Simulasi # 1 & 2

Compulsary Questions

Type 1 :

1. What is the physical meaning of capillary number ?

Ans: A dimensionless group used in analysis of fluid flow that characterizes the ratio of
viscous forces to surface or interfacial tension forces.
2. Any system that adds energy to the fluid column in a wellbore with the objective of
initiating and improving production from the well is the defintion of what?
Ans: Artificial Lift
3. A point when liquid firstly appear in a gas system if compressed is called?
Ans: Dew Point
4. Sometimes, WOC can be tilted. Usually it's occur in shallow reservoir. What is this
condition called?
Ans: Hydrodynamic Condition
5. Mention 3 types of hydraulic ram of a blow out preventer!
Ans: Shear Ram,Blind Ram.Pipe Ram,Annular Preventer

Type 2:

1. Mention the equation to get capillary number !

Ans:

2. This small pieces of rock is screened out of the liquid mud system at the shale shakers
and are monitored for composition, size, shape, color, hydrocarbon content and other
properties. What is it?
Ans : cutting
3. What is terminology for advanced technique for producing oil after basic technique
doesn’t work any more?
Ans: EOR
4. Mention 2 most important parameters which relate to the maturity of organic matters in
source rock!
Ans: Time and Temperature
5. Mention 3 reasons for doing directional drilling!
Ans : 1. Inaccessible surface location, 2.Sidetrack, 3.Salt-dome exploration,4. 5.Relief-
well drilling,6.Multiple wells from a single location,7.Multiple target zones
TOSS UP QUESTIONS:

1. Process of interpreting a combination of measurements taken inside a wellbore to detect

and quantify oil and gas reserves in the rock adjacent to the well is called as : ….
Ans : Formation Evaluation
2. Well logging process in which drilling mud and drill bit cuttings from the formation are
evaluated during drilling, and their properties recorded on a strip chart as a visual
analytical tool and stratigraphic cross sectional representation of the well, is definition of
what?
Ans : Mud Logging.
3. A combination of a formation structure feature such as a fault with a sealing mechanism
that forms a place where oil accumulates is known as ….
Ans : Structural Trap
4. Write down 3 main types of reserves of oil or natural gas according to SPE/World
Petroleum Congresses !
Ans : Proved Reserves, Probable Resserve, Possible Reserves
5. Explain briefly about gas deviation factor (Z) !
Ans: Ratio between gas volume at certain pressure and gas volume if behave as ideal gas
at the same condition.
6. Write down three types of rock compressibility !
Ans : bulk,matrix and rock compressibility.
7. The main driving force in hydrocarbon secondary migration is :
Ans : Buayancy Effect
8. True or False
Increasing tubing diameter will move TPR curve to the right in combination curve of IPR
and TPR.
Ans : True
9. Write down 3 types of test to get deliverability of gas reservoirs!
Ans : Back Pressure Test,Isochronal Test,dan MIT
10. If wellhead is chosen as a node, then write the inflow equation of the node!
Ans : Pwf – dPtubing = Pwh
Pres-dPsandface-dPtubing= Pwh
11. If the degree of curvature or “b” equals to one, what type of the decline curve it
represent?
Ans : Harmonic Decline
12. Write 4 assumption used in Darcy’s Equation !
Ans : Laminar;single phase;inert (no reaction between fluid and rock);medium is 100%
saturated w/ the flowing fluid;Newtonian fluid;
13. True or False :
 CaCl2 can be used for increasing the thickening time of slurry cement .
Ans : False , CaCl2 is an accelerator then reduce the thickening time.
14. A type of damage in which formation permeability is reduced because water-base
filtrates from drilling, completion, workover or stimulation fluids enter the formation and
cause the alteration of clay equilibrium is called as : …
Ans: Clay Swelling
15. The after flow, created by wellbore volume, into a wellbore after the surface valve has
been closed is known as …
Ans : Wellbore storage Effect
16. Based on the compressibility of a fluid, there are three types of fluid. Write them down!
Ans : Incompressible, Slightly compressible, compressible fluid.
17. Explain briefly about Steady State Flow Regime!
Ans : The flow regime is said to be a steady state flow if the pressure at every location in
the reservoir remain constant. It does not change with time .
18. Unconformity between parallel layers of sedimentary rocks which represents a period of
erosion or non-deposition is known as :
Ans: Disconfirmity
19. What is the equation that express the relationship between vapor pressure and
temperature?
Ans: Clausius-Clapeyron
20. This term commonly known as aphysical measure of the average kinetic energy of the
molecules of the material. What is this term?
Ans: Temperature.
21. Quantity of heat produced when the gas is burned completely to carbon dioxide and water
is the meaning of ….. of gas.
Ans: Heating Value
22. What is the ratio of steady-state flow through a perforation core to theoritical flow
through a drilled hole with the same dimensions as the perforation?
Ans: CEF (Core Flow Efficiency)
23. What is the maximum kick size which can be tolerated without fracturing the previous
casing shoe?
Ans: Kick Tolerance
24. One of ways to control precipitation of ferric oxid is use compound called EDTA. What
does EDTA stand for?
Ans: Ethylene diamineTetracetic Acid
25. There is much information that we can collect from well logging. Mention 3 data related
to formation evaluation!
Ans: Porosity, Permeability, Saturation
26. What’s the term for geologic structures that have been thrust upward toward the surface ?
Ans : Anticine
27. What is an unusual process in which water and natural gas combine to form a solid at
temperatures above the freezing point of water called?
Ans : Gas Hydrate Formation
28. The process of removing water from water-base drilling mud. This process can involve
chemical treatment for the flocculation and aggregation of solids followed by mechanical
separation, such as centrifugation, or mechanical treatments alone. What is this process?
Ans: Dewatering
29. it's a residue deposited on a permeable medium when a slurry, such as a drilling fluid, is
forced against the medium under a pressure. What is it?
Ans : Filter/Mud Cake
30. what is science in geophysics that study about vibration phenomena in earth?
Ans : Seismology
31. An operator is producing from a gas reservoir. Suspicious of unusually high pressure
losses, he
discovers that liquid is dropping out in the tubing, though he observes only gas at the
wellhead.
What type of petroleum fluid is this well producing?
Ans: Retrograde Gas
32. Oil that does not move when fluids are flowed through the rock in normal conditions, for
example primary and secondary recovery, and invasion. What is this oil called as?
Ans : Residual Oil
33. Mention 2 way, how can we get porosity of the rock?
Ans: Logging and Coring
34. The study of rocks to determine the order and timing of events in Earth history is called
Ans: Stratigraphy
35. A ship's position and heading are maintained automatically by a computer system using
its own thrusters. What system this ship use?
Ans ; Dynamic Positioning System
36. Please explain in one sentence why do we need to do a sidetracking?
Ans: 1. To by-pass stuck downhole equipment that can’t be economically fished.
37. What is ARAMCO stand for?
Ans : Arab-American Oil Company
38. What kind of mud additives we usually used for drilling a shaly, cavity, and abnormal
formation using water base mud? Mention 3 answers!
Ans: Salinity Control Agent, Fluid Loss Control, Weighting Material
39. What is distribution of wetting phase in porous media if wetting phase is continuous and
covering surface of solid?
Ans : funicular distribution
40. When clay- and silt-sized particles are mixed in unknown proportions as the main
constituents in unconsolidated sediment, we would call this material as what ?
Ans : Mud
41. What is deposit that accumulated in descending plate tectonic based on its fault line?
Ans : syn rift deposit
42. What is the biggest company producer of geothermal energy in the world?
Ans : Chevron
43. What is kept in rathole?
Ans : The Kelly Assembly
44. What does M.A.A.S.P stands for?
Ans : Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure.
45. How much the rule of thumb of pressure gradient of salt water?
Ans: 0.465 psi/ft
46. What is chemical quantity with units of pressure that is intended to better describe a gas's
real-world pressure than the ideal pressure P used in the ideal gas law called ?
Ans: Fugacity
47. If a gas has molecular weight of 29, mention the specific gravity of that gas!
Ans: 1
48. Mention 4 kinds of PVT test!
Constant Composition Expansion (Flash Vaporization); Differential Liberation
(Differential Vaporization); Constant Volume Depletion; Flash Liberation.
49. What is the terminology for natural gas produced with crude oil from the same reservoir?
Ans: Asscociated gas
50. What kind of Glycol that often to use in Dehydration Process ?
Ans: TEG
51. Solubility of paraffin in Crude Oil is affected by 3 main parameters . Mention!
Ans: Pressure, Temperature, and Composition
52. For the well which have Low GOR and high sand content, What is the suit separator An
Ans: Vertical Separator.
53. What is SPEE stands for?
Ans: Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineer
54. How many reservoir fluid properties that affecting rock properties? What are they?
Ans: None
55. What is flow regime which radius of pressure wave propagation from wellbore hasn’t
reached any boundaries of the reservoir?
Ans : Transient
56. What formula is usually used to calculate skin factors?

Ans.: Hawkins formula

57. What is AAPG stands for?

Ans: Asscociation of American Petroleum Geologist
58. Liquid pore volume can be calculated by long pressure drawdown test in what condition
of reservoir limit testing?
Ans: Pseudo steady state condition
59. In transient period, What a terminology that its relationship represented by linier curve?
Ans: Pressure vs log time
60. Name 3 types of drive mechanisms for petroleum reservoirs and rank them in terms of
average recovery factor from highest to lowest!
Ans: water drive (75%), gas cap drive (40%), solution gas drive (30%)
61. OPEC is abbreviation of what ?
Ans : Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
62. In Neutron-Density Log, how’s the characteristic of the curve when gas existence
founded?
Ans: Density higher than neutron
63. JPT is the Society's flagship magazine, presents authoritative briefs and features on E&P
technology, oil and gas industry issues, and news about SPE and its members. This online
version is a replication of the monthly publication. What is JPT stand for?
Ans: Journal Petroleum Technolgy
64. Name 5 out of 7 new seven sisters!
Ans: China NationalPetroleumCorporation (CHN); Gazprom (RUS);
NationalIranianOilCompany(Iran); Petrobras (BRA); PDVSA-Petrelleos de Venezuela
SA (VEN); Petronas (MAL); SaudiAramco (KSA)
65. What is DMO stand for in PSC sytem ?
Ans: Domestik Market Obligation
66. What is casing for protecting abnormal zone?
Ans: Intermediate Casing
67. As drilling engineer, your job is designing the casing string for wells. If you went with P-
110 casing, what does the 110 indicate?
Ans: minimum yield strength in 1000 psi
68. Mention 3 factors that cause decreasing production rate!
Ans: Decrease of reservoir Pressure, Water conning, Gas Conning, Sand, scale, high skin
69. What type of porosity that is formed when depositional happen?
Ans: Primary porosity
70. What’s kind of cementing to close unproductive formation zone?
Ans: squeeze cementing
71. Mention 4 type of casing?
Ans: conductor casing, surface casing, intermediate casing, production casing

72. What is the name of the people who made the material balance equation into the straight
line equation?

Ans : Havlena-Odeh

73. In drilling operations, the mud density is 10 ppg, at 1000 ft of depth. Calculate mud
hydrostatic pressure?
Ans: 520 psia
74. A sedimentary rock with grains in the size range 63 mm to 2mm is called as
Ans: sandstone
75. In drilling analysis, an amount of energy that needs to move a volumetric unit of rock
called? Ans: Specific energy
76. Mention 4 type of geothermal power plant cycle system!
Ans: Separated system, Dry steam system, Single Flash system, Double Flash system,
Binary system, Combine system.

