PetroBowl questions and answers

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Test:PetroBowlSet1|Quizlet
NAME
50 Written questions
1.
Class J
INCORRECT: You gave no answer
0%
ANSWER: "This class of cement, according to API, is intended for use at 10000 to 14000 feet at high temperatures and
pressures."
2.
"Texaco, Humble, Union, Mobil, Shell"

ANSWER: "The eastern oshore portion of the Wilmington eld in Long Beach, CA consists of 4 man made islands.
Which companies were the original contractors of THUMS Long Beach Company?"
3.
Malaysia
ANSWER: Name the second largest exporter of LNG
4.
Indonesia
ANSWER: Name the third largest exporter of LNG
5.
3
ANSWER: How many times per year is SPE magazine The Way Ahead published?
6.
Kuwait
POSSIBLE ANSWERS: "This country has proven oil reserves of 101.5 billion barrels, which is the 6th largest according to
US Energy Information Association (2013)" or "After the 1991 Gulf War the United Nations redrew the border between
Iraq and this country, placing 11 oil wells on their land."
7.
South Australian North Territory Oil Search

ANSWER: The Australian oil company Santos is an acronym that stands for what?
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8.
Russia
US Energy Information Association (2013)" or Containing 4% of world oil reserves and name this country covering 1/8 of
the world inhabitable land area.
9.
EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery)

ANSWER: The tertiary stage of recovery from a reservior is also known as this three letter term.
10.
Kerr-Mcgee
ANSWER: Drilled in October 1947 the historic Ship Shoal Block 32 well o Southeastern Louisiana gives this company
the distinction of being the company that completed the rst commercial oshore well drilled by a mobile rig out of the
sight of land
11.
"Colorado School of Mines, UT, OU"

ANSWER: Name the schools that have won petrobowl the past 4 years
12.
11
ANSWER: "How many lives were lost at Deepwater Horizon Rig on April 20, 2010"
13.
Egbert Imomoh
ANSWER: Name the current SPE President.
14.
Cryogenic Sea Vessel (Tanker)

ANSWER: LNG's high energy density makes it cost eective to transport in areas without pipelines. What type of vessel
must be used to transport LNG?
15.
AIME - American Institute of Mineral Engineers

ANSWER: Name the organization from which SPE began as a subcommittee.
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16.
Orinoco River Basin (Venezuela)

ANSWER: A 2009 report by the USGS stated that the tar sands in this basin contain 513 billion bbl of oil.
17.
1.8 million bpd

ANSWER: "Linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, the Suez Canal is an important feature of global shipping
lanes, within half a million bpd, how much crude oil and rened products go through the Suez?"
18.
1.6 million bpd

ANSWER: "In an impressively fast turnaround after 8 months of civil war, this African nations oil production had
recovered by over 50% within months of the fall of Kada in Libya. How much oil did Libya produce before the war?"
19.
LNG is 2.4x more energy density than CNG

ANSWER: How much larger is the energy density of LNG compared to CNG?
20.
Limestone
ANSWER: Carbonate sedimentary rock composed of mostly calcite is known as what?
21.
GCS - Gulf Coast Section

ANSWER: This section of SPE organizes the PetroBowl competition.
22.
75 billion barrels
ANSWER: "According to the BP statistical review of world energy, at the end of 2010 the Russian federation had the 6th
largest proven oil reserve base. What was the proven oil reserve base?"
23.
Top Drive
ANSWER: This device is suspended from a hook so that its rotary mechanism is free to travel up and down the derrick.
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24.
Progressive Cavity Pump

ANSWER: This articial system uses a helical screw rotar to formed a travelling sealed cavity
25.
Halocene
ANSWER: "According to the standard geologic time scale, what epoch are we currently in?"
26.
Fetkovich
ANSWER: Which aquifer model is based on the premise that the water influx rate is directly proportional to the pressure
drop between the average aquifer pressure and the pressure at the reservoir aquifer boundary?
27.
Spud
ANSWER: This four letter word could describe either a potato or a petroleum term for the very beginning of drilling a
well.
28.
Kashgan Oil Field

ANSWER: Production from this mega oil eld (11-13 billion bbl) in Kazakhstan's section of the Caspian Sea is slated to
begin in late 2013.
29.
"Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia"

ANSWER: "This oil eld, discovered in 1948, is thought to be the largest in the world with about 80 billion barrels of
recoverable oil."
30.
France
POSSIBLE ANSWERS: Which country continues to uphold the rst European ban on hydraulic fracturing as
environmentally insensitive? or Which European company was rst to impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing?
31.
Seven Sisters
ANSWER: This term was coined by Italian businessman Enrico Mattei to describe the oil companies which dominated the
global petroleum industry from the 1940s-70s.
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32.
Mechanical specic energy

ANSWER: Using real time data a driller can calculate the amount of energy required per unit volume of rock drilled in
kilopound force per square inch. Name this parameter.
33.
"Campos, Santos, Espirito-Santo, Camamu-Almada"

ANSWER: Name up to 4 oshore basins in Brazil
34.
Water or gas injection

ANSWER: The secondary stage of recovery from a reservoir involves injecting what possible substances into a reservoir
in order to push the hydrocarbons into the wellbore?
35.
"PDC (Polycrystalline Diamond Compact)

Natural diamond"
ANSWER: Identify two types of xed cutter drilling bits.
36.
Tripping
ANSWER: This is the act of pulling the drill string out of hole or putting it in the hole.
37.
Texas Iron Works

