1) In which country is the largest natural gas field?

Iran and Qatar

2) What is the name of the external input shaft of some gear operators. Pinion shaft
3) In the context of directional drilling, what does ERD stand for? Extended Reach
Drillig
4) Name the well type that produces at the limit of profitability. Marginal well
5) What is the typical range of crude oil in terms of API gravity. 20 to 45

6) When was the Paris agreement signed. 12 December 2015

7) Before the widespread adoption of jet perforation, what was the preferred
perforation. Bullet perforation
8) What is the name for the system for acoustic surveying most commonly used in the
marine environment. Side scan sonar
9) What is the value of relative permeability if a single fluid is present? 1
10) What is the name of the well completion component in the shape of a bar, shaft or
spindle used to arrange components around itself? Mandrel
11) There generally three categories of loss circulation event encountered whiles
drilling. What is the name of the category where least amount of losses are encountered.
Minor loss circulation
12) As opposed to conventional statistics.. Ans Geostatistics
13) When preparing a cased well-bore for production we may employ a technique called
TCP. What does TCP stand for? Tubing Conveyed Perforation
14) What is the name of the ratio of natural expansion to longitudinal contraction for a
rock under. Poissons ratio
15) In which reservoir rock type is alkaline flooding not recommended? Carbonates
reservoirs
16) What common source of movement derived from high velocity multi-phase flow is of
concern in process piping and can potentially lead to fatigue failures and hydrocarbon
leaks. vibration-induced fatigue or piping vibration
17) What shows the relationship describing the capillary pressure required to obtain a
given non wetting phase saturation in a rock. Ans Capillary Pressure-Saturation
Curve
18) What is the most used source of potassium for producing potassium mud. Potassium
Chloride (KCl)
19) The oil and gas industry invest significantly money with highly uncertain outcomes.
What is another name for such uncertain business. Risk
20) What is the common compound name for the percent by volume of solid impurities
and water in the oil. ANS Basic sediments and water
21) In evaluating wave behaviour name the term that describes when a damping force is
proportional to the velocity of the particles. Ans viscous damping.

