319 wellbore Is called what? "critical velocity"

For water and hydrocabon gas systems

at atmospheric pressure, what is the
approximate surface tension in 72 dynes/cm, correct if between 65
320 dynes/cm, within a 5% margin? and 79 dynes/cm

Describe a reservoir fluid if all the gas

is entrained in the oil and one does not
have to estimate the GOR to get the above the bubble point (or
321 fluid back to the original composition? undersaturated?)

Since the program began in 1961

through the 2016-2017 season, how
many Distinguished Lecturers have
322 there been? 1070
In what year was water injection
323 implemented in the Kirkuk field? 1961

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Calculation (45 seconds allowed). An

oil has a formation volume factor of
1.2 RB/STB, the produced gas a
formation volume factor of 0.005
ft3/scf, and initial solution gas ration of
1000 scf/STB and a current solution
gas ratio of 700 scf/STB. Compute the
total formation volume factor in
324 RB/STB 1.467 =' 1.2 +0.005*(1000-700)/5.61' Calculation
 For 3 points each or 10 points total,
Name the 3 of the 5 factors that
influence the rate of tooth wear on a
325 drillbit
For 2 points each, name up to 5
326 different parts of the field life cycle
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When discussing sustainable
development, people often refer to the
“triple bottom line.” For 5 points each,
327 Name two of these three elements.
For 5 points each, Name two main
328 types of gas lift mandrels
For 3 points each or 10 points total,
Name 3 reasons why hydrocarbon
production would deviate from
established decline curve due to a
329 change in the reservoir?
for 5 points each, What are the typical
tools available for Injection/Falloff
330 Performance Analysis?
The Greater Burgan field is located in
Kuwait and is the largest sandstone oil
field. For 5 points each, name the 2
smaller fields included in the Greater
331 Burgan?
For 5 points each, At year end 2017,
how many student members did SPE
have? What percentage of those
332 members were from North America?
1. formation abrasiveness | 2. tooth
geometry | 3. bit weight | 4. rotary
speed | 5. cleaning and cooling action
of the drilling fluid
"Gaining Access", Exploration,
Appraisal, Development, Production,
Decommissioning
Calculation
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Economic, Social, Environmental
tubing retrievable and wire-line
retrievable
1) abnormal reservoir pressure decline,
2) increasing watercut/water
breakthrough, 3) wellbore gas
breakout, 4) condensate drop out, 5)
build up of sand or scale, 6) formation
collapse, 7) parafin/wax build up
G-Function Plot and Log-Log Plot
Magwa and Ahmadi
73,319 and 17% accept 70,000-75000
and 10-20%
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What is a name for a well with no Barefoot Completion/Openhole

333 casing, liner or screen? completion

When drilling on air, we often describe

the drilling medium as "stiff foam".
Besides water, what is the other
334 primary ingredient? Soap
Which way does the convex fold of an
335 anticline point? Up

In what year was the Organization of

the Petroleum Exporting Countries
336 (OPEC) founded? 1960

Operating companies are required to

develop and implement a SEMS to
address integrated management of oil
and gas operations in the US Outer
Continental Shelf. What does SEMS Safety and Environmental
337 stand for? Management System
in relation to reliability, what is the
338 acronym RCFA? Root Cause Failure Analysis

In the Oil and Gas industry it often

happens that the operator initate a
study / work to try to expand the
production capacity at a production
facility. What is this type of work often
339 called? Debottlenecking

With relation to One of the offshore of

oil and gas production modules, what Floating Production Storage and
340 does is the "FPSO" stand for? Offloading

Name the term that is defined as the

process of displacing the wetting phase
341 with the non-wetting phase: Drainage

What dimensionless number

represents the ratio of convective to
342 dispersive forces? Peclet number

If the contact angle between a fluid

and the formation surface is less than
90 degrees, the surface is said to be
343 what? wetting to that fluid

What is the maximum value that the

344 relative permeability for oil can be? 1
345 Who is the 2018 SPEI President Darcy Spady
 In the context of transporting oil by
346 sea, what does VLCC stand for? Very Large Crude Carriers

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When directional drilling with MWD

tools, it is necessary to reduce to effect
of magnetic interference from the
drillstring.  The most common tool
inserted into the drillstring is a NMDC. 
347 What does this acronym stand for? Non-Magnetic Drill Collar (NMDC)

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Increases ROP, Decreases formation

damage, Eliminates risk of differential
For 3 points each or 10 points total, pipe sticking, Reduces risk of lost
Name 3 advantages of underbalanced circulation, Improves bit life,
348 drilling: Improves reservoir knowledge

1) prevent the formation of hydrates;

2) prevent condensation of free water
For three points each, or 10 points in facilities; 3) meet water content
total, name three reasons dehydration sales specifications; 4) prevent
349 is important in gas processing? corrosion