ANSWER: The TIW valve on a drilling rig stands for this company founded in 1917.
38.
Vermont
ANSWER: In May 2012 this U.S. state became the rst in the U.S. to ban hydraulic fracturing.
39.
sand
ANSWER: "On the Udden-Wentworth classication of grain size, what lies between silt and pebbles?"
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40.
Retrograde Condensation
ANSWER: Johanas Kuan was a Dutch scientist who discovered this phenomenon related to condensate reservoirs.
41.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)

ANSWER: "This pipeline was built from 1974 to 1977 to transport oil from the Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska"
42.
Libya
US Energy Information Association (2013)" or What North African country ranks 9th in world oil reserves?
43.
Maria das Gracas Silver Foster

ANSWER: The largest company in South America appointed its rst female CEO in 2012. Name the CEO of Petrobras.
44.
-162 Celsius (-260 Fahrenheit)

ANSWER: Liquied Natural Gas is stored close to atmospheric pressure. At what temperature is LNG stored?
45.
"Titusville, PA"
ANSWER: This city was the site of the rst successfully drilled oil well in 1859
46.
Bit breaker
ANSWER: Name the special tool used by the rig crew to prevent the drill bit from turning.
47.
Retort
ANSWER: "In drilling fluids, this device is used to separate components of a used drilling fluid to estimate the amount of
fluid invasion from a reservoir."
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48.
83 days
ANSWER: How many days did it take to control the Macondo Well through intercepting the wellbore with 1 of 2 relief
wells?
49.
Rumaila
ANSWER: "This mega oil eld in Iraq, located near the Kuwaiti border, is being redeveloped by BP and CNPC to
increase production to 2.85 million bpd, second only to Saudi Arabia's Ghawar Field."
50.
Ahwaz
ANSWER: "This oil eld in Iran's Khuzestan region is thought to produce over 300,000 bpd"
50 Matching questions
1.
This procedure enhances production removing

near well formation damage and increasing the
eective well radius
Partial Completion
Hydrostatic Head
Colonel Edwin L. Drake
Lime
Kerosene
Iraq
Tengiz
Ludwig Nobel
B-T-C Pipeline
Cobbles
0.159
"1948, Empresa Colombiana de Petoleos, Columbia"
INCORRECT: No answer given
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2.
ANSWER: acidizing
Name 5 broad sedimentary environments or

associations.
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ANSWER: "Continental: alluvial, aeolian,

fluvial, lacustrine,
Transitional: deltaic, tidal, lagoonal,
beach
Marine: shallow, deep, reef
Other: Evaporite, Glacial"
3.
Which city will host ATCE in 2015?

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4.
ANSWER: "Houston, TX"
EOR methods can be grouped under 5
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
1.28571428571429 porosity = Vv/(Vv+Vg)
Iran
categorizes based on the set characteristics

necessary for the EOR method to be successful.
Name them.
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5.
ANSWER: "Gas based, water based,

thermal, combinations, and other"
"On the Udden-Wentworth classication of grain

size, what lies between clay and sand?"
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6.
ANSWER: silt
Name the Prime Minister of Turkey
800 miles and 24 inch diameter
Blowout
Auto-refrigeration
Liquefaction
Rheometer or viscometer
Japan
BTU
Recep Erdogan
7.
ANSWER: Recep Erdogan
"Gas based, water based, thermal, combinations, and other"
"Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound was struck

on March 24, 1989 by what?"
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ANSWER: Exxon Valdez
Snubbing
Nigeria
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acidizing
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4.1813 J/(g*K)
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8.
"This country has proven oil reserves of 37.2

billion barrels, which is the 10th largest
according to US Energy Information Association
(2013)"
"Gas Cap Drive, Solution Gas Drive, Gravity Drive, Water Drive "
ad
"Light: API>31.1
Medium: 22.3<API<31.1
Heavy: 10<API<22.3
Extra Heavy or Bitumen: API<10"
ae
Tail mute
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Casing Shoe
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silt
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UAE (United Arab Emirates)
ai
"Continental: alluvial, aeolian, fluvial, lacustrine,

Transitional: deltaic, tidal, lagoonal, beach
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Bakken Shale
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"110,000"
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"Houston, TX"
9.
ANSWER: Nigeria
Identify yhe classications of produced

hydrocaron liquids and their associated API
gravity rankings.
ANSWER: "Light: API>31.1
ad
Medium: 22.3<API<31.1
Heavy: 10<API<22.3
Extra Heavy or Bitumen: API<10"
10.
"In standard SI units, what is the specic heat

capacity of water at room temperature?"
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11.
ANSWER: 4.1813 J/(g*K)
What is the pore volume of a sample that has a

grain volume of 3 and a porsity of 0.3?
12.
ANSWER: 1.28571428571429 porosity =

Vv/(Vv+Vg)
"An important region for Gazprom because it
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Soave
an
Exxon Valdez
ao
Pressure Transient Testing
ap
Tidewater Pipeline
aq
Siberia
ar
Qatar
as
South Korea
at
Calcium and magnesium
au
Venezuela
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Macwilliams model (?)
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18.5 million bbl/day
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United Arab Emirates
produces 95% of Russia's natural gas, name this

region that is often associated with Tundra."
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13.
ANSWER: Siberia
This type of machine is used to determine the

yield point and gel strength of a drilling fluid.
14.
ANSWER: Rheometer or viscometer
"Also known as a hydraulic workover, this

involves forcing a string of pipe into the well
against wellbore pressure to perform a
downhole task or intervention."
15.
ANSWER: Snubbing
What is the model used to estimate the pressure

drop through perforations for wells that have
not been stimulated?
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16.
ANSWER: Macwilliams model (?)
This phenomenon refers to the boiling o of

LNG to maintain it's temperature.
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17.
ANSWER: Auto-refrigeration
"During this process natural gas is condensed

and cooled while harmful components such as
dust, acid gas, helium, water, and heavy
hydrocarbons are removed."
18.
ANSWER: Liquefaction
What is the name for a cut o in time that has

the eect of eliminating some kinds of noise
from seismic data?
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19.
ANSWER: Tail mute
Name the largest exporter of LNG

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20.
ANSWER: Qatar
Name the two ions involved in dolomitization.