77. Mention five factors that affect the rock porosity!

Ans: Angularity, packing arrangement, fracture, rock cementation, uniformity

78. Mention 3 deflection tools in drilling operation!

Ans: whipstock, knuckle joint, dynadrill, turbodrill
79. Mention three types of decline curve!

Ans: Exponential, hyperbolic, harmonic

80. Based on the formation (depositional environments), sedimentary rocks are dividedinto
three. Mention Three of them!
Ans: Marine, Non Marine and transitional
81. Shales emit more radioactive, because of that the gamma ray reading’s is…..
(Higher )…. than clean sand
82. You have to plan a new well and need to order the drillpipe. The well will TD at 9000 ft.
Based on the standard length of a drill string, how many joints of pipe will you need to
have?
Ans : 300 pipe
83. Mention 3 reason, why the geothermal energy called environmentally friendly energy!
Ans: Very low CO2 emision; after used for electricity producing, fluid is reinjected to
the reservoir; not produce a dangerous waste for environment
84. There are 3 major classes of rock in Earth. What are they?
Ans: Sediment, Igneous, Metamorf

85. Sebutkan metode2 yang digunakan untuk menentukan reserve (cadangan)?

Ans: Volumetrik, simulasi reservoir, decline curve
86. Mention 3 sign or condition when well kick happened in drilling operation! ROP
increase, MUD increase in mud pit, contain gas in mud pit, WOB reduces, pump pressure
is decrease
87. In geothermal area, that contain a high number of temperature and gas contain, what a
drilling method that can be used? Underbalanced drilling
88. Calcium magnesium carbonate (CaMg(CO3)2) is a common rock-forming mineral which
is known as what?
Ans: (dolomite)
89. Mention 3 method to ward off well kick?
Ans: batch, driller, concurrent, volumetric
90. Mention 3 techniques or tools that commonly use for preventing sand problem!
Ans: gravel pack, resin, optimal rate
91. An equation that describe about relationship between reservoir pressure as a function of
time and distance can be solve from what equation ?
Ans: Diffusivity equation.
92. When multiphase fluid flow in a wellbore, there must be a …. Due to differential denstity
Ans: Liquid holdup or slippage effect
93. France, 1856. By measuring rate of water flow through a column of sand, a man
discovered that the volumetric flow rate of fluid through porous media is a function of the
flow area, permeability, elevation, & fluid pressure. This generalized relationship has
become the cornerstone of reservoir engineering. What is the name of this relationship?
Ans: Darcy Law
94. Mention 3 types of petrophysical properties!

Ans: Porosity, saturation, permeability, wettability, capillary pressure

95. In much of the world, petroleum is produced by state oil companies. Give the names for
the state oil companies for Brazil ?
Ans: Petrobas
96. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent,
intergovernmental Organization, created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–
14, 1960, by 5 countries.Mention!
Ans: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela
97. decreasing interfacial tension is the main purpose of what injection?
Ans: Surfactant
98. it's a Large-diameter pipe lowered into an openhole and cemented in place. The well
designer must design it to withstand a variety of forces, such as collapse, burst, and
tensile failure, as well as chemically aggressive brines. What is it refer to?
Ans : Casing
99. The packing model, assuming uniform grain size in sedimentary rocks, considers two
ideal geometric arrangements. They are rhombohedral& cubic. What is the porosity of
cubic pack? Ans: 47,6%
100. What is the name of the first SPE's non-US president?
Ans: Jacques Bosio
 SIMULASI #3
TOSS UP QUESTIONS

1. An instrument used in sucker-rod pumping to record the variation between the polished
rod load and the polished rod displacement is called as?
Dynamometer.
2. What term describes the lower portion of the drillstring, consisting of (from the bottom
up in a vertical well) the bit, bit sub, a mud motor (in certain cases), stabilizers, drill
collar, heavy-weight drillpipe, jarring devices ("jars") and crossovers for various
threadforms ?
Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA)
3. What is it called for the fraction of oil that has been recovered from a zone swept by a
waterflood or other displacement process ?
Displacement Efficiency
4. This is a type of drillpipe whose walls are thicker and collars are longer than
conventional drillpipe. It tends to be stronger and has higher tensile strength than
conventional drillpipe, so it is placed near the top of a long drillstring for additional
support. What is this called?
Heavy Weight Drill Pipe (HWDP)
5. What is a thin nonelectric cable used for selective placement and retrieval of wellbore
hardware, such as plugs, gauges and valves located in sidepocket mandrels ?
Slickline
6. This is a term used mainly on offshore platforms, or installations with multiple
wellheads, where more than one wellbore is being accessed, such as where a drilling rig,
slickline unit or coiled tubing unit may be operating at the same time. What is the term ?
SIMOP . Simultaneous Operations
7. The evaluation of physical properties, usually including pressure, temperature and
wellbore trajectory in three-dimensional space, while extending a wellbore is called as?
Measurements While Drilling (MWD)
8. This is a map shows a contour connecting points of equal true vertical thickness of
strata, formations, reservoirs or other rock units. What is this map called?
Isochore Map.
9. This is the structurally lowest point in a hydrocarbon trap that can retain hydrocarbons.
What is it called?
Spill point.
10. A gamma ray interaction in which the gamma ray collides with an electron, transferring
part of its energy to the electron, while itself being scattered at a reduced energy is
called as what?
 Compton Scattering

11. A valve located on the Christmas tree that controls all flow from the wellbore is called as
what ?
Master Valves
12. This is a mineral form of ferric oxide [Fe2O3] which is used as a weighting material in
drilling muds has a mica-like crystal structure that grinds to particle size suitable for use
in drilling fluids. What is it called?
Hematite
13. Time, in seconds for one quart of mud to flow through a Marsh funnel is known as what
?
Marsh Funnel Viscosity.
14. A reservoir with no apparent outer boundary limit affecting fluid flow during a test
period is called as ?
Infinite-acting Reservoir
15. A mathematical tool used in production engineering to assess well performance by
plotting the well production rate against the flowing bottomhole pressure (BHP) is
known as?
IPR : Inflow Performance Relationship
16. This is an analytical tool used in forecasting the performance of the various elements
comprising the completion and production system. It is used to optimize the completion
design to suit the reservoir deliverability, identify restrictions or limits present in the
production system and identify any means of improving production efficiency. What is
it?
Nodal Analysis
17. A type of fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall, and the
fault surface dips steeply, commonly from 50 degree to 90 degree is called as?
Normal Fault.
18. The uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluids from one reservoir into the wellbore, along the
wellbore, and into another reservoir is known as what ?
Underground Blow Out.
19. The finer grained, interstitial particles that lie between larger particles or in which larger
particles are embedded in sedimentary rocks such as sandstones and conglomerates is
known as what?
Matrix
20. A core taken from the side of the borehole, usually by a wireline tool is called as ?
Side wall Core
21. The condition in which cement flows in a channel only on some sides of the casing or
borehole annulus, and thus does not provide adequate hydraulic isolation in all radial
azimuths is known as?
Channeling
22. The time taken for cuttings to reach the surface is known as ?
Lag time or cycle time.
23. What is it called for an injection pattern in which four input or injection wells are
located at the corners of a square and the production well sits in the center ?
Five Spot Injection Pattern.

24. The naturally occurring, solid, insoluble organic matter that occurs in source rocks and
can yield oil upon heating is known as?
Kerogen.

25. The quality of a source rock that makes it more likely to generate gas than oil is known
as what?
Gas Prone.
26. The measurement and analysis of pressure data taken after an injection well is shut in is
known as ?
Fall off test
27. An enlarged region of a wellbore because excessive bit jet velocity, soft or
unconsolidated formations, in-situ rock stresses, mechanical damage by BHA
components, chemical attack and swelling or weakening of shale as it contacts fresh
water is known as?
Wash Out.
28. What is it called for an existing wellbore close to a proposed well that provides
information for planning the proposed well .?
Offset Well
29. The replacement of produced fluids by formation water is called as?
Water influx.
30. A large, empty channel that can penetrate several feet into the formation, caused by the
nonuniform dissolution of limestone or dolomite by hydrochloric acid [HCl] is calles as?
Worm hole.
31. A crude oil containing hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide or mercaptans is called as
what?
Sour Crude Oil
32. LNGC is a sea vessel used to transport liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). What does LNGC
stand for?
Liquified Natural Gas Carrier
33. An elastic constant shows the ratio of longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain and is
symbolized by E is known as what ?
Young’s Modulus.
34. A contour map that displays the elevation of the Earth's surface is known as what ?
Topography map.
35. This is an adapter that serves to connect the rotary table to the kelly. It has an inside
diameter profile that matches that of the kelly, usually square or hexagonal. It is
connected to the rotary table by four large steel pins that fit into mating holes in the
rotary table. What is it?
Kelly Bushing.
36. This is a self-contained combination drilling rig and floating barge, fitted with long
support legs that can be raised or lowered independently of each other. What type of
rig is that ?
Jack Up Rig
37. The change in temperature observed when a gas expands while flowing through a
restriction without any heat entering or leaving the system is known as ?
Joule Thompson Effect.
38. Pore space consisting of cavities or vugs which can occur in rocks prone to dissolution,
such as limestone, in which case it is secondary porosity is called as?
Vuggular porosity.
39. A fluid described by the two-parameter rheological model of a pseudoplastic fluid, or a
fluid whose viscosity decreases as shear rate increases is known as ?
Power –Law Fluid
40. The velocity gradient measured across the diameter of a fluid-flow channel, be it a pipe,
annulus or other shape is called as?
Shear Rate
41. A wellbore acid treatment designed to remove scale or similar deposits from
perforations and well-completion components is known as what?
Acids Wash.
42. A representation of the measured diameter of a borehole along its depth is obtained by
what ?
Caliper Log
43. A test to determine the strength or fracture pressure of the open formation, usually
conducted immediately after drilling below a new casing shoe is known as what test?
LOT : Leak Off Test
44. Three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquired at different times over the same area to
assess changes in a producing hydrocarbon reservoir with time is known as ?
4D Seismic Data.
45. This is A valve usually used in well control operations to reduce the pressure of a fluid
from high pressure in the closed wellbore to atmospheric pressure. It may be adjusted
(opened or closed) to closely control the pressure drop.
Adjustable choke.
46. This term describe The deepest area of the ocean basins which have low depositional
energy and fine-grained sediments are deposited slowly by waning turbidity currents or
from suspension in the water. The water is thousands of meters deep (>2,000 m)
[>6,520 ft] so it is cold and sunlight is minimal. What is the term?
Abyss, abysal
47. Some API procedures for drilling fluids are similar to ASTM procedures. What ASTM
stands for?
American society for testing and materials
48. This is a condition affecting an operating pump whereby the pump space is not fully
charged with fluid being pumped.The condition may result from inadequate or
restricted supply or from the introduction of air or gas into the fluid stream. in most
cases, it is an undesirable condition that causes a reduction in pump efficiency and
excessive wear or damage to pump components. What is the condition called?
Pump Cavitation
49. This is a term for A type of geochemical analysis in which a rock sample is subject to
controlled heating in an inert gas to or past the point of generating hydrocarbons in
order to assess its quality as a source rock, the abundance of organic material in it, its
thermal maturity, and the quality of hydrocarbons it might generate or have generated.
What's the term?
Rock Eval Pyrolysis
50. This term is used for describe an analysis of data obtained from measurements of the
bottomhole pressure in a well that is shut-in after a flow period. The profile created on a
plot of pressure against time is used with mathematical reservoir models to assess the
extent and characteristics of the reservoir and the near-wellbore area. What is this term
called?
PBU analysis
51. A rock characterized by primary porosity from original deposition and secondary
porosity from some other mechanism, and in which all flow to the well effectively
occurs in one porosity system, and most of the fluid is stored in the other is usually
called as?
Dual Porosity Reservoir
52. There is a perforated tubular attached to the subsurface sucker-rod pump that controls
the entrance of gas. This tool is used for increasing the efficiency of the subsurface
sucker-rod pump. It also helps to prevent the phenomenon called gas lock. What is the
tool called?
Gas anchor
53. A device attached to the topmost tubing joint in the wellhead to support the tubing
strig which typically is located in the tubing head, with both components incorporating
a sealing system to ensure that the tubing conduit and annulus are hydraulically isolated
is called as?
Tubing hanger.
Soal Petrobowl dari Lambang ( Tapi lebih update yang dari Fino)

