Bonus Question: Hydraulic Stimulation

This document provides biographical information about Henry Darcy, a French hydraulic engineer born in 1803. It discusses his research focusing on hydraulics and pipe flow, and defines several key assumptions of Darcy's law, which describes fluid flow in porous media. Additionally, it answers multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions covering topics in petroleum engineering, geothermal energy systems, international energy organizations, and the history of oil refining.

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Bonus Question: Hydraulic Stimulation

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1. His father died in 1817.

He continued his education at the Polytechnic School in Paris and

married a British woman named Henriette Carey in 1828. His research is focused on
hydraulics, particularly in the flow and friction loss in pipes. His research of the best known
in the petroleum world is the relationship between flow rate and permeability, his name is
Henry Darcy. When and Where Henry Darcy was born?
Answer: He was born in Dijon France on June 10, 1803.

BONUS QUESTION
Mention five of six assumptions for the Darcy equation
1. The flow is laminar
2. The fluid is homogeneous, saturated 100% by only one type of fluid
3. No reaction occurs between the fluid with the rock
4. The condition of steady state flow
5. Incompressible fluid
6. Isothermal

2. When we take the naturally occurring steam and force it through turbines to get power, we
call it as EGS. What does EGS stand for?
Answer : Enhanced Geothermal System

BONUS QUESTION

EGS technologies "enhance" and/or create geothermal resources in this hot dry rock
(HDR) through hydraulic stimulation. Mention 4 of 6 countries which develop HDR and
EGS systems.

Answer : France, Australia, Japan, Germany, the U.S. and Switzerland

3. What does IOGCC stands for?

Answer : Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission

BONUS QUESTION

A contract by which two or more co-owners of the operating rights in a tract of land join to
share the costs of exploration and possible development. Compare farmout.

Answer : Join Operating agreement

4. The largest group of geothermal power plants in the world is located in?
Answer : Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
The Geysers, a geothermal field in California

BONUS QUESTION
Geothermal regions with adequate heat flow to fuel power plants are found in rift zones,
subduction zones and mantle plumes. Hot spots are characterized by 4 geothermal elements.
Mention those elements!
Answer:
1. Heat Source
2. Reservoir
3. Geothermal Fluid
4. Recharge Area

5. This organization serving of an information source of statistics about the international oil
market and other energy. What is IEA stand for?
Answer:
International Energy Agency

BONUS QUESTION
A release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the enviroment due to human activity, and
is a form of pollution. Means of
Answer : Oil Spill

6. This is an intergovernmental organization of 12 oil-producing countries. This Organization

headquarters in Vienna since 1965, and hosts regular meetings among the oil ministers of its
Member Countries. What does it is?
Answer : OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

BONUS QUESTION
Mention the founding members of OPEC!
Answer : Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.

7. This Company is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant
of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, and was formed on November 30, 1999. It
is affiliated with Imperial Oil which operates in Canada. What does the name of this
company.
Answer : ExxonMobil

BONUS QUESTION
Where is the headquarters of ExxonMobil?
Answer: Irving, Texas

8. What is IPTC stands for?

Answer : International Petroleum Technology Conference

BONUS QUESTION
Where is the 8th IPTC will held?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

9. When and where was the first oil refinery built?

Answer : In Scotland, 1851

BONUS QUESTION
This oil refinery was established around 1861 in McClintocksville in Venango
County near Oil City, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was the first business enterprise
of Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840 - 1909), who became a
famous capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist.
Answer: Wamsutta Oil Refinery

10. Where Larderello Geothermal Field located?

Answer : Italy

BONUS QUESTION
A geothermal reservoir field is in a saturated state. It has 40 MegaWatt thermal, heat
potential for 30 years development. The reservoir pressure and temperature are 10.5 bar and
180oC. Recovery Factor of the energy generated is 10%. Estimate the Electicity that can be
generated if the electricity conversion factor is 10%.
Answer : 4 MegaWatt
Hel = H thermal x η
= 40 Mw x 10%
= 4 Mw