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21.
ANSWER: Calcium and magnesium
The measure of heat energy to raise the

temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree
Fahrenheit is known as what?
22.
ANSWER: BTU
"Which large US oil rich formation is described

to look like an oreo cookie, representing to
layers of black shale that leak oil into a central
dolomite layer?"
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aj
23.
ANSWER: Bakken Shale
Name the completion method which uses limited

entry to a formation in order to stay away from
unwanted reservoir fluids?
24.
ANSWER: Partial Completion
"On the Udden-Wentworth classication of grain

size, what lies between pebble and boulder?"
25.
ANSWER: Cobbles
"Name the rst long distance pipeline, built in

1879 with a distance of 110 miles through
Pennsylvania's Oil Regions"
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26.
ANSWER: Tidewater Pipeline
"Name the ""Colonel"" who was the rst person

to drill and nd oil in 1859."
27.
ANSWER: Colonel Edwin L. Drake

billion barrels, which is the 4th largest according
to US Energy Information Association (2013)"
28.
ANSWER: Iran
Name four mechanisms that cause a reservoir to

produce in it's initial phase.
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ac
29.
ANSWER: "Gas Cap Drive, Solution Gas

Drive, Gravity Drive, Water Drive "
Which chemical is almost always used to alter

mud pH level while drilling?
30.
ANSWER: Lime
The enforcement of this act led to the break up

of Standard Oil into 33 dierent companies.
31.
ANSWER: Sherman Anti-Trust Act
How many cubic meters in 1 barrel of oil?

32.
ANSWER: 0.159
An uncontrolled discharge of formation fluid out

of the wellbore
33.
ANSWER: Blowout
"When was Ecopetrol established, what does it

stand for, and what country is it based in?"
34.
ANSWER: "1948, Empresa Colombiana

de Petoleos, Columbia"
"With an estimated recoverable of 9 billion

barrels of oil, this eld is one of the worlds
deepest onshore supergiant elds. It is located
in Khazakhstan."
ANSWER: Tengiz
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35.
"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?"
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36.
ANSWER: Pressure Transient Testing
Name the largest importer of LNG

37.
ANSWER: Japan
What is the length and diameter of the TransAlaska Pipeline System?

38.
ANSWER: 800 miles and 24 inch

diameter
"Name the second largest importer of LNG,

behind Japan."
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39.
ANSWER: South Korea
"This man, known as the ""Oil King of Baku"",

challenged Standard Oil in the European oil
markets of the late 19th century."
40.
ANSWER: Ludwig Nobel
"Rening of crude oil was initially focused on

forming this substance, used primarily in lamps."
41.
ANSWER: Kerosene
Name the individual who introduced the

eccentric factor to the Redlich-Kwan equation of
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state.
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42.
ANSWER: Soave
"In drilling, this is the term used to describe the

height of a fluid column."
43.
ANSWER: Hydrostatic Head
Name this country known for owning 6.7% of

world oil reserves and hosting the world's tallest
building
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44.
ANSWER: UAE (United Arab Emirates)

billion barrels, which is the 7th largest according
to US Energy Information Association (2013)"
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45.
ANSWER: United Arab Emirates
"What pipeline, with a maximum discharge of 1

million bpd, connects Baku, Azerbaijan on the
Caspian Sea with Ceyphan, Turkey"
46.
ANSWER: B-T-C Pipeline
With untapped easy oil and proven oil reserves

of 115 Billion bbl this country may become a top
producer and exporter alongside Saudi Arabia.
47.
ANSWER: Iraq
How many members does SPE have as of 2012?
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48.
ANSWER: "110,000"
What was the United States daily average

consumption of petroleum products in 2011?
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49.
ANSWER: 18.5 million bbl/day
What invention was Rueben Baker famous for

inventing that was run at the bottom of a casing
string?
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50.
ANSWER: Casing Shoe

billion barrels, which is the largest according to
US Energy Information Association (2013)"
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ANSWER: Venezuela
50 Multiple choice questions