1. Who is the CEO of Chesapeake Energy?

Aubrey McClendon
2. Who is the CEO of Chevron?
John Watson
3. Which oil company has the highest oil production?
Saudi Aramco
4. Top 5 oil producing companies!
Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, National Iranian Oil Company, ExxonMobil, PetroChina
5. List current total world oil reserves!
1.652 trillion barrels
6. Founder and CEO of Hilcorp?
Jeff Hildebrand
7. What are 5 assumptions behind Darcy flow?
Re <1, Newtonian, No-slip boundary conditions, single phase flow, no chemical
interaction between rock and fluid
8. What is the formula for effective porosity?
Volume(interconnected)/Volume(total)
9. Which country has the largest amount of natural gas reservers?
Russia
10. Top 5 oil producing countries!
Russia, Saudi, US, Iran, and China
11. Formula for rate during exponential decline!
Q=Qi*e^(-d*i*t)
12. Who invented the earliest form of ESP?
Armais Arutunoff
13. To what state did Arutunoff relocate his ESP project?
Oklahoma
14. Where was the first successful ESP implementation?
Kansas
15. Who was the first woman SPE president?
DeAnn Craig, 1998
16. How many countries are in SPE?
123.0
17. Deepest oil well and where
Around 40,604 ft in Sakhalin Russia (Exxon)
18. What is the Way Ahead?
Young professionals magazine that SPE publishes every year
19. Highest award that you can win as an SPE member?
Honorary Member Award
20. CEO of Royal Dutch Shell?
Peter Voser
21. CEO of Royal Dutch Shell when it merged?
Henri Deterding
22. What is the theoretical maximum porosity in a cubic, rhombohedral, and hexagonal
packing?
47.6%, 26.0%, and 39.5% respectively
23. Name the CEO of Chevron Corporation
John Watson
24. Name the CEO of ExxonMobil
Rex Tillerson
25. Whats the theoretical maximum mud weight?
19.23 ppg
26. What is the current rotary rig count in the US and Canada?
1,757 and 655
27. What is the initial GOR in a black oil reservoir?
<2000 scf/STB
28. Name 3 kill operations in a well control situation!
driller's method, wait and weight, and bullheading
29. What does the term “segregated flow” mean, and which factors determine this flow
condition?
Fluids separate according to density, and the flow is segregated flow if gravity gradients
dominate the flow gΔρ>>dP/dx
30. What does the term “diffuse flow” mean and which factors determine this flow
condition?
Fluids do not separate according to density and the flow is diffuse flow if dynamic
pressure gradients dominate the flow, dP/dx>> gΔρ (leads to uniform saturation
distribution vertically)
31. What is the Dietz method used for, and which assumptions are made for this method?
Stable displacement in inclined systems Assumptions Vertical equilibrium Piston
displacement Negligible capillary pressure
32. Define formation volume factor!
Reservoir volume/standard volume
33. Which two main types of boundary conditions are normally used to represent reservoir
fluid production and injection?
Bottom hole pressure specified and production rate specified
34. Which log provides a good measurement of the Hydrogen in the formation?
Neutron
35. What are the three elements used as the source of natural gamma rays in sedimentary
rocks?
Thorium, Uranium, and Potassium
36. What is the physical law that gives the pressure drop in a fluid across a cylindrical tube? It
assumes that the flow is laminar, viscous and incompressible. It also assumes that the
flow traveled is longer than the diameter of the cross-sectional area?
Hagen-Poisuelle Equation, ΔP=8μLQ/(πr4)
37. Define the tortuosity.
The ratio between the length of the curve to the distance between the end points
38. Define kinematic viscosity!
Apparent viscosity divided by density of the fluid
39. What is a top kill operation?
Heavy mud is pumped from the well head down to the pot tom, forcing oil and gas to
back flow to the formation.
40. If a water-wet rock saturated with oil is displaced in water, will it imbibe water into the
smallest or largest pores displacing oil first?
Smallest
41. A fluid flow process in which the saturation of the wetting phase increases and the
nonwetting phase saturation decrease is known as what?
imbibitions
42. Primary and waterflood oil recovery is affected by the wettability of the system. Which
wettability will exhibit greater primary oil recovery?
Water-wet
43. In structural geology, what is the name for a fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds
at its core?
anticline
44. What is the term for any geological fold that is convex up?
antiform
45. In structural geology, what is the name of a downward-curving fold with layers that dip
toward the center of the structure?
syncline
46. What is the most common type of cement, in general use around the world because it is a
basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco and non-specialty grout?
Portland cement
47. What are the 3 types of structural traps?
Anticline, fault, salt dome
48. What are the types of secondary porosity in carbonate rocks?
Fenestral porosity (algal mats), Shelter porosity, intracrystalline porosity, moldic porosity,
Vuggy or fracture porosity.
49. What assumptions do you have to make about irreducible saturations in the bundle of
tubes model?
There is no residual water or oil saturation
50. What are the types of reserve groups?
Proved developed, proved undeveloped, unproved probable, unproved possible
51. Which type of reservoirs does the SEC allow oil companies to report?
Proved
52. What does the acronym SCSSV stand for?
Surface controlled subsurface safety valve
53. What does the acronym FPSO stand for?
Floating Production Storage and Offloading
54. What is the term for a higher perm layer above or beneath multiple lower perm layers?
Thief Zones
55. What is the apparatus used to measure mud filtrate volume and mud cake thickness?
API filter press
56. What apparatus measures the viscosity of a fluid?
Rheometer viscometer
57. Does cement fracture easier under tension or compression? By what factor do these
values differ?
Tension, factor of 10
58. Which is higher in sand with dispersed shale, brine or air permeability?
Air permeability
59. Name the geologic periods in order from oldest to most recent.
Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian,
Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Quaternary
60. Name the three stages of flow and the pressure and flow rate profiles associated with
each.
Infinite-acting: constant rate, non-linear pressure decline Pseudo-steady-state: constant
rate, linear pressure decline Depletion flow: non-linear rate, constant pressure
61. What is a stripper well?
well that strips less than 10 bbl/day of crude oil or 60 MCFD of gas
62. Name four types of naturally occurring hydrocarbons!
Paraffins, Napthenes (cycloparaffins), Aromatics, Asphalts
63. What does a Dykstra-Parsons coefficient of 1 imply about a reservoir?
heterogeneous reservoir
64. What is the principle of Corresponding States and how is it used?
Fluid properties can be related to a fluid’s critical temperature and pressure. Can be used
to calculate z-factors.
65. What are two fluid sampling methods?
Separator/surface sample, bottomhole/subsurface sample
66. What are some fluid characteristics of black oil?
GOR < 2000 scf/STB API gravity below 45 deg API Formation Volume Factor < 2 RB/STB
C7+ higher than 20%
67. What is the molecular weight of air?
29 g/gmol
68. What is the standard temperature across the United States?
60 degrees Fahrenheit
69. What is the standard pressure across the United States?
14.7 psia
70. What is the primary function of solvent in the EOR process?
Decreases the interfacial tension between the oil and the other phases
71. What are the units of fugacity?
Pressure
72. Name the equation of states that are used when describing the PVT behavior of crude oil.
Peng-Robinson and SKR
73. What fluid is commonly used in carbonate reservoir simulation?
Carbonic Acid
74. What is the primary purpose of polymer injection?
Improve sweep efficiency
75. What is the term for global rise and fall of sea level?
Eustasy
76. What are two types of common polymer flooding?
Alkaline flooding, Micellar-polymer flooding
77. What operating pressure differentiates matrix acidizing from fracture acidizing?
Injection Pressure
78. What piece of common production facility equipment is used to remove any free water in
the produced oil?
free-water knockout
79. Name 4 types of well logs.
SP, Gamma Ray, Resistivity, Sonic, Density, Dipmeter, Microlog
80. Name two types of resistivity logs.
Induction, Lateral
81. Give the equation of Cumulative Oil Recovery in 3D.
 Npd = Ea Ed Ei (Soi-Sor)
82. To have maximum flow in a well bore which condition is needed? What is it specifically
called?
well flowing pressure = 0, Absolute Open Flow Potential
83. When the wellbore pressure goes below the bubble point pressure, what equation should
be used to calculate the productivity?
Vogel’s Equation for two phases
84. Define two types of perforating guns.
Casing gun (Hollow Carrier), Tubing Gun (Expendable Carrier)
85. If the API gravity of an oil is 40 degrees, what’s the density of the oil in lbm/cu. Ft?
Density = 51.5 lbm/ cu. Ft
86. Name the famous fundamental theory used in fractional flow of immiscible fluids.
Buckley-Leverette Theory
87. What is the most common swelling clay?
Smectite
88. What is the oilfield term for a mixture of HF and HCL used as the main fluid in a sandstone
matrix acidizing treatment?
Mud Acid
89. What piece of equipment is commonly used to dehydrate produced gas?
Glycol Tower
90. What is the generic equation for inflow performance relation?
J= qo/(pe-pwf)
91. Name the common practice in compositional reservoir simulation to reduce the number
of components modeled.
Component Lumping, Pseudo-Components
92. What are the three types of commonly recognized decline curves?
Exponential, Hyperbolic, Harmonic
93. Which measure of project profitability is the discount (interest) rate at which the net
present value equals 0?
rate of return, internal rate of return
94. What is commonly the first step in producing a coal-bed methane field?
Dewatering the field
95. What method converts natural gas to clean diesel?
gas-to-liquid
96. What type of petroleum reservoir is easily identified by the occurrence of retrograde
condensation?
gas condensate
97. In terms of spatial distribution in the pore space, what are the three classifications for
clays?
Dispersed, Structural, Laminated
98. In non-compositional simulation what is the most common fluid model used?
Black-oil
99. The capillary pressure curves for rock samples from the same reservoir having different
permeabilities will be different. What function is used to average these curves to create a
single Capillary Pressure curve?
Leverett J-Function
100. Which method of heavy oil production aims to upgrade the oil in-situ?
in-situ-combustion
101. Define interfacial tension!
Work done per unit area in expanding the surface of a liquid in contact with another
phase
102. Define surface tension.
work done per unit area in expanding surface of a liquid against its own vapor phase
103. Name three ways to estimate gas in place.
P/z plots, Material Balance, Volumetrics
104. What is the original, unaltered water found deep within a reservoir called?
Connate, Virgin
105. Name two types of traps for oil.
Structural, Stratigraphic
106. Name the technical definition of the ratio!
Formation Factor
107. What conditions are required for Darcy’s Law to be valid?
Laminar flow, steady state, non-compressible fluid, complete segregation (non-interacting
fluid)
108. Name 4 points on a binary phase diagram.
Critical Point, Bubble Point, Dew Point, Cricondentherm, Cricondenbar
109. What is a cricondentherm?
Maximum temperature at which two phases can exist
110. What is a cricondenbar?
Maximum pressure at which two phases can exist
111. What is the name for the fluid described below?
Newtonian fluid
112. What is the name for the fluid described below?
Power Law fluid
113. What is the name of the fluid described below?
 Bingham Plastic Fluid
114. What is the name of the fluid described below?
Herschel Bulckley Fluid Trivia Questions
115. The concept of peak oil is named after what noted geophysicist?
Dr. M King Hubbert
116. Who is the current Saudi oil minister?
Ali al-Naimi
117. What large Australian gas field is being developed by a joint venture of Chevron, Exxon,
