OBJECTIVES

1. The relative amount of a particular phase present in the pore space is called

(A) permeability

(B) porosity

(C) saturation

(D) none of the above

2. The viscosity of crude oil measured at a pressure above bubble point and system temperature condition is
known as

(A) apparent viscosity

(B) plastic viscosity

(C) saturated oil viscosity

(D) under saturated oil viscosity

3. Which of the following is the least likely source for water which encroaches into a reservoir as pressure
declines?

(A) water coming out of solution from the oil as the pressure drops

(B) artesian flow

(C) compressibility of the rock in the aquifer

(D) expansion of the water in the aquifer

4. What type of reservoir drive maintains a constant reservoir pressure most of the production life?

(A) water drive

(B) solution drive

(C) combination drive

(D) gas cap

5. Which of the following curve determine the economic limit for a well?

(A) permeability curve

(B) saturation curve

(C) decline curve

(D) none of the above

6. A change in permeability value is observed while determining permeability with gases at different pressure.
This is known as
(A) Viscosity effect

(B) Klinkerberg effect

(C) Gravity effect

(D) None of the above

7. In PVT behavior, solution gas liberated from the oil sample remains in contact with the oil surface to
establish the equilibrium. The process is known as

(A) differential liberation

(B) integrated liberation

(C) flash liberation

(D) none of the above

8. Capillary force is affected by

(A) surface and interfacial tensions of the rock and fluids

(B) wetting characteristics of the system and fluid saturation

(C) pore size and geometry

(D) all of the above

9. Reservoir simulators are well suited to help us to determine

(A) future water production, optimal infill well location, results of fracture stimulation treatments

(B) aquifer size and strength, remaining reserves, corporate overhead

(C) unique reservoir description, optimal enhanced recovery method, good matches of reservoir history

(D) optimal well spacing in reservoirs, coning characteristics of wells, and optimal flood patterns in
improved recovery projects

10. A commercial oil reservoir has recently been discovered. If the oil reservoir is producing at pressures above
the bubble point pressure, the factor in material balance calculations that is far more important than if the
reservoir were producing below the bubble point pressure is

(A) dip angle of the reservoir

(B) water influx

(C) formation compressibility

(D) produced gas/oil ratio

11. Type of drive when the hydrocarbons are enclosed by a porous media and the only energy comes from the
pressure is known as

(A) water drive

(B) gas cap drive

(C) solution gas drive

(D) depletion drive

12. What type of reservoir drive has a low initial gas/oil ratio increasing to a max near the end of production?

(A) water drive

(B) dissolved gas

(C) gas cap drive

(D) none of these

13. ______ is normally referred for those oils produced from deep reservoirs which occur in the reservoir as
liquid and exhibit a large degree of shrinkage when brought to the surface.

(A) Black oil

(B) Volatile oil

(C) Non-volatile oil

(D) None of the above

14. The maximum water saturation at which the water phase will remain immobile is known as

(A) connate water saturation

(B) critical water saturation

(C) irreducible water saturation

(D) all of the above

15. The maximum water saturation at which the water phase will remain immobile is known as

(A) connate water saturation

(B) critical water saturation

(C) irreducible water saturation

(D) all of the above

16. _____ is commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media.

(A) wettability

(B) saturation

(C) porosity

(D) tortuosity
17. Which of the following parameters influence oil viscosity?

(A) oil gravity

(B) temperature

(C) pressure

(D) all of the above

18. What type of reservoir drive maintains a constant reservoir pressure most of the production life?

(A) gas cap drive

(B) depletion drive

(C) water drive

(D) none of the above

19. The contact angle for non-wetting fluid is

(A) less than 90 degree

(B) more than 90 degree

(C) equal to 90 degree

(D) none of the above

20. Which of the following is the basis for the classification of reservoir aquifer systems?

(A) flow geometries

(B) flow regimes and outer boundary conditions

(C) degree of pressure maintenance

(D) all of the above

21. Which of the following is the measure of storage capacity that is capable of holding fluids?

(A) formation volume factor

(B) permeability

(C) porosity

(D) none of the above

22. The viscosity of crude oil measured at a pressure above bubble point and system temperature condition is
known as

(A) effective viscosity

(B) kinematic viscosity

(C) saturated oil viscosity

(D) under saturated oil viscosity

23. Capillary pressure is a measure of the tendency of the rock to

(A) suck in wetting fluid phase and non wetting phase

(B) repel wetting fluid phase and non-wetting phase

(C) suck in the non-wetting fluid phase and to repel the wetting phase

(D) suck in the wetting fluid phase and to repel the non wetting phase

24. Which of the following is the least likely characteristic of a reservoir fluid?

(A) superfluid

(B) incompressible liquid

(C) compressible liquid

(D) gas

25. Which reservoir drive mechanism has the highest recovery factor?

(A) combination drive

(B) solution drive

(C) gas cap

(D) water drive

26. Decreasing the saturation of the wetting phase is called

(A) wettability

(B) drainage

(C) imbibition

(D) none of the above

27. The primary reservoir characteristics are

(A) reservoir geometry

(B) flow regimes

(C) type and number of fluids in the reservoir

(D) all of the above

28. The relative permeability can be expressed in

(A) dimensional number

(B) square cm

(C) square in

(D) millidarcy

29. The porosity of rhombohedral packing is

(A) 12%

(B) 22%

(C) 26%

(D) 32%

30. What is the boundary water called that moves in a water drive reservoir?

(A) bound water

(B) connate water

(C) water encroachment

(D) none of the above

31. Name the type of reservoir drive that has a constant oil/gas ratio most of the producing time increasing near
the end of production?

(A) solution gas drive

(B) gas cap drive

(C) free gas cap

(D) water drive

32. Which of the following is a type of reservoir simulation?

(A) compositional

(B) thermal

(C) black oil

(D) all of the above

33. Type of drive when the hydrocarbons are overburden with stress making the reservoir pressure is reduced is
known as

(A) water drive

(B) solution gas drive

(C) gas cap drive

(D) compaction drive

34. What is the energy called that produces the oil and gas?

(A) aquifer

(B) reservoir drive

(C) solution drive

(D) none of the above

35. The percentage of interconnected space with respect to the bulk volume is called

(A) relative porosity

(B) total porosity

(C) effective porosity

(D) none of the above