DRILLING ENGINEERING

Multiple Choice Questions

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
1. Technology necessary for extracting oil and gas reserves is
a) Drilling
b) Coiled tubing
c) Hydraulic fracturing
d) None of the above
2. Technology which is used to utilize crude oil and natural gas reserves is
a) Reservoir engineering
b) Stimulation technology
c) Drilling technology
d) All of the above
3. All the hydrocarbon resources present on the globe are found
a) At surface
b) Underground
c) At rivers
d) None of the above
4. The only method available to extract hydrocarbon reserves to date is
a) Process engineering
b) Production engineering
c) Drilling technology
d) All of the above
5. In early days, drilling was done to extract
a) Underground water
b) coal
c) Oil and gas reserves
d) None of the above
6. Large deposits of untapped crude oil was mostly hidden below the surface until the
middle of which century?
a) 1700
b) 1900
c) 1800
d) None of the above
7. In early days, oil seeps were used for
a) Medicinal purpose
b) Can 1k boats
c) In buildings
d) Lubricating machinery
e) All of the above
8. The first oil was drilled
a) In Iraq and in 450 BC
b) In China and in 347 BC
c) In Macedonia and in 325 BC
 d) In Canada and in 1857
9. The petroleum industry in the Middle East was established by the
a) Ninth century
b) Eighth century
c) Seventh century
d) None of the above
10. In early days, the Chinese were_________ using as modern drill pipe to extract oil.
a) Bamboo
b) Cable tool rig
c) Rotary system
d) None of the above
11. Mohammad ibn Zakariya Razi produced_________ from petroleum using the distillation
process in the ninth century.
a) Diesel
b) Kerosene
c) Gas
d) All of the above
12. Distillation process became available in Western Europe through Islamic Spain by
a) Eleventh century
b) Twelfth century
c) Tenth century
d) None of the above
13. In the West, ________ was the first place of commercial production.
a) United States
b) Canada
c) Brazil
d) France
14. The first breakthrough in the oil industry's drilling history was the year
a) 1839
b) 1849
c) 1859
d) 1921
15. The first oil well drilled in the United States was__________ ft deep.
a) 59 feet
b) 69 feet
c) 79 feet
d) 89 feet
16. The principal party in the oil industry is called
a) Service company
b) Operator company
c) Contractor
d) Consultant
17. The first task an operator has to do is the engagement of a
a) Consultant
b) Geologist
c) Landman
d) Surveyor
18. A _________is hired by the operator to acquire drilling rights
a) Landman
b) Surveyor
c) Geologists
d) None Of the above
19. A contractor who owns the drilling rig and employs the crew to drill the well is called
a) Drilling contractor
b) Service Company
c) Operator
d) None Of the above
20. Operator hires _________to conduct other rig jobs.
a) Specialist consultants
b) Geologists
c) Landman
d) Surveyor
21. Petroleum and mineral resources are usually owned by the ______of the host country.
a) Gangsters
b) Government
c) Private Sector
d) Bureaucrats
22. ________licenses allow licensees to drill for, develop and produce hydrocarbons from
whatever depth is necessary
a) Exploration
b) Production
c) Drilling
d) Seismic
23. A well that helps to determine the presence of hydrocarbons is called _______well
a) Wildcat
b) Development
c) Exploration
d) None of the above
 
24. A well that is drilled to establish the extent (size) of reservoir is called______ well
a) Wildcat
b) Development
c) Appraisal
d) None of the above
25. A well that is drilled in a proved production field or area to extract natural gas or
crude oil is called_______ well
a) Wildcat
b) Development
c) Appraisal
d) None of the above
26. A well that is sealed and closed is called an
a) Wildcat
b) Development
c) Appraisal d) Abandonment
27._______ licenses do not allow a company to drill any deeper than certain depth

