Petroleum Engineering Test 1 Nddc Scholarship
Question 71
According to OPEC, what is the 2012 estimated daily world oil demand?"
D. 88 million bbl/day
OPEC’s 2012 estimate for daily world oil demand was about 88 million barrels per day.
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Question 72
What North African country ranks 9th in world oil reserves?
B. Libya
Libya, in North Africa, ranks 9th globally in proven oil reserves.
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Question 73
The measure of heat energy to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit is known as what?
B. BTU
A British Thermal Unit (BTU) is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 °F.
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Question 74
The analysis of pressure changes over time, especially those associated with small variations of volume of a fluid, is called what as it's often related to well testing?
C. Pressure Transient Testing
Pressure transient testing analyzes pressure changes over time, often to evaluate reservoir properties during well testing.
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Question 75
What is welded to the first string of casing in the well and attaches the bop stack to the well?
B. Casing Heading
The casing head is welded to the first string of casing and serves as the base for attaching the BOP stack to the well.
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Question 76
A given virgin reservoir is under sufficient pressure for HC production. Although the reservoir still has commercial quantity of crude, production begins to fall. Which of these techniques can artificially aid or stimulate production?
A. Water injection
Water injection is a common enhanced oil recovery technique used to maintain reservoir pressure and stimulate production.
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Question 77
The image above is from the study of the structure of layers of rock in the university campus. What is he/she doing?
B. Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy is the study of rock layers (strata) and their arrangement, often used to interpret geological history and structures.
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Question 78
After drilling to a reservoir, the production team decided to prevent the well from covering up itself. They put concrete casing and piping down the well before oil production is commenced. What is the technical term for what they did to the well?
A. Well completion
Well completion is the process of preparing a drilled well for production, including installing casing, cementing, and tubing.
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Question 79
Saturated regions of the subsurface that can produce an economical quantity of water is known as
D. aquifers
Aquifers are saturated subsurface formations capable of producing economically usable quantities of water.
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Question 80
Which of these can be used as lubricants in drilling boreholes into the earth?
A. Water based mud and B. Oil based mud
Both water-based and oil-based drilling muds can act as lubricants while drilling boreholes.