1.
Canada
(No Answer)
a. "This country has proven oil reserves of 48.0 billion barrels, which is the 9th largest according to US Energy
Information Association (2013)"
b. "This country has proven oil reserves of 101.5 billion barrels, which is the 6th largest according to US Energy
c. "This country has proven oil reserves of 80.0 billion barrels, which is the 8th largest according to US Energy
d. CORRECT: "With proven oil reserves of 175 billion bbl, this country is known for it's production of heavy
hydrocarbons."
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2.
Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD)
(No Answer)
a. "Linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, the Suez Canal is an important feature of global shipping lanes,
within half a million bpd, how much crude oil and rened products go through the Suez?"
b. "According to 2012 BP Statistical Report, name the region of the world that consumes the most coal and the
leading consumer country in that region."
c. CORRECT: "In drilling fluids, this term denes the true density of a circulating fluid due to the weight of the fluid
and frictional losses."
d. "In standard SI units, what is the specic heat capacity of water at room temperature?"
3.
China
(No Answer)
a. "Identify the well intervention method that provides the ability to work safely under live well conditions with a
continuous string, and enables fluids to be pumped at any time, regardless of the position or direction of travel"
b. "According to API, what class of cement is for use in depths to 6000 feet under normal conditions?"
c. "In drilling, this is the term used to describe the height of a fluid column."
d. CORRECT: "According to 2012 BP Statistical Report, name the region of the world that consumes the most coal and
the leading consumer country in that region."
4.
Joule-Thompson Eect
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: "In a deep gas well, when high pressure gas over 7,000 psi enters the wellbore through perforations in
the casing, it expands with lower pressure but temperature increases. Name this phenomenon."
b. "On the Udden-Wentworth classication of grain size, rank the following size terms from smallest to largest: sand,
pebbles, clay, boulders, silt, cobbles."
d. "This country has proven oil reserves of 154.6 billion barrels, which is the 4th largest according to US Energy
5.
"Howard Hughes, Sr."
(No Answer)
a. Which aquifer model is based on the premise that the water influx rate is directly proportional to the pressure drop
between the average aquifer pressure and the pressure at the reservoir aquifer boundary?
b. What is the name for a cut o in time that has the eect of eliminating some kinds of noise from seismic data?
c. CORRECT: Who invented the rst roller cutter bit in 1909 that dramatically improved rotary drilling?
d. What is welded to the rst string of casing in the well and attaches the bop stack to the well?
6.
Pickup points on shivs and lap points on drum of draw works
(No Answer)
a. This device is used to measure the viscosity of a fluid
b. CORRECT: Drilling line does not tend to wear uniformely over its length. The most severe kind of wear occurs at
which two kinds of points?
c. Which continent is currently the worlds largest petroleum consumer?
d. This type of system is used to steer the drill bit while the pipe is rotating
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7.
88 million bbl/day
(No Answer)
a. How much larger is the energy density of LNG compared to CNG?
b. Identify two types of xed cutter drilling bits.
c. CORRECT: "According to OPEC, what is the 2012 estimated daily world oil demand?"
d. What North African country ranks 9th in world oil reserves?
8.
Slickwater Fracking
(No Answer)
a. How many cubic feet in 1 barrel of oil?
b. CORRECT: This fracturing technique was rst used in 1997 in Texas' Barnett Shale and uses friction reducing
chemicals to allow for more ecient gas extraction.
c. Which European company was rst to impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing?
d. How many cubic meters in 1 barrel of oil?
9.
210 (42 gallons/bbl oil)
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: How many gallons of oil in 5 barrels of oil?
b. Name the two ions involved in dolomitization.
c. Which city will host ATCE in 2016?
d. Name the Prime Minister of Turkey
10.
Adsorbed gas
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: "Name the term that is used to describe the gas accumulated on the surface of a material, such as the
grain of a reservoir rock, or more particularly the organic particles in a shale reservoir."
b. Name the man who in 1940 drilled the rst directional well?
c. "The rst oil tanker, the Zoroaster, sailed out of this city on the Caspian Sea in 1878."
d. What is the name of the correlation used for estimating fracture pressure and pore pressure?
11.
Saudi Arabia
(No Answer)
a. "This country has proven oil reserves of 297.6 billion barrels, which is the largest according to US Energy
b. "This country has proven oil reserves of 48.0 billion barrels, which is the 9th largest according to US Energy
c. CORRECT: "This country has proven oil reserves of 265.4 billion barrels, which is the 2nd largest according to US
Energy Information Association (2013)"
d. "This country has proven oil reserves of 37.2 billion barrels, which is the 10th largest according to US Energy
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12.
Libya
(No Answer)
a. Name the schools that have won petrobowl the past 4 years
b. CORRECT: What North African country ranks 9th in world oil reserves?
c. Name 4 methods for preventing or removing hydrates.
d. This university won the inaugural PetroBowl in 2002
13.
George Bissell
(No Answer)
a. Name the year and place of the founding of the institute mentioned in question 9.
b. Drilling on this salt dome in 1901 led to the rst Texas oil boom
c. What are worldwide proven oil reserves according to the 2013 US EIA?
d. CORRECT: Name the man who led the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company into the rst production of crude oil.
14.
Canada
(No Answer)
a. "This country has proven oil reserves of 80.0 billion barrels, which is the 8th largest according to US Energy
b. CORRECT: "This country has proven oil reserves of 173.1 billion barrels, which is the 3rd largest according to US
d. Name this country known for owning 6.7% of world oil reserves and hosting the world's tallest building
15.
Canada
(No Answer)
a. The rst casing shoe was invented in 1907. Who was the inventor?
b. CORRECT: The US imports about 9 billion barrels of crude oil a year. Which country is leading supplier to the US?
c. This university won the inaugural PetroBowl in 2002
d. "With an estimated recoverable of 9 billion barrels of oil, this eld is one of the worlds deepest onshore supergiant
elds. It is located in Khazakhstan."
16.
Iraq
(No Answer)
a. "The eastern oshore portion of the Wilmington eld in Long Beach, CA consists of 4 man made islands. Which
companies were the original contractors of THUMS Long Beach Company?"
b. "With proven oil reserves of 175 billion bbl, this country is known for it's production of heavy hydrocarbons."
c. "The discovery this eld, later renamed is his honor, caused President Luis Ignacio Lula DaSilva to proclaim it a
second independence for the country, discovered by BG group in 2006. Name the original name of the eld."
d. CORRECT: "This country has proven oil reserves of 141.4 billion barrels, which is the 5th largest according to US
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17.
Felipe Calderon
(No Answer)
a. "The discovery this eld, later renamed is his honor, caused President Luis Ignacio Lula DaSilva to proclaim it a
second independence for the country, discovered by BG group in 2006. Name the original name of the eld."
b. Name the 4 oxides that make up 95% of Portland Cement.
c. "Rening of crude oil was initially focused on forming this substance, used primarily in lamps."
d. CORRECT: "Presiding over a country with a steep decline in oil production, name the President who assumed
authority in Mexico in 2006"
18.
Turn Key
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: "If an operator signs to pay an exact cost to a contractor, regardless of any possible new expenses, the
transaction is known as what?"
b. "This oil eld, discovered in 1948, is thought to be the largest in the world with about 80 billion barrels of
recoverable oil."
c. "In standard SI units, what is the specic heat capacity of water at room temperature?"
d. How many gallons of oil in 5 barrels of oil?
19.
"Baku, Russia (Azerbaijan)"
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: "The rst oil tanker, the Zoroaster, sailed out of this city on the Caspian Sea in 1878."
b. "This pipeline was built from 1974 to 1977 to transport oil from the Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska"
c. "Which large US oil rich formation is described to look like an oreo cookie, representing to layers of black shale
that leak oil into a central dolomite layer?"
d. "Name four internation oil companies that have signed contracts with Kurdistan, in deance of Baghdad?"
20.
Rueben Baker
(No Answer)
a. Who is the current CEO of ExxonMobil?
b. CORRECT: The rst casing shoe was invented in 1907. Who was the inventor?
c. How many cubic meters in 1 barrel of oil?
d. How many cubic feet in 1 barrel of oil?
21.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(No Answer)
a. "When was Ecopetrol established, what does it stand for, and what country is it based in?"
b. "Which large US oil rich formation is described to look like an oreo cookie, representing to layers of black shale
that leak oil into a central dolomite layer?"
c. CORRECT: "The largest oil company headquartered in India, this company produces 72% of India's crude oil and
48% of its natural gas."
d. The largest company in South America appointed its rst female CEO in 2012. Name the CEO of Petrobras.
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22.
Pore volume
(No Answer)
a. This device is used to measure the viscosity of a fluid
b. CORRECT: Dake denes compaction drive as the expulsion of reservoir fluids due to the dynamic reduction of
what?
c. An uncontrolled discharge of formation fluid out of the wellbore
d. This is the act of pulling the drill string out of hole or putting it in the hole.
23.
Increase in pressure and decrease in temperature
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: What pressure and temperature change conditions lead to the formation of Natural Gas Hydrates
b. The measure of heat energy to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit is known as what?
c. Name the book and author tat was instrumental in the break up of Standard Oil into 33 dierent companies
d. This device is used to measure the viscosity of a fluid
24.
Viscosity (reduce to improve flow)
(No Answer)
a. The measure of heat energy to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit is known as what?
b. An uncontrolled discharge of formation fluid out of the wellbore
c. What are the fundamental units of a Stoke and what property does it measure?
d. CORRECT: Enhance Oil Recovery (EOR) has the purpose of changing what property of the reservoir fluid?
25.
"Evaporator, condensor, compressor, heat exchanger"
(No Answer)
a. Name the third largest exporter of LNG
b. Name 4 methods for preventing or removing hydrates.
c. This section of SPE organizes the PetroBowl competition.