22) When referring to management, What does TEA stand for.Ans Total Enterprise
Assessment
23) Name the down-hole device that is used to control fluid flow under down-hole
conditions. Ans Downhole choke
24) What is the allocation of production among reservoirs and wells or pipeline
allocation of capacity among shippers called? Production Allocation
25) When referring to energy transition, what does the acronym PEM stand for? Proton
Exchange Membrane
26) What is the main function of adding stripping gas to glycol to remove water from
natural gas. The main function of adding stripping gas to glycol in a natural
gas dehydration process is to enhance the removal of water from the glycol,
thereby improving its ability to dehydrate the natural gas.
27) The dissolution process that reduces pore spaces under pressure during diagenesis
and from stilolytes is known as what. Pressure Dissolution or pressure solution
28) Two stage cement jobs usually consist of lead and tail cement, which of these
slurries usually have a higher density. tail
29) What we call a formation interval that has become over-pressured by the injection
of drilling or treatment fluids. Charged zone
30) What we call a formation interval that has become over-pressured by the injecton of
drilling or treatment fluids.
31) What is the name of the process that produces hydrogen from electricity and water.
Ans. Electrolysis
32) Which devices in separators removes oil droplets from the gas phase before gases.
Mist extractor
33) What class can blue health and safety signs be classified to. Mandatory signs
34) In drilling fluid formulation what is the use of molecular weight polyacrelyt.
Filtration, control viscosity, modification, flocculation and shale stabilization
35) What is the term used to refer to the gun when it is run through the restricted
clearance of production tubing: Through tubing gun
36) In well testing, which down-hole tool is used to isolate the zone to be tested. Ans
Packer
37) Critical coning rate of a reservoir can be correctly calculated by using what
method. Schols correlation method.
38) Where is the worlds first offshore gas hydrate production carried out successfully in
deep water. Eastern nankai trough
39) What is called the total suction head in feet of liquid of the water been
pumped.Total Suction Head (TSH) or sometimes Net Positive Suction Head
Available (NPSHA).
40) Name the cationic amine salt used as oil wetting agent, corrosion and shale
inhibitors and bacteriocytes. quaternary ammonium compound
41) What does linear expansion of casing under heating conditions during the
production phase resulting in axial enlogation of the casing cause. thermal expansion
42) What is the term commonly used to refer to the distance from mean water level
from the bottom of the rig. air gap
43) What grade of sucker rod under API is the more corrosion resistant: Sucker rod
Grade K
44) The process for returning an area of land used for petroleum production to a
condition as close to its original state as close as possible is known as. Ans Land
Reclamation
45) Which tool captures fluid samples and measures pressure down-holes at the zone of
interest. Wireline Formation Tester (WFT)
46) What is the name of the chemical additive that reduces the the cement slurry
viscosity: fluid-loss additive.
47) In what decade did the Society of Petroleum Engineers began an intensive dialogue
about probabilistic reserves definition. 1970s
48) What is the phenomenon describing the pressure waves generated by rapid change
of velocity in a liquid system: water hammer
49) CHECK AGAIN: What is the completion expression that defines the process of
assembling the well controller pressure control equipment on the wellhead. wellhead
installation orwellhead assembly.
50) In what year period were the first patents for oil jets patents issued. 1890s to
1910s
51) Name the wellhead component in which the casing hanger is located when a casing
string has been installed. Casing bowl
52) Name the feature in seismic data that results from changes in velocity both laterally
and vertically. Velocity anomaly
53) What is the name of electric generating technology in which electricity is produced
from lost waste heat exiting from one or more gas turbines. Combined cycle
54) What effect does salt water contamination has on the bentonite clay in fresh or
seawater muds. Ans leads to flocculation which causes increase in rheological properties
and fluid loss
55) In hydraulics what is the energy contained in the liquid as a result of its elevation
relative to a datum called. Potential energy
56) What calculation technique relies on distributions for uncertain input variables
instead of having simple point estimate. Stochastic simulation
57) The amount of money equal to the net operating income and less than the
investment can be descibed as what. Cashflow
58) What tool is used to drop the bottom and top plot during cementing. plug dropper
or plug landing tool.
59) What phenomenon leads to fluid pump in sucker rod pumps.positive
displacement
60) Name one of the three components of data science diagram
61) What is the name of the system for acoustic surveying most commonly deployed in
marine environment and towed by a ship
62) When referring to drilling fluids, what does BOD stand for
63) In terms of oil and gas industry, what is 20th century called
64) What is the name of the very first chat-bot developed in the era of AI powered by
chatbot.
65) What regression technique finds relationships between two or more variables that
have a complex non linear relationship
66) What drilling fluid property is recommended to help control hydrogen sulfide and
carbon dioxide corrosion.
67) In the context of drilling what does the acronym MWD stand for
68) What kind of seal is produced without using synthetic seal
69) What low solubility additive is used to improve filter kick, provide lubricity or stop
loss circulation.
70) Name one isotope used to determine the geologic age. Ans Uranium
71) In which test is a well flowed against a specified back pressure until its bottom