and Shell with Chevron as the operator?
Gorgon gas field
118. What is the second largest oil and gas company in Brazil?
OGX
119. What Brazilian mining billionaire began this company in 2007?
Eike Batista
120. What is the largest field in Venezuela?
Bolivar Coastal Field on Lake Maracaibo discovered 1917
121. What year was Petrobras formed?
1953.0
122. What recent Brazilian discovery could be the third largest oilfield in the world?
Carioca/Sugarloaf field
123. In what basin were the giant Tupi and Jupiter fields discovered in?
Santos Basin (sub-salt)
124. What is the national oil company of Ecuador?
Petroecuador
125. What US company had a joint venture with Petroecuador for 20 years beginning in 1964
and was sued for environmental damage?
Texaco (Chevron Texaco is being sued)
126. Which 4 major U.S. companies have leased land in Poland in the new shale gas play
there?
ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Marathon Oil
127. Which company leased a million acres in Poland?
Chevron
128. What is the name of Poland’s gas monopoly?
PGNiG (Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo)
129. Who is the EU energy commissioner?
Günter Oettinger
130. Hungary’s MOL oil and gas company has entered into a partnership with which two non-
European companies to develop the gas deposits in Hungary’s Mako Trough?
 ExxonMobil of the United States and Falcon Oil & Gas of British Columbia, Canada
131. Who drilled the UK’s first shale gas well?
Cuadrilla Resources
132. Who drilled the first shale gas discovery well in Bulgaria?
Direct Petroleum Exploration (from Denver, CO)
133. Which major company announced plans with ENI to build the first coalbed methane
liquefaction plant?
BP
134. Which company is planning to exploit French shale gas following a $2.3 billion joint
venture with Chesapeake?
Total
135. Which company partnered with Toreador Resources to develop a shale gas play in Paris
Basin?
Hess
136. What is the name of the field of the BP oil spill?
Macondo
137. What is the name of the well of the BP oil spill?
MC252: Mississippi Canyon 252
138. What was the date of the BP blowout?
April 22, 2010
139. What is the name of the rig that blew out and subsequently sunk in the ocean during the
BP blowout?
Deepwater horizon
140. What service company owned Deepwater Horizon?
Transocean
141. What service was Halliburton providing during the BP explosion?
Cementing
142. How many workers died during the BP accident?
11.0
143. Approximately what was the water depth of the MC252 wellhead?
5000 ft
144. On what date did the work of the first relief well commence after the BP accident?
May 2, 2010
145. What convicted terrorist’s release has been linked to a BP oil deal with Libya?
The Lockerbie bomber (abdel Basset Al-Megrahi)
146. Which country has the most proved oil reserves in Africa?
Libya
147. What company has just started producing the Arcadia field in Egypt?
 ENI
148. Which famous Nigerian playwright and activist was executed in 1995 and brought
international light to the corruption in their oil industry?
Ken Saro-Wiwa
149. What company discovered oil in Angola?
Petrofina
150. What was the name of the largest oilfield in Gabon?
Rabi-Kounga
151. Who operates the Rabi-Kounga field?
Shell
152. What company is the largest foreign producer of oil in Algeria?
Anadarko
153. What two companies have a joint venture with Sonatrach in the In Salah and In Amenas
gas fields
BP and StatoilHydro
154. What company’s concessions in Congo did the Congolese president refuse to ratify?
Tullow Oil
155. What was the name of the rig used to drill the relief well after the BP incident?
Development Driller III
156. What companies are the two other partners with BP in the accident’s block?
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and MOEX Offshore 2007
157. What are the shares of BPs partners in the Macondo project?
Anadarko: 25% and MOEX: 10%
158. Who is BP Americas CEO?
Tony Hayward
159. According to BPs CEO, initially what was the flowing rate?
5,000 bbl/day
160. Who was appointed as new BP CEO?
Robert Dudley
161. In what year was Exxon-Valdez spill?
March 24, 1989
162. Besides the recent spill in the Gulf, which is the largest oil spill in history?
Kuwait, 1991. Wells blown by Sadam Hussein’s army.
163. What were the top four oil consuming economies in 2009?
United States, China, Japan, India
164. What is the largest onshore oilfield in Europe?
Patos Marinzas in Albania
165. Which of the seven sisters did T.Boone Pickens attempt to takeover? Who bought them?
 Pickens attempted to take over Gulf and Chevron ended up buying them
166. What was the name of the failed field in Alaska?
Mukluk
167. Who sued who over the sale of Getty Oil?
Pennzoil sued Texaco
168. What was the original name of Nymex?
Butter and Cheese Exchange
169. Who bought Conoco in the 1980s?
Dupont
170. Who was the first general secretary of OPEC?
Faud Houhani (Iraq)
171. Who was the President of Conoco who made them into an international powerhouse?
Leonard McCollum
172. What actor appeared regularly on Texaco Star Theater?
Milton Berle
173. What is the longest pipeline in Europe also known as the “friendship pipeline?”
Druzhba Pipeline that goes from Russia to Germany and is about 4000 km in length
174. What is Exxon’s slogan?
Put a tiger in your tank
175. What year was Britain’s clean air act passed?
1957.0
176. What significant conflict in an oil country occurred at the same time as the six day war?
Civil war in Nigeria
177. What octogenarian U.S. oil man went to jail for his role in the fuel for food scandal?
Oscar Wyatt
178. Who has drilled the deepest oil well to date?
BP, 35055 ft offshore GOM
179. What is the largest oil field in the North Sea by reserves?
Forties
180. What does AGIP stand for?
Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli
181. What does ENI stand for?
Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi
182. What company recently made a large discovery in 20 ft of water off the Louisiana coast?
McMoran
183. What is the largest oilfield in North America?
Prudhoe Bay
184. What were the top 4 exporting countries in 2009?
 Saudi Arabia, Russia, UAE, Iran
185. What were the top 4 gas exporting countries in 2009?
Russia, Canada, Norway, Algeria
186. What are the top 4 producing states in U.S.
Texas, Alaska, California, Louisiana
187. What company just made the largest discovery in California in the last 35 years?
Occidental
188. What Texas oil man donated a large part of his wealth to the University of Houston?
Roy Cullen
189. What Texas oil man started the company Southern Union Gas?
Clint Murchison
190. What Texas oil man is the great uncle to the Basses of Ft. Worth?
Sid Richardson
191. What Texas oil man invented the rock bit?
Howard Hughes Sr.
192. What Texas oil man spent part of his life trying to find the Sasquatch?
Tom Slick
193. What Texas oil man owned the Dallas cowboys?
Clint Murchison Jr.
194. What Texas oil man made his fortune after buying up leases in the East Texas Field
including some from Dad Joiner?
H. L. Hunt
195. What Texas oil man got his Libyan concession taken away and then lost a good part of his
fortune trying to corner the silver market with his brother?
Bunker Hunt
196. What Texas oil heir owned the Kansas City Chiefs?
Lamar Hunt
197. What Texas oilman was the character Jett Rink loosely based on?
Glen McCarthy
198. What was the name of Glen McCarthy’s hotel in Houston?
Shamrock (bought by Hilton)
199. What was the name of the discovery well in the East Texas field?
Daisy Bradford No. 3
200. What was the name of the discovery well in West Texas?
Santa Rita No. 1
201. What Texas oil man was an early player in the North Sea, Yemen, and Peru?
Ray Hunt
202. What are the top 5 exporting European countries?
 Norway, United Kingdome, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy
203. The Ammott index measures what property of a rock?
Wettability
204. When did Petrobowl start?
2002.0
205. Name all the champions of Petrobowl.
University of Texas (2009), University of Oklahoma (2008 & 2007), Colorado School of
Mines (2006), Texas A&M (2005 & 2003) Montana Tech (2004), Texas Tech (2002)
206. What two teams won Petrobowl twice?
University of Oklahoma and Texas A&M
207. In 2009, Petrobowl had what milestone(s)?
Largest Petrobowl, Largest international participation, First MVP award presented
208. Who organizes the questions for Petrobowl?
SPE Gulf Coast section young professionals board
209. What 4 schools have gone to every Petrobowl?
Texas A&M, Louisiana State University, Montana Tech, Texas Tech
210. Where will ATCE be held in the next two years?
San Antonio (2011), Denver (2012)
211. Where were the last 3 ATCE held?
New Orleans (2009), Denver (2008), Anaheim (2007)
212. Who is sponsoring the 2010 ATCE?
ENI
213. Who sponsored last year’s Petrobowl? (2010)
Petroskills and Encana
214. Who are the biggest oilfield service companies (top 5?)
Schlumberger Limited, Halliburton, Saipem, Transocean Ltd., Baker Hughes
215. What is the largest merger in American History?
Exxon + Mobil
216. What is the largest oil spill?
Gulf War oil spill, oil tankers, January 21, 1991
217. Where was the first over-water oil well drilled?
Caddo Lake, Gulf Oil 1911
218. Which three countries did the Adriatic section comprise from 1987-1991?
Italy, Yugoslavia, and Austria
219. When did the Adriatic section change its name to the Italian Section?
1995.0
220. What is the oldest Italian oil company?
SPI
221. What oil-bearing formation in Montana, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan is produced
with horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing?
The Bakken formation
222. How much recoverable oil does the USGS estimate is in the Bakken Formation?
3.65 billion barrels
223. Name 5 shale gas plays in the United States.
Antrim, Barnett, Caney, Conesauga, Fayetteville, Floyd, Gothic, Haynesville, New Albany,
Pearsall, Chattanooga and Ohio, Marcellus, Utica, Woodford.
224. How much shale gas was produced in the United States in 2008?
2.02 TCF
225. Who regulates the reserves reporting requirements?
SEC
226. Under what price were reserves booked under the old rules?
Year-End
227. Under what price are reserves booked under the new rules/
Average
228. When were the SEC reporting requirements last amended?
1982.0
229. Were unconventional reserves “bookable” under the previous SEC reporting
requirements?
No
230. When did the new SEC rules take effect?
January 1 2010
231. In what decade was Ghawar discovered?
1940s (1948)
232. What are the two most productive operating areas in Ghawar, and where are they
located in the field?
Ain Dar, Shedgum
233. What is the name of the most productive carbonate formation (not field) in Saudi Arabia?
Arab D Zone 2-B
234. What are the three largest oilfields in Saudi Arabia?
Ghawar, Abqaiq, Shaybah
235. What is the world’s largest offshore field?
Safaniya
236. Name the five largest oilfields in the world.
Ghawar, Burgan, Cantarell, Daquing, Kirkuk
237. What is the second largest oilfield in the United States and where is it located?
Kuparuk River, North Slope
238. What is the largest oilfield in Iraq and when was it discovered?
Kirkuk, 1927
239. When did United States oil production peak?
Early 1970
240. What was the peak United States oil production?
10.2 MMbbl/day
241. The Society of Petroleum Engineers began as part of which organization?
American Institute of Mining Engineers
242. What year was SPE formed?
1957.0
243. Who was the first president of SPE?
John Hammond
244. Who is the 2010 SPE president?
Behrooz Fattahi
245. Who is the 2011 SPE president?
Alain LeBastie
246. How many SPE members were recorded at the end of 2009?
92100.0
247. How many countries have SPE organizations?
117.0
248. Who was the first chairman of the SPE Italy section?
Umberto Sugny
249. Who is the 2010 chairman of the SPE Italy section?
250. Maurizio RampoldiWho was the first and only Italian SPE president?
Giovanni Paccaloni
251. What is a whipstock?
An angle to build off
252. What is a bent sub?
A tool to build an angle
253. Who is the 2010 ENI chief executive?
Paolo Scaroni
254. What is the name of the Iranian field that ENI has recently to pull out of?
Darkhovin Oil Field
255. Who is the current CEO and chairman of Chevron?
John Watson
256. Chevron was originally known as which of the dissolved company of Standard Oil Trust?
Standard Oil of California
