IPW Selection Questions

1. It is the level to which fluid rises in a well when the well is shut in. The
hydrostatic head of this fluid is equal to the well bottomhole pressure. What
is this? (Static Fluid Level)
2. The measurement and analysis of pressure data taken after a well is put on
production, either initially or following an extended shut-in period. These
data are usually noisy, meaning that the pressure moves up and down as
fluid flows past the gauges and minute variations in flow rate take place.
What is that? (Drawdown Test)
3. This is the largest class of hydrocarbons. These include linear and branched
chain molecules typically used in the production of fuel. What is this?
(Alkanes)
4. A procedure to determine the productive capacity, pressure, permeability or
extent (or a combination of these) of a hydrocarbon reservoir. While several
different proprietary hardware sets are available to accomplish this, the
common idea is to isolate the zone of interest with temporary packers. Next,
one or more valves are opened to produce the reservoir fluids through the
drillpipe and allow the well to flow for a time. Finally, the operator kills the
well, closes the valves, removes the packers and trips the tools out of the
hole. What is that procedure? (Drill Stem Test)
5. The use of a mill or similar downhole tool to cut and remove material from
equipment or tools located in the wellbore. (Milling)
6. A completion component fabricated as a short section of heavy wall tubular
with a machined internal surface that provides a seal area and a locking
profile. They are included in most completions at predetermined intervals
to enable the installation of flow-control devices, such as plugs and chokes.
Two basic types of this devices are commonly used: no-go, and selective
landing. What is this kind of completion component? (Nipples)
7. An acoustic device that measures the time required for an explosive sound
to echo from the annular liquid level in nonflowing wells. The time is
proportional to the distance from the surface to the liquid. It is used to
 determine backpressure in the formation or a static fluid level in the annulus.
What is this acoustic device? (Sonolog)
8. The pumping of acid into the wellbore to remove near-well formation
damage and other damaging substances. This procedure commonly
enhances production by increasing the effective well radius. What is this
stimulation activity called? (Acidizing)
9. This is consisting of alumina, silica, lime, and other substances that hardens
when mixed with water. Extensively used in the oil industry to bond casing
to the walls of the wellbore. What is it? (Cement)
10. Any hydrocarbon that contains a dream structure in which all of the bonds
are of intermediate character between single and double bonds. Name it!
Aromatic Hydrocarbon
11. When we need a drilling system that lower the hydrostatic pressure. This
drilling technique makes a bigger rate of penetration, and need smaller space
than conventional mud drilling system. What kind of mud that should be
used? (Gaseous Drilling Fluid)
12. What is the pressure at which the first condensate liquid comes out of
solution in a gas condensate? (Dew Point)
13. The reservoir pressure measured in a discovery well, usually referred to as
Pi. This value is necessary for many reservoir engineering calculations, such
as reserve determination. What is this reservoir pressure called? (Initial
Reservoir Pressure)
14. In sandstone formations, the acid reacts with the soluble substances in the
formation matrix to enlarge the pore spaces. In carbonate formations, the
acid dissolves the entire formation matrix. In each case, acidizing treatment
improves the formation permeability to enable enhanced production of
reservoir fluids. What is the type of this acidizing? (Matrix Acidizing)
15. It is the stage of downhole pumping at which the polished rod is going up
and the downhole pump is pumping fluid. What is this stage called as?
(Upstroke)
16. What kind of methods of predicting the oil formation volume factor that
presented a graphical correlation for estimating the oil formation volume
factor with the gas solubility, gas gravity, oil gravity, and reservoir
temperature as the correlating parameters? (Standing Corelation)
17. What is it? Insoluble, semi-solid particles. They have a high carbon to
hydrogen ratio and are used in the production of asphalt. (Asphaltenes)
18. The solution gas that is liberated from an oil sample during a decline in
pressure is continuously removed from contact with the oil, and before
establishing equilibrium with the liquid phase. This type of liberation is
characterized by a varying composition of the total hydrocarbon system.
What the type of this liberation? (Differential Liberation)
19. A drilling operation in which the drilling fluid is not returned to the surface;
rather.It flows into an under-ground formation. Sometimes this method
techniques are resorted to when lost circulation occurs. What is the name of
this method in drilling? (Blind Drilling)
20. In a subsurface sucker-rod pump, What is a valve that permits flow up the
tubing to fill the pump-barrel chamber while preventing downward flow?