1) pressure pulsations,2) introduction

For 10 points total or 3 points each,
Name three conditions that favor the
350 formation of hydrates?
of small hydrate crystal, 3) physical site
(elbow, orifice, choke) 4) agitation 5)
pressure of H2S and or CO2 6) sudden
decrease in temp at constant pressure
7) sudden expansion through flow
restriction

1) to calcaulte fluid in place, 2) to

For 3 points each or 10 points total, anchor the initial pressure in P/Z for
Name 3 reasons it is important to get material balance and decline curves, 3)
an initial reservoir pressure prior to to determine reservoir depletion, 4) for
351 any substantial production? PVT analsysis

For 2 points each, name up to 5 of Methane (C1) | Ethane (C2) | Propane

thefirst six alkenes in increasing carbon (C3) | Butane (C4) | Pentane (C5) |
352 number Hexane (C6)
 Per the 2017 SPE Annual Report and
for 5 points each, how many Twitter
and Instagram followers does SPE Twitter: 25,500, Instagram: 17,600 (to
353 have? the nearest 100)

Sino Gas and Energy, HQ: Beijing,

Whose company logo is this? And China or Subiaco, Western Australia
354 where are their headquarters? (accept either location) Visual

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A tracer is injected into a one-

dimensional core with a concentration
of 1 g/mL.There is no tracer initially in
the core. After injection of 1 pore 0.5 g/ml (effluent concentration is half
volume, what is the expected the injected concentration after one
355 concentration of tracer in the effluent? pore volume)

What is the required fluid weight 8,000 ft x 0.1 psi/ft = 800 psi
needed to kill a gas well at 8,000’ TVD hydrostatic +4500 psi = 5300 psi true
with 4,500 psi shut in pressure at bottom hole pressure, 5300 psi/8000ft
surface?  Presume 0.1 psi/ft gas = 0.6625 psi/ft x 0.052 conversion =
356 gradient.  12.8ppg
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What is a wellhead that uses only one

357 casinghead for all casing strings? Unitized wellhead
When setting a plug on wireline, what
358 does WLPSA stand for? Wireline Pressure Setting Assembly

What is the laying down of rock

359 forming material by any natural agent Deposition

What formation in Argentina is

considered one of the most promising
unconventional resources in the
360 world? Vaca Muerta

BSEE is the lead US government agency

charged with improving safety on the
U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, what
361 does BSEE stand for?
What is the benefit of running optic
362 fibre in wellbores?
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
There is no electrical components at
depth

The December 2017 JPT has an article

about oil and gas facilities that uses
the acronym RCM. What does RCM
363 stand for? Reliability Centered Maintenance

Certain crude oils form deposits which

may plug the wellbore tubing and
valves, as well as coat surface safety
364 and process control equipment Asphaltenes or paraffin accept either

The diffusvity equation for flow of

slighlty compressible fluids can not be
applied for gas, what are the two most Pseudopressure
common methods for linearizing the Pressure square
365 diffsuvity equation for gas flow?
What is the primary difference
366 between Reserves and Resources? Reserves must be commercial

What term is used to describe a fluid

whose density is independent of
367 pressure? incompressible

What happens to the radius of

investigation when you increase flow
368 rate during well testing?
In developing heavy oil reservoirs,
369 what does SAGD stand for?
370 Who is the 2017 SPEI President?
Nothing (rate is not in the radius of
investigation equation)
Steam assisted gravity drainage
Janeen Judah
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2018 is the 30th anniversary of which

of the following oil industry disasters:
Longford (Australia), Macondo (Gulf of
Mexico), Exxon Valdeze Oil Spill
(Alaska), Piper Alpha (North Sea), Texas
City (Texas) ?
371 Piper Alpha (North Sea)

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1) The drill string trajectory is specified,

For 3 points each or 10 points total, usually as constant curve segments, 2)
the Basis of torque and drag analysis bending moments are neglected, 3)
consists of three principal features. drill string force is assumed to be
372 What are they? tangent to trajectory

For 5 points each, name the 2

countries that have had commercial
373 Coalbed Methane production United States, Australia

For 10 points, What is the formula to

approximate the volume a rod pump SPM * SL* (pump diameter)2 *
can move, asuming an all steel string - conversion factor (from inches & min
374 no numbers are necessary to bbl/per day)

For 5 points each, What are the two

most common non-hydrocarbon
gasses considered for miscible gas
375 injection projects? N2, CO2

For 2 points each, with a maximum of Systems, Water Handling and
10 points, name 5 SPE Technical
376 Sections?
Whose company logo is this? And
377 where are their headquarters?
Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization
and Storage, Drilling Systems
Automation, Digital Energy, Drilling
Uncertainty Prediction, Flow
Assurance, Geomechanics, Human
Factors, Petroleum Data-Driven
Analytics (PD2A), Research and
Development, Separations Technology,
Sustainable Development, Unmanned
Management, Wellbore Positioning,
Well Integrity
Sonatrach, HQ: Hydra, Algiers, Algeria Visual