257. When was Pacific Coast Oil Company founded?
 1879.0
258. SoCal took the name Chevron in 1984 when it merged with which company?
Gulf Oil
259. Chevron acquired two companies in the past ten years. Name these companies.
Texaco and Unocal
260. Texaco can trace its roots to which company formed in Beaumont, TX in 1901?
Texas Fuel Company
261. Chevron markets fuel under several brand names. What are these?
Chevron, Standard Oil, Texaco, Caltex, Gulf Oil, Unocal
262. What SPE journal presents authoritative briefs and features on E&P technology
advancements, oil and gas industry issues, and news about SPE and its members?
Journal of Petroleum Technology
263. Who was the first female president of SPE?
Deann Craig (1998)
264. Who was the first non-American SPE president?
Jacques Bosio (1993)
265. In what year was the first offshore Technology Conference held?
1969.0
266. In what year was the first issue of SPE Journal published?
1961.0
267. In 1986, SPE launched four discipline-specific technical journals. Name these.
Drilling Engineering, Production Engineering, Formation Evaluation, Reservoir Engineering
268. What SPE journal is designed specifically for young professionals?
The Way Ahead
269. What were the names of the two Schlumberger brothers?
Conrad, Marcel
270. What year did Schlumberger first open for business?
1920.0
271. Where was Schlumberger’s first office located?
Paris, France
272. In 1940 Schlumberger’s headquarters was relocated, to where?
Houston, Texas
273. In 1999,the world’s largest drilling fluids company was created through a joint venture
between Schlumberger and which other service company?
Smith International
274. What year was the gamma-ray log introduced?
1939.0
275. What year was Exxon Mobil founded?
 1999 (through a merger)
276. Which country is the largest consumer of natural gas?
United States
277. Who developed the first electrical log
The Schlumberger Brothers
278. What company merged to create Baker Hughes?
Baker International and Hughes Tool Company
279. Who is the founder of Smith International?
Herman C. Smith
280. What year was Backer Hughes Company founded?
1987.0
281. What invention is the Hughes Tool Company most known for?
first rotary drill bit
282. In 1970, Ruben C. Baker invented the Baker Casing Shoe. How did this invention improve
oil production?
it allowed for uninterrupted flow of oil through a well
283. In the New York Stock Exchange what is Halliburton’s ticker symbol?
HAL
284. What year did Halliburton go public?
1948.0
285. In 1995, who was named President, chairman and CEO of Halliburton?
Dick Cheney
286. Where is Weatherford International’s headquarters located?
Houston, Texas
287. What year was the first offshore oil platform built?
1938.0
288. What company constructed the first offshore oil platform?
Superior Oil
289. What oil company owns the largest oil platform?
Petrobras
290. What was the date of the highest price of oil per barrel occur?
39630.0
291. What is the name of the Schlumberger researcher that developed of the SP log?
Henri Doll
292. What company introduced the gamma ray log?
Well Surveys Inc.
293. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
294. What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
295. What is the capital of Iran?
Tehran
296. What is the capital of Angola?
Luanda
297. What is the capital of Algeria?
Algiers
298. What is the capital of United Arab Emirates?
Dubai
299. What is the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas
300. What is the capital of Qatar?
Doha
301. What is the capital of Ecuador?
Quito
302. What is the capital of Libya?
Tripoli
303. What is the capital of Nigeria?
Abuja
304. What year did Saudi and Aramco come to a 50/50 Deal?
1950.0
305. What did Enrico Mattei do in the 1930s?
Manager at a chemical plant
306. Who introduced Alfonzo and Tariki?
Wanda Jablonski
307. What was the name of the precursor agreement to the formation of OPEC? What five
countries were involved?
Gentlemen’s Agreement. Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
308. Where did the Japanese consortium Arabian oil get their concession?
Offshore Neutral Zone
309. What American company broke the 50/50 agreement in Iran after ENI?
Standard Oil of Indiana
310. What was the Brownsville U-Turn?
Mexico had no pipelines so they shipped oil to Brownsville and then drove it across the
border and then back to the U.S. to take an advantage of tariff breaks for overland
shipped oil
311. Who replaced Tariki as the Saudi Oil minister?
 Ahmed Zaki Yamani
312. Name the five original countries in OPEC.
Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
313. How did Enrico Mattei die?
Plane crash with the Time Magazine Rome Bureau chief
314. When did Standard Oil antitrust break up?
1911.0
315. What did Standard of Oil of New York turn into?
Exxon Mobil Mobil SOCONOY
316. Who made up ARAMCO?
Jersey, SOCONY, Texaco, and Standard Oil of California
317. Who was Anglo-Iranian’s CEO?
Sir William Fraser
318. How did the Shah come to power?
Allies put him in place of his Nazi-sympathizing dad
319. Who was the leader of Operation AJAX?
Kermit Roosevelt
320. What ends up happening to the Justice department’s antitrust case?
Downstream only affected, STANVAC pulled apart.
321. What year did the oil lift take place?
1956.0
322. Who was the leader of Egypt who nationalized the Suez?
Gamal Abdel Nasser
323. Who built the Suez Canal?
Ferdinand de Lesseps
324. When was the Suez Canal finished?
1869.0
325. Name the oil man who drilled the first well in the United States.
Colonell Drake
326. Where and when was the first well drilled in the United States?
Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859
327. How deep was the first well drilled in the United States?
69 ft deep
328. Name the promoter who organized an investor group for Silliman’s study of “Rock Oil.”
George Bissel
329. Who invented and patented “Kerosene?”
Abraham Gesner
330. When and where the first flowing well was drilled in the United States?
 On 1861, at the rate of 3000 bbl/day in the Western Pennsylvania
331. When was the peak oil production in Western Pennsylvania and what was the production
rate?
1862, 3 million bbl/day
332. When, where and for what price did John Rockefeller buy his first refinery?
1865, Cleveland, Ohio. Rockefeller won in private auction one of the city’s biggest oil
refineries for $72,500 against Maurice Clark
333. Who owned the world’s largest refinery at the end of the 1860s?
J.D. Rockefeller
334. Name the closest partner of John Rockefeller who run oil transportation arrangements as
well as founded Miami and Palm Beach and developed the state of Florida?
Henry Flagler
335. When and where was Standard Oil founded?
Founded in 1870, by five men led by Rockefeller on 26 Broadway, NYC
336. Name the world’s first long distance pipeline and the date it was built.
Tidewater, 1879
337. Name the sulfur rich oil field discovered at the mid of 1880s which soon gave one third of
American oil production?
Lima-Indiana field, Ohio state
338. Nowadays majority of oil companies are vertically integrated. Name the person who
founded this type of corporate management?
John Rockefeller
339. When was the first well drilled in Baku?
1871/1872
340. Later this person was called oil king of Baku, this person who established Nobel’s
Brother’s Petroleum Company. Who was he?
Ludwig Nobel
341. When did the Russian oil production reach 4/5 of the US production and how much was
it?
1886, 23 million bbl/day
342. Name the company of jewish family and the date it was established
BNITO, 1886 (Caspian and Black Sea Petroleum Company)
343. Which company established a new branch in Britain 24 days after BNITO, also give the
name of the company.
1888 – Standard Oil established its first foreign affiliate – Anglo-American Company 24
days after the Rothschilds, becoming true Multinational enterprise
344. Describe the revolutionary trip of Marcus Samuel.
 1892- Marcus Samuel’s Coupe: Murex – Marus Samuel’s tanker sailed from West
Hartlepool to Batum in Caspian region, where it was filled with BNITO’s kerosene, then
went to Singapore and later arrived to final destination—Bangkok
345. When was Royal Dutch created? Who created it?
1890 – Royal Dutch company was established by Aeilko Jans Zijlker
346. When did Edison invent incandescent light bulb?
1878.0
347. According to The Prize, give the years of the Kerosene Age.
1859-1900
348. When and where was the first start of Californian oil boom?
1870s – oil boom in Ventura County and in San Fernando Valley, North of Los Angeles
349. Give the correct order of leading producer states from 1859 to 1
350. Pennsylvania, California, Oklahoma, Texas
351. Which company in California was the dominant producer before Socal?
Union Oil of Califonia
352. When was SOcal founded?
1907.0
353. When and where was Rotary Drilling technique first pioneered and used?
1900—Corsicana, TX used in Spindletop
354. By what event was Texas Oil Boom started and when was it?
Well Lucas 1 – Spindletop gusher ( 75,000 bbl/day) in 1901
355. Give the year of the start of the Oklahoma oil boom.
1901.0
356. Which oil field in OK made the state a leading oil producer?
Glen Pool, Tulsa, Oklahoma
357. When and by whom Gulf Oil was founded?
1907 by Mellons
358. This person was a pioneer of the Texan oil industry byy founding a new oil company.
Name the person, his company and the date it was founded.
Joseph (Buckskin Joe) Cullinan, an aggressive Texas oil developer, Texaco, 1906
359. Name the date of Rockefeller’s retirement and his successor.
1897, John D. Archibold
360. Name the author and date of publication of the book, The History of Standard Oil
Company.
Ida Tarbell, 1904
361. Name the president who caused Standard’s break up and his year of election.
Theodore Roosevelt
362. When did Standard oil break up? Name the companies it formed.
 1911 Standard Oil of New Jersey – Exxon Standard Oil of New York – Mobil Standard Oil of
California – Chevron Standard Oil of Ohio –Sohio Standard Oil of Indiana – Amoco
Continental Oil – Conoco Atlantic
363. When did the first gusher start in Borneo and what was it called?
1898, called Black Spot, oil was unsuitable for kerosene, but good for fuel oil
364. This person was called “Napoleon of Oil,” he also led a new combination of two
companies – competitors of Standard, name him and the combination he led.
Henri Deterding, “British Dutch”
365. Name the company, created by Rothschilds at the beginning of 20th century.
Asiatic Petroleum Company
366. When and how was Royal Dutch Shell Group formed, its primary share holders?
1907 – Royal Dutch/Shell Group (RDSG) was created by purchase of Royal Dutch 25%
shares of Shell. Royal Dutch and Shell became holding companies, with the former
holding 60% of the stock in the operating subsidiaries and the latter 40%
367. When and how RDSG became an important player in Russia?
1912 – the Rothschilds sold their interests to RDSG, instantly making it a major economic
force in Russia, with 20% control of its total oil production
368. Who formed the European Petroleum Union?
Nobels, Rothschilds, Deutsche Bank
369. When was the European Petroleum Union formed?
1906.0
370. Name the Persian diplomat who made important connections to develop Persian oil
industry.
Antonie Kitabgi
371. This person made a very important contribution to Persian oil industry, organized first
drilling operations and led the British Concession syndicate to develop oil industry in
Persia. Who is this person?
Knox D’Arcy
372. Name the location and date of the first gusher in Persia.
Neutral Zone in 1908
373. Give the name of the reorganized name of the British Concession.
Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC)
374. Which company in England started the Persian oil industry development by investing on
D’Arcy’s operations in Persia?
Burmah Oil in 1904
375. What did Churchill learn about oil from Frisher?
It does not deteriorate It can be stored up in vast, defensible tanks that which was east of
Suez was cheaper than coal
376. When Churchill agreed to convert entire navy to oil?
1912.0
377. In an effort to integrate, Anglo-Persian purchased one of the largest pipeline networks in
the United Kingdom. What was the name of the company that owned the pipeline?
British Petroleum
378. Used as an essential ingredient for TNT, it was generated from coal until able to extract