d. CORRECT: Name 4 components of a 1 stage refrigeration system.
26.
Alliance Industries
(No Answer)
a. Name the man who in 1940 drilled the rst directional well?
b. Name the organization from which SPE began as a subcommittee.
c. CORRECT: Name the company that owns the worlds biggest renery with 1.24 million bpd.
d. This section of SPE organizes the PetroBowl competition.
27.
"Dry air, mist, foam, airlift, aerated mud"
(No Answer)
a. Name 5 broad sedimentary environments or associations.
b. Which European company was rst to impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing?
c. CORRECT: List the types of flow regimes that can be used in underbalanced drilling.
d. Name the largest importer of LNG
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28.
West Qurna and Majnoon
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: "The 2nd and 3rd largest oil elds in the world, according to Forbes, are in Iraq. Name them."
b. Name 2 of the 4 largest oil elds in Kazakhstan
c. "In the United States, if oil is shipped in a drum it is usually one with this many gallons"
d. "When was Ecopetrol established, what does it stand for, and what country is it based in?"
29.
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
(No Answer)
a. How many times per year is SPE magazine The Way Ahead published?
b. CORRECT: The predecessor company to BP was formed in 1908 after the discovery of a large oil eld in Iran. What
was the origional name of this company?
c. This term was coined by Italian businessman Enrico Mattei to describe the oil companies which dominated the
global petroleum industry from the 1940s-70s.
d. Name four flow patterns observed in multiphase flow.
30.
Petroleum Society of Canada
(No Answer)
a. "This class of cement, according to API, is intended for use at 10000 to 14000 feet at high temperatures and
pressures."
b. "Name the rst long distance pipeline, built in 1879 with a distance of 110 miles through Pennsylvania's Oil Regions"
c. "Identify the well intervention method that provides the ability to work safely under live well conditions with a
continuous string, and enables fluids to be pumped at any time, regardless of the position or direction of travel"
d. CORRECT: "In 2009, SPE completed a merger that resulted in the aqcuisition of 4,500 members worldwide. Name
the group that merged into SPE."
31.
University of Chicago
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: "Between 1889 and 1910, John D. Rockefeller gave multiple donations to fund the creation of this
university."
b. "Presiding over a country with a steep decline in oil production, name the President who assumed authority in
Mexico in 2006"
c. "Name four internation oil companies that have signed contracts with Kurdistan, in deance of Baghdad?"
d. "The 2nd and 3rd largest oil elds in the world, according to Forbes, are in Iraq. Name them."
32.
Coiled Tubing
(No Answer)
a. "In the US, what is the criterion for an oil or gas well to be classied as a Stripper Well? State production period
and rate."
b. CORRECT: "Identify the well intervention method that provides the ability to work safely under live well conditions
with a continuous string, and enables fluids to be pumped at any time, regardless of the position or direction of
travel"
c. "Name four internation oil companies that have signed contracts with Kurdistan, in deance of Baghdad?"
d. "Installed at a depth of 8200 feet, name this FPSO that is the rst of its kind in the Gulf of Mexico"
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33.
The History of Standard Oil by Ida Tarbell
(No Answer)
a. Name the organization from which SPE began as a subcommittee.
b. Name up to 4 oshore basins in Brazil
c. CORRECT: Name the book and author tat was instrumental in the break up of Standard Oil into 33 dierent
companies
d. What pressure and temperature change conditions lead to the formation of Natural Gas Hydrates
34.
10.4 million bbl/day and 12%
(No Answer)
a. "Presiding over a country with a steep decline in oil production, name the President who assumed authority in
Mexico in 2006"
b. Name the man who in 1940 drilled the rst directional well?
c. CORRECT: Give 2011 Saudia Arabian oil prduction and percent of world production this represents.
35.
"Dubai, UAE"
(No Answer)
a. Name the Prime Minister of Turkey
c. CORRECT: Which city will host ATCE in 2016?
d. Name 4 methods for preventing or removing hydrates.
36.
Observation Well
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: Identify the type of well that is equipped with pressure monitoring systems to determine the extent of
propogation of the pressure transient from the producing wells into the reservoir
b. What is the model used to estimate the pressure drop through perforations for wells that have not been
stimulated?
c. Name the three components measured at any given point in a wellbore in order to determine position in a
directionally drilled well.
d. Name the schools that have won petrobowl the past 4 years
37.
1/length
(No Answer)
a. What is the normal hydrostatic pressure gradient of freshwater in psi/ft?
b. CORRECT: What are the units for the non-Darcy flow coecient Beta that is used in Forcheimer's equation?
c. What are worldwide proven oil reserves according to the 2013 US EIA?
d. This university won the inaugural PetroBowl in 2002
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38.
Tupi
(No Answer)
a. "This country has proven oil reserves of 297.6 billion barrels, which is the largest according to US Energy
b. "This oil eld, discovered in 1948, is thought to be the largest in the world with about 80 billion barrels of
recoverable oil."
c. "When was Ecopetrol established, what does it stand for, and what country is it based in?"
d. CORRECT: "The discovery this eld, later renamed is his honor, caused President Luis Ignacio Lula DaSilva to
proclaim it a second independence for the country, discovered by BG group in 2006. Name the original name of
the eld."
39.
BW Pioneer
(No Answer)
a. "Name the rst long distance pipeline, built in 1879 with a distance of 110 miles through Pennsylvania's Oil Regions"
b. What is the API gravity of the benchmark crude West Texas Intermediate
c. CORRECT: "Installed at a depth of 8200 feet, name this FPSO that is the rst of its kind in the Gulf of Mexico"
d. "In drilling fluids, this term denes the true density of a circulating fluid due to the weight of the fluid and frictional
losses."
40.
Khurais
(No Answer)
a. "For high velocity flow in porous media, inertial eects can become signicant. Name the inertial term that is
sometimes added to Darcy's equation in high velocity reservoir flows."
b. What was the global average daily production of oil in 2011?
c. "The 2nd and 3rd largest oil elds in the world, according to Forbes, are in Iraq. Name them."
d. CORRECT: "A 2009 project built pipelines for the injection of 2 million bpd of seawater into this Saudi Arabian mega
Oil eld, boosting production to 1.2 million bpd of oil"
41.
0.433 psi/ft
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: What is the normal hydrostatic pressure gradient of freshwater in psi/ft?
b. What is the length and diameter of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System?
c. Name the current SPE President.
42.
Argentina
(No Answer)
a. This procedure enhances production removing near well formation damage and increasing the eective well radius
b. This person is considered the father of the petroleum industry and lived from 1819 to 1880
c. Which continent is currently the worlds largest petroleum consumer?
d. CORRECT: This country is still the largest producer of natural gas in South America according to US Energy
Information Administration
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43.
Robert Richardson
(No Answer)
a. Name the two ions involved in dolomitization.
b. Name the second largest exporter of LNG
c. Name the third largest exporter of LNG
d. CORRECT: Name the man who in 1940 drilled the rst directional well?
44.
Bulgaria
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: Which European country was second to impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing?
b. How much larger is the energy density of LNG compared to CNG?
c. In May 2012 this U.S. state became the rst in the U.S. to ban hydraulic fracturing.
d. Which country continues to uphold the rst European ban on hydraulic fracturing as environmentally insensitive?
45.
"Diesel, LNG, CNG"
(No Answer)
a. What are the fundamental units of a Stoke and what property does it measure?
b. "On the Udden-Wentworth classication of grain size, what lies between silt and pebbles?"
c. "According to API, what class of cement is for use in depths to 6000 feet under normal conditions?"
d. CORRECT: "Rank these three substances from greatest to least energy density: LNG, CNG, Diesel"
46.
Silver Nitrate Solution
(No Answer)
a. "In the United States, if oil is shipped in a drum it is usually one with this many gallons"
b. Name this country known for owning 6.7% of world oil reserves and hosting the world's tallest building
c. CORRECT: The chloride concentration in drilling fluids can be determined by titrating with what chemical solution?
d. What is the name for a cut o in time that has the eect of eliminating some kinds of noise from seismic data?
47.
87 million bbl/day
(No Answer)
a. Which city will host ATCE in 2015?
b. Who is the current CEO of ExxonMobil?
c. CORRECT: What was the global average daily production of oil in 2011?
d. Name the largest exporter of LNG
48.
"Calcium oxide, Silicon dioxide, Aluminum oxide, Ferric oxide"
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: Name the 4 oxides that make up 95% of Portland Cement.
c. Name the schools that have won petrobowl the past 4 years
d. What is the standard length of drill pipe?
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49.
Jughustlers
(No Answer)
a. "In drilling, this is the term used to describe the height of a fluid column."
b. CORRECT: "In oileld lingo, what are workers laying cable and planting geophones known as?"
c. "According to OPEC, what is the 2012 estimated daily world oil demand?"
d. "After the 1991 Gulf War the United Nations redrew the border between Iraq and this country, placing 11 oil wells on
their land."
50.
"Depth, inclination, azimuth"
(No Answer)
a. CORRECT: Name the three components measured at any given point in a wellbore in order to determine position
in a directionally drilled well.
b. Name 5 broad sedimentary environments or associations.
c. Name the two ions involved in dolomitization.
d. This type of machine is used to determine the yield point and gel strength of a drilling fluid.
50 True/False questions
1.
Drilling on this salt dome in 1901 led to the rst Texas oil boom Rex Tillerson
This is false. You gave no answer.
It should be Spindletop.
2.
Name 2 of the 4 largest oil elds in Kazakhstan "Kashgan, Tengiz, Kurmangazy, and Karachaganak"
This is true. You gave no answer.
3.
"This country has proven oil reserves of 30.0 billion barrels, which is the 11th largest according to US Energy Information
Association (2013)" Kazakhstan
4.
This person is considered the father of the petroleum industry and lived from 1819 to 1880 Colonel Edwin Drake
5.
Name 4 methods for preventing or removing hydrates. "Campos, Santos, Espirito-Santo, Camamu-Almada"
It should be "depressurization, heat, chemical inhibition, and mechanical".
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6.
Hydrates are icelike structures made of what? Malaysia

