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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Shaybah field is located where?
(a) The Eastern Quarter.
(b) The Shallow Quarter.
(c) The Exhausted Quater.
(d) The Empty Quarter.

2. Between 2004 and 2006, how many oil discoveries were made?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nine.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

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

4. The super-giant oil fields cannot be part of the alternatives because what process, currently used there, makes them useless?
(a) Natural gas injection programs.
(b) Purification programs.
(c) Water injection programs.
(d) Multivariate drilling programs.

5. Instead of helping to recover more oil from older fields, technology has done what?
(a) Enabled oil to be recovered from remote places.
(b) Enabled oil to be recovered more quickly.
(c) Enabled oil to be recovered without so much damage.
(d) Enabled oil to be recovered more purely.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Abdullah Jumah was asked to allow outside auditors in to verify the field production data, what was his response?

2. Why is the most accurate way to determine the true potential of a reserve rarely done?

3. What has happened at the other giant oil fields in the world?

4. What phenomenon appears to be a part of the life cycle of all large oil fields regardless of their differences?

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

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