from Shell’s Borneo crude. What wast his ingredient?
Toluol
379. Of the many tankers sunk by German submarines in WWI, give the name of one lost by
Standard Oil of New Jersey and Shell.
Standard Oil of New Jersey lost the John D. Archibold and Shell Lost the Murex
380. Within 5 % give the percentage of petroleum supplied by the United States to Allied
Forces in WWI.
0.8
381. State the purpose and chairman of the National Petroleum War Service Committee during
WWI.
It pooled the American oil supplies for Europe. Alfred Bedford, president of Standard Oil
of New Jersey
382. The “golden lane” is located in which country?
Mexico
383. Located in Venezuela, what region led to the country’s oil boom?
Lake Maracaibo Basin
384. The barroso well owned by Shell in the Lake Maracaibo Basin started the Venezuelan
boom, what was its initial production rate and what was the name of the field?
~100,000 bbls/day and La Rosa Field
385. What type of drilling method brought Jersey off the sidelines and into the game in 1928?
Underwater Drilling
386. What was the name of the field that brought the boom to East Texas?
The Black Giant
387. Name the well in 1930 that brought attention to the Black Giant and its initial production.
Daisy Bradford # 3, 340,000 bbl/day
388. This entity was called in to stop the over-production in the Texas fields.
Texas Railroad Commission
389. This contraband oil became the problem with getting the oil industry back to stability by
undercutting the already low prices.
Hot Oil
390. Name the agreement between states that helped stabilize the industry by voluntary
quotas.
 Interstate Oil Compact
391. How many barrels of oil did Japan accidentally destroy during the bombing of Pearl
Harbor?
4.5 million bbl
392. Before WWII, who were the three largest oil companies in Aisia?
Rising Sun, Standard Vacuum, Japanese Affiliates of Royal Dutch Company
393. Who was Japan’s largest importer of petroleum before WWII?
United States of America
394. Name 2 of the 3 powers the “Petroleum Industry Act” of 1934 gave to the United States
government?
Set Market Quotas, Fix Prices, Control imports/exports of petroleum
395. What grade of oil did the United States ban from exports to Japan with the “National
Defense Act?”
Aviation Fuel (87+)
396. What was I.G. Farben?
Largest German synthetic fuel chemical company
397. Who is Friederich Bergius?
First man to successfully extract liquid from coal
398. Who is Walter Teagle?
President of Standard Oil of New Jersey (1926)
399. Who was Frank Howard?
Head of Research for Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1926
400. What was Carl Bosch?
Chairman of I.G. Farben
401. Who was Albert Speer?
Minister of Armament and War Production.
402. What is hydrogenation?
the process of extracting liquid from coal.
403. At the start of WWII, which company lead Germany’s synthetic fuel industry?
I.G. Farben
404. In which American state did Standard Oil of New Jersey build a hydrogenation plant?
Louisiana
405. Before the beginning of WWII, what percentage of Germany’s total energy imports did
the United States account for?
0.9
406. Name the three main Caucasian Oil fields Hitler desired.
Baku, Maikop, Grzony
407. Which oil field did Japan capture apart from Hawaii?
 Borneo
408. In 1945 which country invaded Manchuria?
Soviet Union
409. When Did Japan run out of oil completely?
1944.0
410. What did the Japanese call the oil rich region in which Borneo and Sumaria are located?
The Southern Zone
411. In 1943, what was the name of the largest oil field between California and the Middle
East?
Minas
412. What oil field was Japan’s only wildcat well drilled during WWII?
Minas
413. H.C. Jansen desired to create a great oil center in the south pacific. What country did he
want to place it?
Borneo
414. Who pioneered the development of the seismograph?
Everette Lee DeGolyer
415. To within 5%, what percentage of oil used by the Allies in WWII was produced by the
United States?
0.9
416. Everette DeGolyer was the first American to estimate the oil reserves in the Middle East.
How much were the reserves that DeGoyler estimate?
25.0
417. The California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) was the partnership between
which two American oil companies?
Socal and Texaco
418. Signed on August 8, 1944, the Anglo-American Petroleum Agreement was collaboration
between the U.S. and Britain to establish the 8-member International Petroleum
Commission. What were the two primary duties of the Commission?
Prepare estimates of global oil demand and allocate suggested production quotas to
various countries
419. Name four of the six members of the Iraq Petroleum Company in 1946?
Jersey, Socony, Shell, Anglo-Iranian, CFP, Participants & Investments
420. In 1947, Aramco merged with Jersey and Socony. What percentage of the company did
each new partner receive?
Jersey – 30%, Socony – 10%
421. What agreement in the original Iranian Petroleum Company contract was the major
stumbling block to the Aramco merger with Jersey and Socony?
 The Red Line Agreement
422. Which two companies had a unique purchase-and-sale agreement to get Kuwaiti oil to
European markets?
Gulf and Dutch/Shell Group
423. In 1947, which company was the first to successfully drill for oil in the offshore Gulf of
Mexico?
Kerr-McGee
424. In 1947, Los Angelese was hooked up by large-diameter pipe to the gas fields of New
Mexico and West Texas. What was the name of this pipeline, and who was its owner?
Biggest Inch; El Paso Natural gas
425. The first successful well in the Neutral Zone was drilled in March 1953. Who originally
identified the geologic structure where the well was drilled?
Paul Walton
426. The Saudi Arabian Neutral Zone concession was won in 1948 for $9.5 million upfront, a
guaranteed $1 million/year and 55¢/bbl royalty. What company won this concession and
who was the company’s owner?
Pacific Western, J.P. Getty
427. In 1947, Aminoil, a consortium including Phillips, Ashland, and Sinclair, won the
concession to which Middle East oil field for $7.5 million in cash, minimum $625,000/year
royalty and 15% of the profits?
Kuwait Neutral Zone concession
428. Which country was the first to adopt the 50/50 principle?
Venezuela
429. During the 1950s, three other countries reworked their concession agreements to include
the 50/50 principle. Name these three countries.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq
430. What program was initiated in late 1956 to address limited oil supply to Western Europe
during the Suez crisis?
Oil Lift
431. Which country seized control of the Suez Canal in July 1956 starting the Suez Crisis?
Egypt
432. Which oil industry technical improvement was a direct result of the Suez Crisis?
Super-Tankers
433. In September 1954, an agreement was signed between a new consortium of nine
Western companies and the National Iranian Oil Company. Name these nine companies.
Anglo-Iranian, Jersey, Socony, Texaco, Standard Oil of California, Gulf, Shell, CFP, and
Iricon
434. When did the Iranian government pass a resolution to nationalize their oil industry?
 March 1951
435. Who was the Iranian Prime Minister who had to be deposed before an agreement
between Anglo-Iranian and the NIOC would be reached because of his bitter hatred of
Anglo-Iranian?
Mohammed Mossadegh (Old Mossy)
436. Name the seven sisters.
Jersey, Socony-Vacuum, Standard Oil of California, Texaco, Gulf, Royal Dutch-Shell, BP
437. Following the Italian’s agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company in which Iran
received 75% of the profits, which two other companies made agreements with Middle
Eastern countries that did not follow the standard 50/50 principle.
Arabian Oil Company & Standard of Indiana
438. The Gentleman’s Agreement, signed during the 1959 Arab Oil Congress, is seen as the
beginning of the alliance that would develop into OPEC. Name the five countries present
at this preliminary meeting.
Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and Iraq
439. Who are the five founding countries of OPEC?
Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait
440. Significant oil deposits were discovered in four African countries during the 1950s. Name
these four countries.
Gabon, Algeria, Nigeria, Libya
441. Which company hit big at Zelten in Libya in April 1959?
Jersey
442. The Mandatory Oil Import Program put into effect on March 10, 1959, restricted oil
imports to the United States to what percentage of consumption?
0.09
443. Continental Oil Company, later Conoco, formed as a result of a merger between which
two companies in 1929?
Rocky Mountain Marketing Company, OK-based Crude Producer and Refiner
444. Henry Darcy began his work on fluid fluid flow while designing the fountains of this
French city?
Dijon, 1856
445. The Forties pipeline needed to be shut in on August 1, 2011 to fix what problem?
Removing a nearby unexploded WWII mine
446. Chevron and Gulf Oil Merged when?
1984.0
447. When the standard trust broke up in 1911, what was the Chevron Branch called
Socal
448. Where is Saudi Aramco headquartered
 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
449. Largest oil field in the world?
Ghawar Field
450. What company was first granted concessions in Saudi Arabia?
SOCAL
451. Royal Dutch Shell's HQ?
The Hague, Netherlands
452. When was the tricone bit invented?
1933.0
453. What year did NYMEX start trading oil futures?
30376.0
454. Who arranged the meeting of Juan Pablo Alfonzo and Abdullah Tariki at the 1959 Cairo Oil
Congress?
Wanda Jablonski
455. This is the term for a section of earth raised between two faults.
Horst
456. This term or unit represents the hydrogen-ion concentration in a substance.
pH
457. What country was the first to start a "50-50" agreement between a foreign operator and
the national government?
Venezuela
458. This is the name of a contract signed in July 1928 between several major oil companies
(including Royal Dutch and Anglo-Persian) and that created a oil cartel in ex-Ottoman
Empire territory.
Red Line Agreement
459. This commonly used temperature scale in the industry named after a Scottish engineer
has absolute zero set at 0 degrees while using Fahrenheit as its incremental degree.
Rankine
460. This term describes the apparent weight loss of an object immersed in fluid.
Buoyancy
461. Name two assumptions for Lame's equation.
Linearly elastic, homogenous, isotropic, and 2-D
462. This is constant when experiencing a Joule-Thompson effect.
Enthalpy
463. This well log makes a record of the borehole diameter, which is usually constantly
changing.
Caliper Log
464. This is a type of sedimentary rock similar to limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate. It
can also be a reservoir rock for petroleum sources.
Dolomite or CaMg(CO3)2
465. This is the name for a wellbore completion that enables production from two separate
zones.
Dual Completion
466. This is the most common form of Artificial Lift used for offshore purposes.
Gas Lift
467. This is the name for the classification system used for carbonate sedimentary rocks
developed in 1946.
Dunham classification, Robert J. Dunham
468. Name the 6 types of reservoirs by the type of fluid produced.
Dead (Heavy) Oil, Black Oil, Volatile Oil, RCG, Wet Gas, Dry Gas
469. ExxonMobil drilled the deepest producing oil well in the world in Russia. What is the
name of the oilfield and how deep is it in feet?
Chayvo, 40604 feet
470. What is the current US rig count?
1754 rigs
471. Who believed the Middle East to be the "greatest prize in history" due to its oil reservoirs,
and the inspiration for Daniel Yergin's book The Prize?
Everett Lee DeGolyer
472. This German company conducted research on synthetic fuels for Germany's war effort
during WWII.
I.G. Farben
473. This is the name given to permanently frozen soil or earth that can often cause problems
for industry operations.
Permafrost
474. Oil and Gas are considered to be organic because they have this.
Carbon
475. What event was most responsible for the increased in oil prices in 1974?
Arab Oil Embargo
476. The functional segments Exploration and Production, or E&P, can also be referred to by
this one word commonly used in the industry.
Upstream
477. Drilled solids in mud act to increase what two characteristics of the mud?
Density and Viscosity
478. On a drilling rig, the fast line and the static line through the blocks have the same force
