Petroleum Production Operations Practice Test 1

1. Name the type of Fold shown in the diagram below.

Antiformal Syncline

Synformal Anticline

Anticline

Syncline

2. Most oil and gas reservoirs are found in which of the following formations?

Sandstone and Evaporites

Carbonate and Shale

Sandstone and Shale

Carbonate and Sandstone

3. As per Darcy's law, the flow rate is directly proportional to the pressure difference.

True

False

4. What is the range of the sand size in sandstone?

0.0625 to 5 mm

0.05 to 5 mm

0.0625 to 2 mm

0.05 to 2 mm

5. Which of the following is correct in the case of sandstone reservoirs?

A & C are sandstone and B is shale

A and B are sandstone and C is shale

C is sandstone

A and C are shale and B is sandstone

6. What is the full form of PCP in the petroleum industry?

Pressure Cavity Pump

Progressive Cavity Pump

Plunger Circulating Pump

Progressive Circulation Pump

7. How many types of Stresses do we consider in the geology of reservoirs?

8. Which of the following is correct regarding the given carbonate reservoir if it has good porosity and permeability?

It will have a good water recovery factor

It will have a good oil recovery factor

The oil recovery factor remains the same irrespective of whether the pore walls are water wet or oil wet

The force of adhesion for oil flow through the porous media will be more than the cohesion force

9. The general physical characteristics of rocks are known as________

Rock Mechanics

Lithology

Strata

Hydrology

10. ⁰API equals to which of the following expression?

(141.5/Sp. Gravity) - 141.5

(141.5/Sp. Gravity) - 131.5

(141.5/Sp. Gravity) - 135.1

131.5 - 141.5/Sp.Gravity