pressure and surface pressure stabilized
72) Which type of drilling mud is commonly used in the drilling of most high pressure
high temperature wells.
73) What is the valve that uses sliding gate to block fluid flow
74) In relation to energy options what is the process in which two small nuclides
combine to form a single layer
75) What is the process of making machines smart and intelligent using….. Ans
Artificial Intelligence
76) Name the type of completion that is designed to utilize the natural flow capability of
the reservoir
77) Name one of the three types of statistical distribution normally used in the oil
industry when building models
78) Name one of the fields where neural networks are applied
79) What is the generic name of the mechanical expandable device used to seal…. Ans
Packer
80) What is the name of the completion component generally included in the lower
assembly near the packer that allows communication between the tubing and annulus
81) In relation to formation factor, this term defined as the ratio of electrical resistivity
of a conductive fluid in a porous medium to the electrical resistivity of the fluid itself
82) In rock pump systems, what materials are rod guides made of
83) What parameter does the jet pump primarily depend on
84) The scenario of overlift is typically common with which type of agreement. Ans
Production Sharing Agreements
85) In safety systems,what does ESD, stand for? Emergency Shutdown
86) What is the branch of mathematics that deals with the calculation of infinitesimals
and discrete quantities.calculus.
87) During a cement job what is used to separate the drilling fluid, cement and or
displacing fluid. Wiper plug
88) In terms of transportation, what does EV stand for? Electric Vehicle
89) What was the first great invention of thomas eddison?Thin foil ponograph
90) In a gathering system a pipe arrangement that connect flow lines from several line
wellheads into a single gathering line is known as what? Header
91) The difference in pressure across the interface between two phases is known as?
Capillary pressure
92) What is the term used to define the measure of the well potential or the ability to
produce? Ans. Well deliverability or well productivity
93) What mathematics branch deals with properties that are conserved under continous
deformation of objects? Topology
94) The reciprocal of resistivity is called? Conductivity
95) The movement of very small particles from the formation to the wellbore where they
will fill pore spaces and reduce permeability is called what? Fines migration
96) Name the African country that built the first commercial LNG plant that became
operational in 1964? Algeria
97) What is the name of the Progressive Cavity Pump component that has an internal
bonded elastomeric sleeve with a helix design at its surface. Stator
98) In wave evaluation wave velocity primarily depend on modulus of elasticity and one
additional property. Name this? Density
99) What type of chemical bond is derived from the transfer of a valence electron? Ionic
bond
100) What is the term for a major issue in hydraulic fracturing that causes the blockage
of proppants inside the fracture. Proppant screen out
101) Which tests are performed while shutting in the well after some period of flow to
measure? Build up test
102) What refers to payments that may be due to the host government, mineral owner
or land owner in return for the producer having access to the petroleum? Royalty
103) What is the name of the ratio of the service provided to energy input. Energy
efficiency
104) Name the unit of speed used for marine and areal navigation and equivalent to
0.154m/s? Knots
105) In progressive cavity pump configuration normally where is the motor location in
highly deviated wells. At the surface
106) What is the expression for connecting tubulars by threading two joints together
and then tightening to ensure a secured tool string. Ans. Making up
107) Name the cement used in almost all drilling cement? Ans Portland cement
108) According to the prize, which country benefited from the 1973 crisis? Soviet union
109) Name the partial differential equation that governs potential fields and is
equivalent in three dimensions to the inverse square law of gravitation or electical
attraction. Poissons equation
110) In what year was the oil spill caused by Exxon valdez. 1989
111) A control of burning of unwanted gas through mostly a vertical pipe is known as
what? Gas flaring
112) What is the name of the layers between the input and the final output nueron in
nueron networks? Hidden layers
113) How many strokes does the diesel cycle engine need to complete its combustion
cycle? Four strokes
114) What is the highly insoluble mineral that is the first percipitate from evaporation
of sea water? Calcium carbonate or calcite
115) From the OPEC member countries, in what year did venezuela become an oil
producer? 1914
116) In the latter half of the 20th century, oil and gas companies became more technical
and compitetions for funds demanded analysis of what mearsure of its buisness? Return
On Investment (ROI)
117) What is the perforating device designed to ignite the detonator through mechanical
or electrical activation when using running methods other than wireline?
118) What word is used to describe the surface of a minerals repulsion to water?
119) When was the book called the prize the epic
120) What is the name for the right to exploit, mine or produce minerals beneath the
surface of property? Mineral Rights
121) What is the tendency to cause motion around an axis called?
122) When referring to drilling fluids, Bone is an alternating term to what type of
vessel?
123) What kind of separator orientation is preferable in liquid surge situation?
124) In safety systems, what ESS stand for?
125) In what year did offshore drilling begin?
126) In fluid mechanics, what does the highly disordered fluid motion that typically
occurs at higher velocities and is characterized by velocity fluctuations referred to?