only in this situation concerning the drilling blocks.
 Blocks are stationary
479. Name a common reservoir production model that can be used below the bubble point of
the reservoir.
Vogel's Equation
480. This is a clay commonly used in salt water applications that is a fiber-like clay that builds
viscosity with agitation
Attapulgite
481. What is the recommended pressure (psi) used for a standard API filtration test?
100 psi
482. Name two positive displacement pumps.
PCP and Beam Lift (Rod Pump)
483. If a lower permeability sand was present at the same depth, would the water saturation
in that sand be higher, lower or the same as in Sand A?
higher
484. Calculation: The capillary pressure for Sand A is measured to be 10 psi at a Sw of 0.4. The
density of water is 62 lbm/ft3 and the density of oil is 50 lb/ft3. At what height above the
water table is the water saturation going to be 0.4.
120 Ft
485. Name 2 types of well tests I can conduct to construct an Inflow Performance Relation, or
IPR.
Flowing Test, Gas Lift, Swab, Jet, Pump Assisted Test
486. When someone mentions a 2:1 clay mineral such as smectite, what do the "2" and the "1"
represent.
2 is number of tetrahedral sheets, 1 is number of octahedral sheets
487. Calculation: The permeability of two rocks is measured to be 1 md and 144 md
respectively. If the average pore size of the high permeability rock is 24 microns, estimate
the average pore size of the lower permeability rock (porosity is constant)
2 microns
488. As the number of rotor and stator lobes increases (i.e. 9:10 compared to a 3:4), what
happens to torque and rotational speed?
Torque goes up, Speed goes down.
489. A gear box on a beam pump reduces these two things.
Torque, speed
490. A water-wet solid surface is characterized by a contact angle of ?
theta < 90 degrees
491. What drainage shape has the largest shape factor CA of 31.62?
Cylinder
492. This k-factor often used in reservoir engineering applications relates particle energy to
temperature and is named after this Austrian physicist.
Ludwig Boltzmann
493. This diagram or relation commonly used in the industry to assess rod life and rod failure
for artificial lift applications is named after this English scientist.
Goodman
494. This mathematical and engineering object is characterized as a geometric object that has
a magnitude and direction.
495. Calculation: I have a reservoir characterized by exponential decline that has a decline rate
of -0.01 1/day with an initial production of 5000 barrels/day. The field is currently
producing 3000 barrels/day. What is the predicted ultimate recovery?
200,000 barrels
496. Wellbore breakout occurs along the azimuth of which principal stress?
Shmax
497. When using an ultrasonic televiewer image, what mathematical shape describes the
image of a fracture that slices the wellbore at an angle?
Sinusoid, Sinusoidal
498. When the rate of sediment deposition is greater than the rate of escape of fluids in the
reservoir, this will result in a overburden pressure gradient > 1 psi/ft. What type of
reservoir is this?
Overpressured
499. This type of decline curve is characterized by a b-factor of 1.
Harmonic
500. Calculation: I hold a 2 kg object 5 meters off the ground. How much potential energy does
the object have in joules?
100 J
501. This thermodynamic principle mentioned by Van der Waals indicates that all fluids at the
same reduced temperature and pressure have the same compressibility factor and
deviate from ideal gas behavior to the same degree.
Principle of corresponding states
502. This thermodynamic variable is equal to the pressure of an ideal gas that has the same
chemical potential as the real gas. In other words, it becomes equal to the pressure of the
fluid at pressures low enough that the fluid approaches ideal gas state.
Fugacity
503. What is the maximum number of coexisting phases at equilibrium for a pure fluid?
Three, 3
504. Above ice's melting point, does the specific volume of the substance increase or
decrease?
 decreases
505. This cycle developed by a French engineer demonstrates the most efficient cycle for
converting thermal energy into work, or extracting the most work from a given flow of
heat between two temperature baths.
Carnot cycle
506. If I treat my drilling mud with lignosulfonate, I likely have this type of problem or issue.
Flocculation
507. Why would an operator choose to conduct a Methylene blue test on drilling mud?
Determine CEC or bentonite clay content of the mud
508. During drilling, if the shale formation has an activity of 0.7 and the shale starts to fracture
and I see a reduced mud weight, what is a reasonable value for the activity of the drilling
mud?
> 0.7
509. An ExxonMobil pipeline carrying oil from the Wabasca oil field in Canada had a leak on
March 29, 2013. What is the name of the Arkansas town affected by the spill?
Mayflower, Arkansas
510. What Las Colinas, Dallas based oil company is traded on the NYSE under the symbol
“PXD”?
Pioneer Natural Resources
511. What is the name of the SPE International chapter that New Orleans is a part of?
SPE Delta Chapter, Delta
512. Who is the president of the SPE Delta chapter?
Paul Morphy III, Shell Offshore, Inc.
513. What is the name of this New Orleans-based oil company founded in 1984 whose CEO is
Mr. J. Luis BaSos?
ORX Resources, private
514. In what year did SPE’s first female president serve and what is her name?
1998, DeAnn Craig
515. Name the last five SPE Presidents (2009-2013)
Roodhart, Fattahi, Labastie, Thakur, Imomoh
516. This Calgary-based oil company became a subsidiary of this Chinese-based oil company on
February 25, 2013. Name both companies.
Nexen Energy, CNOOC Energy.
517. What is the total membership of SPE (professional and students)?
104762.0
518. According to the 2012 BP Statistical Review, name the top 5 Gas Producers in South
America from High to Low!
Trinidad&Tobago, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia
519. According to the 2012 BP Statistical Review, what is worldwide oil production?
83.576 MMBO/day
520. According to the 2012 BP Statistical Review, what are US natural gas reserves?
300 TCF
521. You may know Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the head of the Supreme Petroleum
Council and the head of this major national oil company.
ADNOC, Abu Dhabi NOC
522. This Canadian-based pipeline and transportation company has been lobbying hard for the
Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport heavy oils from Canada oil sands to the Gulf
Coast.
TransCanada
523. What is the price of WTI crude oil?
$92.64/bbl
524. This former CEO for a well-known Oklahoma-based gas producer was recently voted by
shareholders to no longer return to his position and retire.
Aubrey McClendon
525. This is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author who is the chairman of Cambridge Energy
Research Associates.
Daniel Yergin
526. In October 2011, this American energy company bought El Paso Corporation in a 21.2
billion deal that made the company the biggest U.S. Pipeline operator.
Kinder Morgan Inc.
527. The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest emergency oil supply in the world with
the capacity to hold up to how many million barrels of oil?
727 million
528. On a F vs Eo, or total withdrawal vs oil expansion graph, a reservoir will be linear under
this condition.
No water influx, no aquifer
529. I am producing a dry gas reservoir and create a P/z plot for the reservoir and extrapolate
my data until I hit a cumulative gas estimate of 50 BCF. If I later realize my reservoir is
under a natural water drive, will my new cumulative gas estimate be higher or lower than
50 BCF?
Lower
530. How many isomers does Pentane have?
Three, 3
531. Regarding phase behavior, this is the point where 3 phases coexist in equilibrium.
Triple Point
532. On a phase diagram, this is the term given to a line of highest temperature where a
mixture can exist in two phases.
Cricondentherm
533. Name the two most common elements in the Earth's crust?
Oxygen, Silicon
534. This is the name of a vessel that breaks oil-water emulsions so that oil can be accepted by
pipeline or for transport
Heater Treater
535. This commonly used solids carrier for fracture treatments undergoes frequent price
swings as most of the material comes from farms in India.
Guar Gum
536. For oil based muds, this is the name of the temperature where oil and rubber, such as
rubber in pump parts, will become one phase and is thus designed to avoid.
537. Calculation: in psi/ft, what is the pressure gradient for 11 ppm mud?
0.572 psi/ft
538. The tensile strength of standard cement is roughly ______ times less than the
compressive strength?
10-12x
539. The main difference between the Driller's Method and the Wait and Weight method of
killing a well is?
Number of mud circulations, driller's is 2, W&W is 1.
540. In a meeting, someone mentions a C228D model pumping unit. What does the "228"
stand for?
228K or 228000 in-lbs torque rating on the gear box.
541. Where is the SPE Offshore Technology Conference, or OTC, held every year?
Houston, Texas
542. Concerning geostatistical or other statistical analysis, what relationship do standard
deviation and variance have?
SD = sqrt(variance) or Variance = SD^2
543. Who is the CEO for Petrobras?
Maria das Gracas Foster
544. In 1923, this Texas company developed the industry's first enclosed, geared pumping unit.
Lufkin
545. In 2007, two countries joined OPEC and are its newest members. Name one.
Angola, Ecuador.
546. What is the equation for the minimum porosity in a dispersed shale?
Porosity = sand porosity * shale porosity
547. This is the name where molecules of natural gas, usually methane, are trapped in ice
molecules.
Methane Hydrate, Clathrate
548. This is a device run during drilling with a smaller initial outside diameter that expands to
seal the wellbore. They often use flexible, elastic elements to expand.
Packers
549. Calculation: What is the NPV of receiving $500,000 in 5 years with a discount factor of
10%. Assume no costs.
550. On J55 casing, what does the "55" stand for?
55,000 psi minimum yield strength
551. What year was the first petrobowl held and who won it?
2002, Texas Tech
552. What is the only school to have won petrobowl 3 times?
OU
553. What type of faulting regime has Sv at its largest principal stress and Shmin as the
smallest?
Normal
554. What is the name of the commonly used correlation to estimate fracture pressure?
Eaton's Correlation
555. A marsh funnel is used on a rig to determine this.
Viscosity
556. What equation represents Boyle's Law?
PV1 = PV2.
557. This company received the first post-moratorium drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico on
February 28, 2011.
Noble Energy
558. With an estimated recoverable 9 billion bbls of recoverable oil, this Chevron-operated
field is located in Kazakhstan. This field is also one of the deepest onshore producing
fields, what is its name?
Tengiz
559. The derrick received its name from Thomas Derrick, a 17th century Englishman that
invented a system of ropes and pulleys for his occupation that would later become the
inspiration for a drilling derrick. What is his occupation?
Executioner, Hangman
560. At what level or percentage of sulfur content is crude oil considered to be sour crude oil?
0.0050
561. Name the process of physical, chemical, or biological alteration of sediments during or
after they have been deposited.
 Diagenesis
562. What percentage of SPE membership is comprised of students?
0.29
563. This Cajun-inspised term is used to describe the soft and sticky formation encountered
when drilling that plugs up drilling tools, piping, and shale shaker screens.
Gumbo
564. This material is a solid that begins to form on catalysts used on cracking processes and
refineries.
Coke
565. In what decade was the first horizontal well drilled in Texon, Texas?
1920s (1929)
566. Name 4 components of an ESP, or electric submersible pump.
Rotor, stator, motor, diffuser, impeller
567. In May 2012, this US state became the first to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracing.
Vermont
568. Name the year the petroleum branch of AIME became a full-fledged professional society
that would become SPE.
1957.0
569. Name the country that is the world's leading LNG exporter that has received recent
publicity for hosting the 2022 FIFA world cup.