(Standing valve)
21. Natural forces in the reservoir that displace hydrocarbons out of the
reservoir into the wellbore and up to surface. What is this natural forces
described as? (Reservoir Drive Mechanism)
22. The fluid flowing condition at the rate change of pressure with time at any
position in the reservoir is not zero or constant. What is the name of flow
regim in this condition? (Unsteady State Flow)
23. This logging tool shows a formation’s interval transit time. It is a measure
of a formation’s capacity to transmit sound waves. Geologically, this
capacity varies with lithology and rock textures, notably porosity. What is
the name of tool? (Sonic Log)
24. A downhole motor used in the oil field to drive the drill bit or other
downhole tools during directional drilling or performance drilling
applications. As drilling fluid is pumped through this, it converts the
 hydraulic power of the fluid into mechanical power to cause the bit to rotate.
(Positive Displacement Motor/PDM)
25. A mechanical device that suspends the weight of the drillstring. It is
designed to allow rotation of the drillstring beneath it conveying high
volumes of high-pressure drilling mud between the rig's circulation system
and the drillstring. This mechanical device is called as.. (Swivel)
26. Gravity force is always present in the reservoir, but its effect is greater in
thick gas-condensate reservoirs and in shallow, highly permeable, steeply
dipping reservoirs. What is the least common primary recovery mechanism
in which the force of gravity pushes hydrocarbons out of the reservoir, into
the wellbore and up to surface called? (Gravity Drainage)
27. Four of them are recognized when describing flow in oil and gas wells,
bubble flow, slug flow, transition flow and mist flow. This is a complex
factor, important in understanding and optimizing production hydraulics in
both oil and gas wells. This commingled flow of different phase fluids are
called as.. (Multiphase flow)
28. A light hydrocarbon liquid obtained by condensation of hydrocarbon
vapours. It consists of varying proportions of butane, pentane, and heavier
fractions, with little or no methane or ethane. what is the name of the
hydrocarbon? (Condensate)
29. Any fuel that is derived from biological carbon fixation that has occurred
relatively recently. Name it! (Biofuel)
30. The ratio of the weight, a given volume of a substance at a given temperature
to the weight of an equal volume of a standard substance at the same
temperature. What is the name of this term? (Relative Density/Spesific
Gravity)
31. The significance of this type of well to the drilling crew and well planners
is that by definition, little if anything about the subsurface geology is known
with certainty, especially the pressure regime. It is an exploration well.
(Wild Cat)
32. The technology focused on maintaining pressure on open formations to
prevent or direct the flow of formation fluids into the wellbore. This
technology encompasses the estimation of formation fluid pressures, the
strength of the subsurface formations and the use of casing and mud density
to offset those pressures in a predictable fashion. Also included are
operational procedures to safely stop a well from flowing should an influx
of formation fluid occur. (Well Control)
33. This phenomenon can occur anywhere in the production system, either at
bottomhole or in surface lines and equipment. It is the loss of metal due to
chemical orelectrochemical reactions, which could eventually destroy a
structure.The rateof itwill vary with time depending on the particular
conditions of the oil field, such as the amount of water produced, secondary
recovery operations and pressure variations.Name it. Corrosion
34. This kind of device is commonly called a three-phase separator because it
can separate gas, oil and free water. The liquids that are discharged from it
are further treated in vessels called treaters. What is this kind of device
called? Free Water Knock Out
35. A multiphase-fluid flow regime characterized by a series of liquid plugs
(slugs) separated by a relatively large gas pockets. In vertical flow, the
bubble is an axially symmetrical bullet shape that occupies almost the entire
cross-sectional area of the tubing. The resulting flow alternates between
high-liquid and high-gas composition. What kind of flow is this? (Slug
Flow)
36. A generic term used to describe the events and equipment necessary to bring
a wellbore into production once drilling operations have been concluded,
including but not limited to the assembly of downhole tubulars and
equipment required to enable safe and efficient production from an oil or
gas well. Name it! (Well Completion)
37. A device that used to determine porosity of a formation by measuring a
known volume of gas at a known pressure compressed into a core sample.
The gas is measured at a atmospheric pressure and at an elevated pressure.
 These measurements are used to calculate gain volume and pore volume.
What is the name of this device? (Porosimeter)
38. A procedure as calibration of permeability data obtained from a
minipermeameter device. When using nitrogen gas for core plug
measurements, correction is usually necessary due to the so called gas
slippage effect. This takes place when the pore space approaches the free
path of the gas. What is the name of the correction factor? (Klickenberg
Correction)
39. The stationing of a vessel, especially a drillship or semisubmersible drilling
rig, at a specific location in the sea by the use of computer-controlled
propulsion units called thrusters. Though drilling vessels have varying sea
and weather state design conditions, most remain relatively stable even
under high wind, wave and current loading conditions. (Dynamic
Positioning)
40. It is a sonic log that determines the top of the cement column and estimates
the quality of the cement bond between the casing and the formation. It
works on transmission of a sound wave and identifies areas that conduct the
wave and those that do not (free pipe ringing). What is it? (Cement Bond
Log)