a) Exploration
b) Production
c) Drilling
d) Seismic
28. On average. only one in eight exploration wells are successful in __________
a) Red Sea
b) North Sea
c) Atlantic Ocean
d) Pacific Ocean
29. The role of drilling engineer during drilling operations is
a) Planning
b) Design
c) Supervision
d) All of the above
30. Which one is not a type of drilling well?
a) Exploration well
b) Appraisal well
c) Development well
d) Wild dog well
31. It is believed that the revolution of modern civilization benefited much from the
revolution of:
a) Drilling technology
b) Seismic technology
c) Oil industry
d) EOR technology
32. Considering the lifecycle of the well, drilling operations are required at
a) The middle stage of the lifecycle
b) The initial stage of the lifecycle
c) The last stage of the lifecycle
d) All of them
33. The main objective of drilling engineering is to
a) Have sustainable drilling operations
b) Explore deep reservoirs
c) Increase productivity
d) Avoid breaking the formations
34. A sustainable drilling operation can be achieved by
a) Efficient designing
b) Analyzing the drilling data
c) Implementing the right procedures
d) All of the above
35. The responsibilities of a drilling engineer are to
a) Decide the location of the well to be drilled
b) Prepare the well pad
c) Determine the depth of the well
d) None of the above
36. Which of the following does the drilling engineer has some flexibility to decide on?
a) Well location
b) Well trajectory
c) Well depth
d) Well cost
37. Which of the following does the drilling engineer not have flexibility to decide on?
a) Well location
b) Casing depths
c) Holes diameter
d) Rig maintenance
38. For which of the following operations does the drilling engineer need assistance and
recommendations?
a) Drilling fluids design
b) Cementing design
c) Drill bits design
d) All of the above
39. Which of the following is not one of the technologies needed to prove the existence of
petroleum accumulations?
a) Seismic technology
b) Reservoir simulation
c) Formation evaluation
d) Drilling technology
40. Petroleum accumulations can only be proved after
a) Performing seismic operations
b) Performing reservoir simulation
c) Drilling a well
d) Well stimulation
41. Commercial hydrocarbon accumulations can only be proved after performing
a) Well testing
b) Well logging
c) Drilling a well
d) None of the above
42. Human civilizations used drilling technology for
a) Drilling water wells
b) Mega constructions
c) Drilling oil wells
d) All of the above
43. The first oil discovery was in , whereas the first nation to drill deep wells was
a) China and Babylon
b) Kirkuk and Macedonia
c) Iraq and China
d) Kirkuk and Canada
44. Breakthrough of oil production all over the world was in
a) The eighteenth century
b) The nineteenth century
c) The twentieth century
d) The twenty-first century
45. The earliest known oil well was drilled in
a) Canada
b) United States
c) Macedonia
d) China
46. The first country to drill a commercial oil well was
a) China
b) Canada
c) United States
d) Iraq
47. A small exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field to get the
geological information is known as
a) Wildcat well
b) Appraisal well
c) Pilot well
d) Abandonment well
48. A well drilled in a land that has dry wells drilled earlier is a/an
a) Appraisal well
b) Wildcat well
c) Development well
d) Observation well
49. A well drilled in a land which has one discovery well drilled is a/an
a) Exploration well
b) Development well
c) Wildcat well
d) Appraisal well
50. A well drilled in a land known to have proven commercial oil is a/an
a) Wildcat well
b) Appraisal well
c) Injection well
d) None of the above
MCQs (Self-Practices)
1. A well which is drilled with no traces of oil accumulations is known as
a) Abandonment well
b) Appraisal well
c) Dry well
d) Wildcat well
2. All of the following well types can be converted into a producing well except
a) Injection well
b) Exploration well
c) Observation well
d) Dry well
3. A producing well should be in a sustainable fashion if it is not producing commercially any
more
a) Abandoned
b) Shut in
 c) Stimulated
d) None of the above
4. The first well that is drilled in a discovered field for gathering more information is called
a) Exploration well
b) Wildcat well
c) Appraisal well
d) All of the above
5. After drilling a wildcat well, which decision should be made right after completing the
testing operation?
a) Put the well on production
b) Kill the well
c) Abandon the well
d) All of the above
6. The exploration well is drilled due to the following reason(s)—which one is the correct
answer?
a) Extent of the reservoir
b) Oil existence
c) Oil productivity estimations
d) Production of oil
7. The appraisal well is drilled to find out
a) Oil existence
b) Rock and hydrocarbon properties
c) Reservoir extent
d) Reserve
8. The development well is drilled to
a) Fix the designed rate
b) Know the reservoir size
c) Know the oil properties
d) Extract hydrocarbons