Qatar
570. Name the first European country to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing.
France
571. Name the first place winner of the 2011 International student paper contest held at the
undergraduate division.
Parag Bandyopadhyay
572. What is the name for the chemical that is frequently used to alter mud pH levels while
drilling.
Lime
573. This sand from St. Peters sandstone is used as proppant in hydraulic fracturing in the USA
and gets its name from this city in Illinois. Name the city.
Ottawa
574. This class of cement, according to API, is intended for use at depths of 10000
14000 feet at high temperatures and pressures. Name the class.
575. In the US, under what flow is an oil or gas well classified as a stripper well? (oil and gas
rate)
60 MCF, 10 BBL/day
576. Compaction drive is defined as the expulsion of fluids due to the dynamic reduction of
what reservoir property?
Porosity
577. When a source rock is examined under a reflectance microscope, the amount of light
reflected by this plant organic matter helps define the maturity of the source rock. Name
this organic matter.
Vitrinite
578. Name 2 components of a traditional pumping unit.
Etc, etc
579. What was the original name of the NYMEX, the world's largest physical commodity
exchange, where billions of dollars in energy products and metal are bought and sold
every day?
The Butter and Cheese Exchange
580. What country is the number one source of U.S. oil imports, providing around 25% of US
oil imports.
Canada
581. What former scientist became the first world leader to give a major policy speech on
climate change in 1988?
Margaret Thatcher
582. How many times has UT won Petrobowl?
twice, 2x
583. Carbonate sedimentary rock composed of mostly calcite is what
limestone
584. What equation relates capillary pressure to interfacial tension?
Young-LaPlace
585. Identify the aspect of logging that employs an electrical cable to lower tools into the
borehole and is distinct from measurements while drilling and well logging?
Wireline
586. In the early 1800s, saltmakers frequently hit oil or gas in their drilling. These byproducts
were considered a nuisance. In this state, so much oil was diverted to the Kanawha River
by salt manufacturers that it was known as "Old Greasy" to boatmen.
West Virginia
587. This company is publically traded under both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New
York Stock Exchange with a ticker of TSX
TransCanada
588. The underground process of "diagenetic override" leads to a reservoir characterized as?
tight
589. The world's first attempt at a long-distance pipeline would successfully connect the Oil
Regions with the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad. What name was this pipeline given?
Tidewater Pipeline
590. On October 6, 1957, the first Board of Directors meeting was held in Dallas, Texas, with
President John H. Hammond presiding. To what organization did this meeting belong to?
The Society of Petroleum Engineers - of AIME
591. On March 31, 2012, this oil rig owned by Shell ran aground off the coast of Alaska.
The Kulluk
592. What 3 states account for over half of all domestic refining capacity?
Texas, Louisiana, California
593. The Texas Company, started by Joseph Cullinan, would change its name in 1906 to?
Texaco
594. Type 3 kerogens usually form from what type of organic material and tend to produce
what type of hydrovcarbons?
terrestrial plant material, natural gas
595. A joint of C75 casing has the following characteristics: an OD of 4.5 inches, an ID of 3.92
in, 13.5 lbs/ft. Calculate wall thickness, and minimum yield strength, in PSI of this casing.
.29 and 1575000 psi
596. This diagram can be used to determine the overall, vapor phase, and liquid phase
compositions of 3 separate components at one temperature and pressure.
Ternary Diagram
597. This isotherm is required in the modeling of coalbed methane production. It represents
the amount of material bound at the surface as a function of the material present in the
solution.
Sorption or adsorption
598. A multiphase-fluid flow regime characterized by a series of liquid plugs seperated by
relatively large gas pockets.
slug flow
599. The coefficient of isothermal compressibility has the unit of inverse psi, more commonly
known as what in the industry?
sip
600. An important area for Gazprom because it produces 95% of Russia's Natural Gas. Name
this region that is often associated with tundra.
Siberia
601. This ULCC supertanker held the record of longest ship ever built and largest capacity of
any ship. Give just one of her names.
Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis
602. What important additive addition could be made to a Portland cementation to improve
its high-pressure / high-temperature (HPHT) stability
Sand/Silica Flour
603. A laboratory device used to measure the way in which a slurry flows in response to
applied forces.
rheometer
604. The color of petroleum is determined largely by what two components?
Resins and Asphaltenes
605. This refined product is publically traded through the NYMEX with the trading symbol of
RB...
reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending
606. Before allowing futures trading of Oil & Gas, NYMEX was well known for it's futures
trading on what crop?
Potato
607. When a material is compressed in one diection, it usually tends to expand in the other
two directions perpendicular to the direction of compression. This phenomenon is called
the...
Poisson effect
608. The act of drilling with the mud pressure greater than the formation pressure is known as
Overbalanced Drilling
609. Above what Reynolds number does flow in a porous medium become non-Darcy flow?
Order of 1
610. What is the primary disadvantage of using explicit time-stepping in a reservoir simulator?
Numerical instability or limited time-step duration
611. A Naval Petroleum Reserve is an area with probable or poven oil reserves in the U.S. that
was widthdrawn from oil exploration by Congress in 1923 for defense purposes. Name
two locations of such reserves.
North Slope of Alaska, Elk Hills and Buena Vista, CA, Teapot Dome, Wyoming
612. In reservoir simulation, Peaceman's correction is used to model what part of the
reservoir?
Near-well region
613. A positive displacement motor that is used in drilling a deviated hole that has more than
one angular deflection point in the motor housing.
multibend motor
614. This instrument determines the amount of oil, water, and solids in drilling mud.
Mud Retort
615. What are the 3 data transmission methods used for MWD?
Mud pulse telemetry, Electromagnetic telemetry, Wired Drill Pipe
616. This modern day company began as The Ohio Oil Company in 1887 before being bought
by Standard Oil in 1889 and later by United States Steel in 1982.
Marathon Oil Company
617. Calculate the mass of methane gas contained at 1000 psia and 68F in a cylinder with
volume of 3.2 ft3. Assume that methane is an ideal gas.
m=9.1 lb
618. Turbidite deposits would most likely be found in which systems tract of the classic
sequence stratigraphic model?
lowstand systems tract
619. A procedure for calibration of permeability data obtained from a minipermeameter
device. This is usually done when the pore space approaches the mean free path of the
gas.
Klinkenberg Correction
620. This man used the phrase “the Great Game”— the struggle to accomplish and build, and
the drive to make money, both for its own sake and as a register of achievement. Who
was he?
John D. Rockefeller
621. If the size of the grains of a beadpack were double, how much would the permeability
change (all else being equal)?
It would be 4 times larger
622. In the subsurface, is the total compressibility of a dry steam reservoir (single phase, no
liquid water present) higher, lower, or about the same as a saturated (two-phase steam
and water) reservoir at the same pressure?
It is much lower.
623. A semi-log plot produced during pressure buildup analysis is known as
Horner plot
624. This French engineer was working as the Inspector General of Bridges and Highways in
Paris when he modified the Prony Equation into the well-known form we use today.
Henry Darcy
625. A sweet-tasting synthetic ingredient used in toothpaste and other products -- is a
petrochemical derived from oil.
Glycerin
626. Name the two largest conventional oil fields in the world, and their location
Ghawar Field in Saudi Arabia and Burgan Field in Kuwait
627. In a normal faulting regime (with isotropic horizontal stress), which of the following faults
is more likely to slip in response to an increase in pressure? Vertical fault, fault dipping 60
degrees, fault dipping 45 degrees?
Fault dipping 60 degrees
628. Name 3 of the mainland central american countries with no proven reserves of crude oil,
as of Jan 1st, 2011.
El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama
629. Arrange the following minerals in order from densest to lease dense: quartz, dolomite,
calcite
dolomite, calcite, quartz
630. This SPE award is given to outstanding faculty of Petroleum Engineering and has been
awarded to such Professors as Dr. Sharma, Dr. Pope, Dr. Caudle, and Dr. Lake.
Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty
631. Determine the number of barrels of water weighing 8 ppg required to reduce 100 bbl of
14 ppg mud to 12 ppg mud
~54.5 bbl
632. Home to some of the world's largest recent oil discoveries, Brazil is an important Latin
American power. Name the President of Brazil.
Dilma Rousseff
633. Soft sediment deformation is most typical in which facies of deltaic deposits?
delta front facies
634. What is the D/t (“D over t ratio”) in casing design and how does it affect it?
D/t stand for casing diameter over wall thickness and affects burst and collapse design
635. A water pump and a steam compressor operate with the same inlet pressure and outlet
pressure at the same mass flow rate. Which one require greater power input?
Compressor
636. This physical characteristic is the temperature at which wax begins to solidify and is
identified by the onset of turbidity as the temperature is lowered
Cloud Point
637. What is the name given for the 1D water flood problem that has an analytical solution?
Bulkley-Leverett
638. List two common types of pressure transient analysis?
Buildup and drawdown tests
639. This type of motion is the presumably random moving of particles suspended in a fluid
(liquid or gas) resulting from their bombardment by the fast-moving atoms in the gas or
liquid.
Brownian Motion
640. Uncontrolled discharge of formation fluid out of the wellbore is known as
Blowout
641. The equation that relates chemical reaction rates to the temperature and includes such
terms as Activation Energy, Temperature, and the universal gas constant.
Arrhenius Equation
642. Name the first well surveying tool to be used!
Acid Bottle
643. What is a semiveriogram?
A statistical tool that measures the spatial correlation or continuity in geophysical data
644. One bbl of oil accounts for approximately how many gallons of diesel fuel?
9.21 gallons
645. What is the approximate pressure at the bottom of an open tank 10 ft in height and 2 ft in
diameter that contains water at STP?
4.33 psia
646. In petrophysics, what is Stone's model used to predict?
3-phase relative permeability
647. What is the standard length of drill pipe?
30 Ft
648. The US has approximately how many miles of oil pipelines within its borders?
200,000 miles
649. Laboratory analysis of a typical black oil will indicate an initial oil formation volume factor
of
2.0 res bbl/STB
650. If pore diameter in a rock is reduced by half, how much does the capillary entry pressure
increase according to the Washburn equation?
2 times
651. Flowrate of a 1 cP fluid in a 1 m pipe is 1 cm3/s at a pressure drop of 10 psi. If the radius is
doubled, what is the new flowrate?
16 m3/s
652. This temperature window allows for the creation of crude oil from organic matter in
sedimentary rocks. What are these values?
150-300F
653. A sandstone with 25% porosity completely saturated with water of resistivity of 0.05
ohms has a measured resistivity of 0.8 ohms. What would the measured resistivity be if
the water resistivity is 0.1 ohms?
1.6 ohms
654. The recovery of mobile oil directly related to the degree of compartmentalization or
complexity of a reservoir is known as the
Beg Analysis