It should be Gas and water.
7.
What is the API gravity of the benchmark crude West Texas Intermediate 30 feet
It should be 39.6.
8.
"After the 1991 Gulf War the United Nations redrew the border between Iraq and this country, placing 11 oil wells on their
land." Kuwait
9.
This term is used to describe the pressure required to induce cracks in a rock at a given depth. BTU
It should be Fracture Gradient.
10.
This device is used to measure the viscosity of a fluid Viscometer

11.
"In 1946 Kuwait Oil Company started production of this oil eld, the largest sandstone oil eld in the world." silt
It should be Burgan Field.
12.
What was the total depth of Chevron's Knotty Head #1 Discovery Well? 87 million bbl/day
It should be "34,000 feet".
13.
"After a series of discoveries by Cairn Energy over the last decade, this block in Northwest India produces 175,000 bpd.
Name it." Rajasthan Block
14.
"Name the father of Standard Oil destroyer Ida Tarbell, who's business was destroyed by Standard Oil." Frank Tarbell
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15.
Name the year and place of the founding of the institute mentioned in question 9. "Continental: alluvial, aeolian,
fluvial, lacustrine,
Transitional: deltaic, tidal, lagoonal, beach
It should be "1871 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania".
16.
This is dened as the pressure in the wetting phase minus the pressure in the non-wetting phase. GCS - Gulf Coast
Section
It should be Capillary Pressure.
17.
This university won the inaugural PetroBowl in 2002 Japan

