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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Saudi Arabian officials, how long did it take before they found oil at Yerbin Field?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 9 years.

2. How long have Saudi Arabia's heavy producers been operating?
(a) 40 - 70 years.
(b) 40 - 80 years.
(c) 40 - 50 years.
(d) 40 - 60 years.

3. Detail in papers for the SPE indicate that Saudi Arabia has had what kind of exploration effort over the past 30 years?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Complex.
(c) Limited.
(d) Extensive.

4. "OOIP" refers to what?
(a) Original oil in position.
(b) Original oil in planes.
(c) Original oil in place.
(d) Original oil in plans.

5. What is one of the most important uses of natural gas in Saudi Arabia today?
(a) To power remote medical clinics.
(b) To power desalination plants.
(c) To power the larger urban centers.
(d) To power the oil drills.

6. Where was the October 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference held?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Texas.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Maine.

7. Where are some of the other giant oil fields in the world, besides Saudi Arabia?
(a) Japan.
(b) Germany.
(c) Norway.
(d) Sweden.

8. How much money did Saudi Arabia invest in gas processing facilities?
(a) Millions of dollars.
(b) Hundreds of millions of dollars.
(c) Billions of dollars.
(d) Hundereds of thousands of dollars.

9. Who encourages the assumption that Saudi Arabia can continue to maintain its incredible level of oil production?
(a) International drilling companies.
(b) International engery forecasters.
(c) International engineering companies.
(d) International oil companies.

10. What kind of crisis will occur if Saudi Arabian oil production declines sharply?
(a) Global energy crisis.
(b) Global transportation crisis.
(c) Global food shortage.
(d) Global economic crisis.

11. When was Yerbin field discovered?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2003.

12. Where does Saudi Arabia invest money in order to maintain its position as the largest oil supplier in the world?
(a) Making current production more effective.
(b) Searching for new fields.
(c) Reviving old fields.
(d) Developing new technology.

13. The neutral zone oil is shared between Saudi Arabia and what country?
(a) Kuwait.
(b) Dubai.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Iran.

14. What is the most accurate way to determine the true potential of a reserve?
(a) Drill the first wells.
(b) Drill and see what happens.
(c) Drill and change the estimates based on production.
(d) Drill appraisal wells.

15. What was one of the issues addressed by the Saudi Arabian papers at the October 2003 SPE conference?
(a) Oil purity.
(b) Sandstone oil fields.
(c) Permeability.
(d) Reserve levels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of logic describes the black and white area of interpretation?

2. If Saudi Arabian production levels decline sharply, what will they affect?

3. A SPE paper says that the best approach to steadily increasing water cuts is to choke back what?

4. The Shaybah field is located where?

5. What do the odds indicate about future oil discovery in Saudi Arabia?

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