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1. Roughnecks perform hard manual labor on drilling rigs. The rig manager supervises the rig and the drilling engineer supervises both the driller and drilling operations. 2. Conductor casing is used to prevent unconsolidated formations from caving in. The major components of a drilling rig include the draw works, block and tackle, crown block, derrick and substructure. 3. Two functions of a packer are to prevent downhole movement of the tubing string and support some of the weight of the tubing. Two factors that affect completion design include packers and elastomers.

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Petroleum Engineering Sample Questions

1. Roughnecks perform hard manual labor on drilling rigs. The rig manager supervises the rig and the drilling engineer supervises both the driller and drilling operations. 2. Conductor casing is used to prevent unconsolidated formations from caving in. The major components of a drilling rig include the draw works, block and tackle, crown block, derrick and substructure. 3. Two functions of a packer are to prevent downhole movement of the tubing string and support some of the weight of the tubing. Two factors that affect completion design include packers and elastomers.

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1. What do roughnecks do on the rig?

Hard manual labour.


2. Who are the supervisors of the drilling rig?
Rig manager
3. Who is the supervisor for both the driller and
Drilling engineer

4. What casing is used to prevent the unconsolidated formation from


caving in
Conductor casing
5. How does the yield strength of structure of

6. How does the thickness of drill pipe.

7. What are five major components of the


Draw works,block and tackle,crown block,derrick and substructure,
8. Q
9. Q
10. Q
11. Q
12. Q
13. list two functions of a packer:
Prevent downhole movement of the tubing string
Support some of the weight of the tubing
14.
list two factors that affect a completion design
Packers ,Elastomers, Flow control equipment
15.

what is the function of perforation

16.
with respect to stimulation briefly describe the process of
acidizing
acidizing is performed below the reservoir fracture pressure in an effort to
restore the natural permeability of the reservoir rock
17.

list two limitations and advantages of openhole completions

Adv- lower intial cost, max reservoir exposure


Dis- minimal inflow and outflow control, more difficuilt stimulations
18.
Apart from hydraulic fracturing list two other types of fracturing
techniques used in stimulation of a well
matrix acidizing and fracture acidizing.
19.

Remedial work to primary cementing job is called.

20.
the

Given that a reservoir exists above the bubble point pressure for

21.
hydrocarbon and also only water and hydrocarbon is
present.give an equation that will represent fluid saturation in the
reservoir

22.

list two factors that can affect the values of porosity

Rate of Burial and Depth of Burial


23.

How does overburden pressure affect the value of k?

Overburden pressure can reduce the value of k


24.

What is effective porosity

Refers to the fraction of that volume in which fluid flow is effectively taking
place
25.

Which of the following is relative permeability?

Relative permeability is defined as the ratio of the efffective permeability of a


fluid at a given value of saturation to the effective permeability of that fluid at
100% saturation
26.
what is connate water saturation and what are the properties of
water that cause it to wet/adhere to the surface of the rock?

27.
what information can be attained from the relative permeability
curve?
Rwo,Rto, Water satuation.
28.
Q
29.
Given that a rock has a volume of 1000cm3 and its porosity value
is 20% Calculate the space of this rock in m3. .2m
30.
define a wet gas making reference to the stock tank conditions
A wet gas has a GOR <5000scf
31.

Define the term renewable energy

Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are
continually replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves

32.
define bo oil formation volume factor
33.
using the ooip how can one calculate the GORs (solution gas oil
ratio)? OGIP= OOIP-(GOR)s
34.
With respect to enhanced oil recovery inb particular thermal
recovery what is one principal function of this method?
35.
What must be present for a gas cap drive and a water drive to be
considered as primary recovery?
Gas drive recovery .. water drive

36.
Reserves are calculated based on degrees of uncertainty What are
the two sets of data: Geological data,engineering data
37.
Define the term bg (gas formation volume factor
The volume of gas at reservoir conditions of oil at stp
38.
Define the term non-renewable resources
Resources in which the rate of use is faster than rate of formation
39.
When would enhanced oil recovery be applied to a reservoir
Employed when reservoir pressures are not sufficient to bring
hydrocarbons to surface
40.
What are two types of thermal recovery methods employed
Fire flooding,steam flooding
41.
What is the location of where the first contracted agreement for
susbsurface hydrocarbon in the us Titusville
42.
What was the name of the person contracted -Colonel Edwin
Drake
43.
In your own words define the petroleum industry
44.
Q
45.
Q
46.
Specific gravity is given by the formula API = 141.5/131.5 1
True or false (true) learn formula
47.
What are the two pathways to the maturation of hydrocarbons :
diagenesis,kerogen
48.
List the three basic requirements for the formation of a reservoir:
source rock, reservoir rock, trap rock or seal rock
49.
List four pieces of evidence to support why geology is important
to the petroleum industry:
50.

FILL IN THE GAPS:

1. Why is it better to produce from a reservoir that has water wet rock
than one that has oil wet rock.
Because oil won't adhere to rocks with results in more oil within the
reservoir.
2. What is liquid loading?
Once Flowrate drops below a certain rate, the well will begin to load up The
amount of liquid produced does influence how quickly the subsequent loading up
process takes

3.

Briefly describe method of acidizing

acidizing is achieved by pumping acid into the well to dissolve limestone, dolomite and calcite
cement between the sediment grains of the reservoir rocks

4. What are two problems that affect drilling a well-Multiple choice 4


choices
5. What is the drilling fluid in wells normally called
Drilling Mud
6. Give two functions of cementing
Restrict fluid movement between formations & Bond and Support casing
7. What are two things that can be done to optimize drilling:Rate of
penetration,Type of bit,Weight on bit,Rotating speed
8. Explain what is a work over
refers to any kind of oil well intervention involving invasive techniques,
such as wireline, coiled tubing or snubbing
9. How does the drilling company get the contract

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