It should be Texas Tech.
18.
"Rank the following from lowest to highet distillation temperature: Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, naptha" "Diesel, jet fuel,
naptha, gasoline"
19.
"The islands of the caribbean basin are predomenantly net energy importers with the exception of this island, the largest
supplier of LNG to the US and 5th largest exporter in the world" Trinidad and Tobago
20.
"This organization, founded at the Baghdad Conference of 1960, has the purpose of coordinating the petroleum related
policies of its member countries. " "Texaco, Humble, Union, Mobil, Shell"
It should be OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
21.
"For high velocity flow in porous media, inertial eects can become signicant. Name the inertial term that is sometimes
added to Darcy's equation in high velocity reservoir flows." Forchheimer term
22.
In April 2012 the EPA raised the allowable limit in gasoline of ethanol to what percentage? 15%
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23.
"In the US, what is the criterion for an oil or gas well to be classied as a Stripper Well? State production period and
rate." Adsorbed gas
It should be "12 months, less than 10 bbl/day oil or 60,000 scf/day".
24.
What is the name of the correlation used for estimating fracture pressure and pore pressure? Tail mute
It should be Eaton correlation.
25.
"Based on the degree of reservoir pressure maintenance provided by the aquifer, the natural water drive is often
qualitatively described using what 3 classication terms?" Adsorbed gas
It should be "Active, Partial, or Limited Water Drive".
26.
90% of Iran's oil production comes from this region in western Iran. 0.159
It should be Khuzestan.
27.
Name the shale play that extends from the north United States into Saskatchewan Canada. Alliance Industries
It should be Bakken.
28.
A blend of lubricating grease that is applied to threads of a pipe in order to make the joint leak proof and pressure tight.
Partial Completion
It should be Pipe dope.
29.
"This man who coined the term ""seven sisters"" to describe the giant oil companies of the 1950s, was the rst president
of ENI." Enrico Mattei
30.
"According to API, what class of cement is for use in depths to 6000 feet under normal conditions?" Kerosene
It should be Class A.
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31.
What problem plagues bits in some formations where too much weight on bit is applied? Libya
It should be Bit balling.
32.
"On the Udden-Wentworth classication of grain size, rank the following size terms from smallest to largest: sand,
pebbles, clay, boulders, silt, cobbles." "clay, silt, sand, pebbles, cobbles, boulders"
33.
What are worldwide proven oil reserves according to the 2013 US EIA? 1.638 trillion bbl
34.
Name four flow patterns observed in multiphase flow. Japan