127) What is the term commonly used to refer to the cement filled space between the
float collar and the guide shoe?
128) What is the component of ball valve that holds the ball on the fixed vertical axis?
129) Graduations on a hydrometer tube indicates which property?
130) Which method describes how vibrations travel through a system?
131) In fluid mechanics, what is the key parameter for the determination of the flow
regime in pipes?
132) What is the term given to any perforating gun designed to break into small pieces
upon firing?
133) Currently, OPEC has how many member countries?13
134) In the context of management, what is EEF?
135) Who wrote the book The Prize? Daniel Yergin
136) What do we call a material that have an electrical conductivity value falling
between that of a conductor such as a metallic copper and an insulator such as a glass?
Semiconductor
137) In what year was the first wireline logging operation?
138) Polyolefins are made from the polymerization of what hydrocarbon?
139) In well completions, what is the name given to the calculated maximum production
capability of a well in the absence of any restrictions?Absolute Open flow
140) What is the system used to indicate wall thickness of a pipe?
141) What is usually part of every rig crew who accesses to doctors and medical help?
142) Which class of muds use partially hydrolyzed polyacrelamade as a functional
additive either to control wellbore shales or to extend bentonite to low solid muds?
143) What term is used to refer to the set of valves, spools and fittings connected to the
top of a well to direct and control the flow of formation fluids? Christmas tree
144) What term is used to express the act of setting off an explosive material?
145) What is the term commonly used to refer to the tool located at the top of a mud
motor which allows the drill string to empty when tripping out of the hole and to fill
when tripping in the hole
146) When referring to CCUSs, what is the first country in the world that will apply it
at a cement facility?
147) Methyl orange is red in solutions with a pH below what value?
148) Lightweight cement slurries typically have cement, gas and what other
component?
149) Name the unit of distance used for marine and areal navigation? Knotical miles
150) In the context of directional drilling, the acronym DLS stands for what? Dog Leg
Severeity
151) What is the name of the compounds that naturally occur in sour gas and have a
sulphur atom inserted between a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom?
152) What organic acid used in oil and gas well stimulation treatment is less corrosive
than commonly used hydrochloric acid? Acetic acid
153) What do we call the distance between a gun shaped charge and the internal surface
of the gun body?
154) In mechanics of materials, what law does apply in the statement “if the material
behaves in a linear elastic manner, there is a proportional relationship between stress
and strain”? Hookes law of elasticity
155) What tool or assembly is used to retrieve samples of fluids or fill material from the
wellbore?
156) What is the name of the conduit line which is run alongside the production
tubulars to inject chemicals that counteract and inhibit undesirable reactions during
production?
157) What is the term used to describe the phenomenon caused when pump
submergence into the fluid column is low?
158) A downhole tool placed inside the casing to isolate the interval……? Bridge Plug
159) In terms of corrosion, what is the alternate name of galvanic anode?
160) What is the process of pumping a fluid into a wellbore at an injection rate too great
for the formation to accept?
161) What is the informal term that is used to denote the surface of rock or distinctive
rock layer that might be represented by reflection in seismic data?
162) What is the term that describes the structure and contents of solids and rock
recorded during a drilling or excavation operation?
163) In reciprocating pumps, what is the name of the loss of capacity as a percentage of
the cylinder displacement because of volumetric efficiency, stuffing box losses and valve
losses?
164) An increase in the demand for fossil fuels leads to an increase in which volume of
gas emitted each year? Carbon dioxide
165) What is the name of the plug of cements or similar material placed as a slurry in a
specific location within the wellbore to provide a means of pressure isolation or
mechanical platform?
166) What kind of impurities can be remedied by coating of internal surfaces of a
separator?
167) What is the name of the phenomenon that removes the energy added in a system
via wave propagation?
168) If you ever wrapped an insulated wire around a nail and connected a battery to it,
you have experimented what law?
169) Also known as a throttling process, name this effect that describes the temperature
change of a fluid as it is forced through an insulated valve? Joule Thompson Effect
170) On the basis of the mathematics of the bingham mondel, which parameter
represents a viscosity of a mud when extrapolated to infinite shear rate?
171) What is the name of the chemical agent used to increase the thicknening time of
cement slurries? Accelerator
172) In fluid mechanics which equation refers to the conservation of kinetic, potential
and flow energies of a fluid stream and their conversion to each other in regions of flow,
where net viscous forces? Bernoulli Equation
173) Name one of the two quantitative analysis procedures prescribed by API to
measure the content of base oils for fuel for use in oil mud?
174) Which other term is used to describe specific gravity of a substance?
175) Where was the first production semi submersible installation placed at offshore?
176) What exist in data because of a variety of problems such as poor calibration or
contamination or damaged to rocks?
117) **Perforating device designed to ignite the detonator through mechanical or
electrical activation when using running methods other than wireline**: Tubing
Conveyed Perforating (TCP) firing head.

