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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Ghawar?
(a) 182 miles.
(b) 174 miles.
(c) 156 miles.
(d) 121 miles.

2. Sanfaniya is located where?
(a) In a valley.
(b) Offshore.
(c) Beneath a river.
(d) Under mountains.

3. A Society of Petroleum Engineers paper written in 2004 describes what type of pump project as being successful in reviving several of Abqaiq's dead zones?
(a) Manual seperator pump.
(b) Multiple pump.
(c) Manual injection pump.
(d) Multiphase pump.

4. Saudia Arabia became the third largest oil producer in the world behind who?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Norway.
(d) Russia.

5. Who promised King Faisal's father that Saudia Arabia would be consulted on any U.S. decision involving Palestine?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) F.D.R.
(c) L.B.J.
(d) Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Parallel Oil, Water, and Gas Reservoir Stimulator?

2. Simmons uses technical papers written for whom?

3. How many fields are there, after Ghawar, that produce significant levels of oil in Saudi Arabia?

4. After the amount of oil in a place is estimated, what is estimated next?

5. Berri is located where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the problems with oil recovery in Hadrah?

2. What was Abdullah Jumah's response when he was asked to allow independent auditors to review the field production data Saudi Aramco produces?

3. What does new technology and techniques enable to oil industry to do with aging fields?

4. What is the main thing that paints a gloomy picture of oil in Saudi Arabia?

5. Describe the water injection process and when it is used.

6. What happened to prevent the development of the oil fields in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay?

7. What are some common factors of the old oil fields Saudi Arabia is trying to revive?

8. What has modern technology enabled Saudi Aramco to do?

9. Why are Abqaiq, Sanfaniya, and Berri having technological challenges similar to Ghawar?

10. What is not a promising sign at Yerbin Field?

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