It should be "Bubbly, Slug, Plug, Churn, Stratied, Annular".
35.
What school has the most PetroBowl Championships with 3? University of Oklahoma
36.
Which European company was rst to impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing? Lime
It should be France.
37.
What are the fundamental units of a Stoke and what property does it measure? 39.6
It should be length2/time and kinematic viscosity.
38.
Who is the current CEO of ExxonMobil? Rex Tillerson

39.
Name one of the two rigs Shell transported to Alaska in 2012 for Arctic drilling. Kulluk and Noble Discoverer
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40.
"The succesor of Umarau Yar'Adua and the leader of the administration that has aimed to end fuel subsidies in the
country, name the current president of Nigeria who assumed his role in 2010" Class J
It should be Goodluck Jonathan.
41.
In April 2012 the president of the South American land of Gauchos announced plans to seize control of energy
company YPF away from this international energy company? 15%
It should be Repsol.
42.
"Name four internation oil companies that have signed contracts with Kurdistan, in deance of Baghdad?"
"ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Total, Genel Energy"
43.
This type of system is used to steer the drill bit while the pipe is rotating University of Oklahoma
It should be Rotary Steerable System.
44.
Which continent is currently the worlds largest petroleum consumer? Rex Tillerson
It should be Asia.
45.
What is welded to the rst string of casing in the well and attaches the bop stack to the well? Casing Heading
46.
How many cubic feet in 1 barrel of oil? 0.159

It should be 5.6.
47.
"In the United States, if oil is shipped in a drum it is usually one with this many gallons" 55
48.
What is the standard length of drill pipe? 30 feet

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49.
Recent discoveries have made Brazil an important Petroleum producing country. Name the President of Brazil. 18.5
million bbl/day
It should be Dilma Rousse.
50.
Containing 4% of world oil reserves and name this country covering 1/8 of the world inhabitable land area. Russia
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8/19/2016

"Texaco, Humble, Union, Mobil, Shell"

South Australian North Territory Oil Search

EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery)

"Colorado School of Mines, UT, OU"

Cryogenic Sea Vessel (Tanker)

AIME - American Institute of Mineral Engineers

Orinoco River Basin (Venezuela)

1.8 million bpd

1.6 million bpd

LNG is 2.4x more energy density than CNG

GCS - Gulf Coast Section

Progressive Cavity Pump

Kashgan Oil Field

"Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia"

Mechanical specic energy

"Campos, Santos, Espirito-Santo, Camamu-Almada"

Water or gas injection

"PDC (Polycrystalline Diamond Compact)

Texas Iron Works

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)

Maria das Gracas Silver Foster

-162 Celsius (-260 Fahrenheit)

This procedure enhances production removing

Colonel Edwin L. Drake

"1948, Empresa Colombiana de Petoleos, Columbia"

INCORRECT: No answer given

Name 5 broad sedimentary environments or

ANSWER: "Continental: alluvial, aeolian,

Which city will host ATCE in 2015?

ANSWER: "Houston, TX"

EOR methods can be grouped under 5

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

1.28571428571429 porosity = Vv/(Vv+Vg)

categorizes based on the set characteristics

INCORRECT: No answer given

ANSWER: "Gas based, water based,

"On the Udden-Wentworth classication of grain

Name the Prime Minister of Turkey

800 miles and 24 inch diameter

INCORRECT: No answer given

ANSWER: Recep Erdogan

"Gas based, water based, thermal, combinations, and other"

"Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound was struck

ANSWER: Exxon Valdez

"This country has proven oil reserves of 37.2

UAE (United Arab Emirates)

"Continental: alluvial, aeolian, fluvial, lacustrine,

INCORRECT: No answer given

Identify yhe classications of produced

"In standard SI units, what is the specic heat

ANSWER: 4.1813 J/(g*K)

What is the pore volume of a sample that has a

ANSWER: 1.28571428571429 porosity =

"An important region for Gazprom because it

Pressure Transient Testing

Calcium and magnesium

Macwilliams model (?)

18.5 million bbl/day

United Arab Emirates

produces 95% of Russia's natural gas, name this

This type of machine is used to determine the

ANSWER: Rheometer or viscometer