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For 2 points each or 10 points for all, pot aquifer Fetkovich, Hurst and Van
name up to 4 commonly-used aquifer Everdignen, Carter-Tracy, Schilthuis
378 models for prediicting water in-flux model

For 3 points each or 10 points total, Venezuela (302.25, 24.8%), Saudi

Name the three of the five OPEC Arabia (266.21, 21.9%), Iran (157.20,
countries with the highest crude oil 12.9%), Iraq (148.77, 12.2%), Kuwait
379 reserves at year end 2016? (101.50, 8.3%)

When drilling a well with drilling mud,

what does ECD stand for?  Is the ECD ECD = Equivalent Circulating Density. 
higher or lower than the static mud ECD is always higher than static mud
380 weight? weight.
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What company in the Appalachians is

featured in the Chapter 9 of the book
'The Frakers' by Gregory Zuckerman.
The company also employed the
381 current SPE President Dary Spady Triana Energy

What is the part of the wellhead that

382 accomodates the tubing hanger? Tubing Bowl or B section
Where in a well is a BPV or Back
383 Pressure Valve installed? Casing or Tubing Hanger

What is the term to describe the ion-

exchange to remove residual minerals
384 from water Demineralization

What is the chemically precipitated

mineral material that occurs in the
spaces among the grains of a
sedimentary rock, binding the grains
385 into a rigid mass cement

Wells drilled from piers in Santa

Barbara California that pioneered the
offshore industry, were drilled in what
386 decade? 1890

Who is credited with development of

387 the commonly-used safety triangle: Herbert Heinrich in 1931

Name the term that refers to a

circumstance when multiple zones are
being produced at once without any
388 downhole zonal separation commingle or commingling

What acid should never be used during

an acid fracturing treatment in a
389 carbonate reservoir? HF or Hydrofluoric

If a sucker rod pumping unit

designation is 456-305-168, what does
390 the 168 represent? maximum stroke length (in inches)

In reservoir simulation,
Transmissibility between blocks is
calcaulted between the centre values
of the cells rather than at edges, what
391 is the term for this? block centered or cell-centered
 What type of flow regime is
represented with a slope of minus one
half ( -1/2) in a diagnostic plot of of a
392 pressure transient test? Spherical flow

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What do we call A dimensionless

estimation of obstruction to flow. An
undamaged well would have a value of
zero. A damaged well has a positive
value above zero and a stimulated well
393 has a negative value. Skin

How does AIME (The American

Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and SPE's antecedent/"parent"
394 Petroleum Engineers) relate to SPE? organization

According to the EIA, In 2016

approximately how much shale gas
395 was produced in the United States? 15.8 Trillion Cubic Feet (Tcf)

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Cleaning of the cutting structure.

Cuttings removal from the hole
For 3 points each or 10 points total, bottom.
Name three crucial functions drilling Efficient cuttings evacuation to the
396 fulid provides to drilling: surface.

For three point each, 10 points total,

what are the three principles used to 1) Momentum 2) gravity settling 3)
397 achieve physical separation? coalescing

For 2 points each, or 10 points total,

Name the five founding countries of
the Organisation of Petroleum Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Kuwait, Iraq,
398 Exporting Countries (OPEC) Iran

ball sealers, rock salt, benzoic acid

For 3 points each or 10 points total, flakes, napthalene flakes or balls, wax
name 2 3 types of diverting agents for beads or uni beads, oil soluable resin
399 stimulation treatments or polymer, foam
 For 3 points each or 10 points total,
400 Name the three classes of parrafins Alkanes, alkene, Alkynes

Behrooz Fattahi, Roy H. Koerner,

For 3 points each or 10 points total,
Name 3 of the past presidents who
401 have also served as AIME president?
George H. Sawyer, Noel D. Rietman,
Arlen L. Edgar, Edward E. Runyan,
Donald G. Russell, M. Scott Kraemer,
H.A. Nedom, Wayne E. Glenn, John S.
Bell, Lloyd E. Elkins

Whose company logo is this? And Genel Energy, HQ: London (or UK) or
402 where are their headquarters? Ankara, Turkey, accept either location Visual

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Calculation (30 seconds allowed): A

plot of P/z versus gas produced in a dry
gas reservoir yields a straigh line with
intecept 1000 psi and slope of 100
psi/MMscf. Calculate the initial gas in G = interecpt/slope = 1000/100 = 10
403 place MMscf

for 5 points each, what 2017 crime

thriller film stars Christopher Plummer
as J. Paul Getty and what upcoming
American television anthology on FX
stars Donald Sutherland also as J Paul "All the Money in the World" and "
404 Getty? Trust"
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