118) **Word used to describe the surface of a mineral's repulsion to water**:

Hydrophobic.

119) **Publication year of the book "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and
Power"**: 1991.

120) **Name for the right to exploit, mine or produce minerals beneath the surface of
property**: Mineral Rights.

121) **Tendency to cause motion around an axis**: Torque.

122) **Alternative term to Bone for a type of vessel in drilling fluids**: Pit.

123) **Preferred separator orientation in liquid surge situation**: Vertical.

124) **ESS in safety systems**: Emergency Shutdown System.

125) **Year offshore drilling began**: 1897.

126) **Highly disordered fluid motion at higher velocities with velocity fluctuations in
fluid mechanics**: Turbulent flow.

127) **Term commonly used to refer to the cement-filled space between the float collar
and the guide shoe**: Casing shoe track.

128) **Component of ball valve that holds the ball on the fixed vertical axis**: Stem.
129) **Property indicated by graduations on a hydrometer tube**: Specific Gravity (or
Density).

130) **Method describing how vibrations travel through a system**: Wave

propagation.

131) **Key parameter for determining flow regime in pipes in fluid mechanics**:
Reynolds number.

132) **Term given to a perforating gun designed to break into small pieces upon
firing**: Scalloped gun.

133) **Number of OPEC member countries**: 13.

134) **EEF in the context of management**: Enterprise Environmental Factors.

135) **Author of the book "The Prize"**: Daniel Yergin.

136) **Material with electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an

insulator**: Semiconductor.

137) **Year of the first wireline logging operation**: 1927.

138) **Hydrocarbon used in the polymerization to make polyolefins**: Ethylene (or

Propylene).

139) **Calculated maximum production capability of a well without any restrictions in

well completions**: Absolute Open Flow (AOF).

140) **System used to indicate wall thickness of a pipe**: Schedule.

141) **Part of every rig crew with access to doctors and medical help**: Medic.
142) **Class of muds using partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide as a functional
additive**: Polymer muds.

143) **Term referring to the set of valves, spools, and fittings on top of a well to control
formation fluid flow**: Christmas tree.

144) **Term expressing the act of setting off an explosive material**: Detonation.

145) **Tool located at the top of a mud motor allowing the drill string to empty when
tripping out of the hole and fill when tripping in**: Mud saver valve.

146) **First country to apply CCUS at a cement facility**: Norway.

147) **pH below which methyl orange is red**: 3.1.

148) **Components in lightweight cement slurries besides cement and gas**: Water (or
Additives).

149) **Unit of distance for marine and aerial navigation**: Nautical mile.

150) **Acronym DLS in directional drilling**: Dog Leg Severity.

151) **Compounds naturally occurring in sour gas with a sulfur atom between a carbon
and a hydrogen atom**: Thiols (or Mercaptans).

152) **Organic acid used in oil and gas well stimulation treatment, less corrosive than
hydrochloric acid**: Acetic acid.

153) **Distance between a gun-shaped charge and the internal surface of the gun
body**: Stand-off.

154) **Law stating proportional relationship between stress and strain in linear elastic
materials**: Hooke's Law.
155) **Tool or assembly used to retrieve samples of fluids or fill material from the
wellbore**: Sampler (or Bottomhole sampler).

156) **Conduit line run alongside production tubulars to inject chemicals during
production**: Chemical injection line.

157) **Phenomenon caused when pump submergence into the fluid column is low**:
pump off

158) **Downhole tool placed inside the casing to isolate an interval**: Bridge Plug.

159) **Alternate name for galvanic anode in terms of corrosion**: Sacrificial anode.

160) **Process of pumping fluid into a wellbore at a rate too great for the formation to
accept**: Hydraulic fracturing.

161) **Informal term denoting the surface of rock or distinctive rock layer in seismic
data**: Reflector.

162) **Term describing the structure and contents of solids and rock recorded during
drilling**: Lithology.

163) **Loss of capacity in reciprocating pumps due to volumetric efficiency, stuffing

box losses, and valve losses**: Slip.

164) **Volume of gas emitted each year increased by demand for fossil fuels**: Carbon
dioxide (CO2).

165) **Plug of cement or similar material placed as a slurry in a specific location within
the wellbore**: Cement plug.

166) **Impurities remedied by coating internal surfaces of a separator**: Paraffin (or

Asphaltenes).
167) **Phenomenon removing energy added in a system via wave propagation**:
Damping.

168) **Law experimented by wrapping insulated wire around a nail and connecting a
battery**: Electromagnetic induction (Faraday's Law of Induction).

169) **Effect describing the temperature change of a fluid through an insulated valve,
also known as a throttling process**: Joule-Thomson Effect.

170) **Parameter representing mud viscosity extrapolated to infinite shear rate based
on the Bingham model**: Plastic viscosity.

171) **Chemical agent used to increase the thickening time of cement slurries**:
Retarder.

172) **Equation referring to conservation of kinetic, potential, and flow energies of a

fluid stream**: Bernoulli's Equation.

173) **Quantitative analysis procedures prescribed by API to measure base oil content
in fuel for use in oil mud**: Gas chromatography (or Distillation).

174) **Other term for specific gravity of a substance**: Relative density.

175) **Location of the first production semi-submersible installation placed offshore**:

Gulf of Mexico.

176) **Existence of data issues due to problems like poor calibration, contamination, or
rock damage**: Artifacts.