Petroleum Production Operations Practice Test 10

1. Any changes in pressure and temperature can unseat a packer used in well completions.

False

True

2. If gas migrates to the surface by using the volumetric method, what should be the next step?

Pump mud and bleed gas as per calculation

Bleed off the gas and flow check

Bleed gas and pump mud as per calculation

Bleed off as continuously

3. Which of the following is correct regarding the Crown block?

It is the stationary end of the block and tackle

Set inside liner

Used inside packer

It is a section of large diameter pipe fitted to the top of the BOP

4. To gain higher ECD, which of the following will be fruitful?

Normal circulation

Component-based circulation

No circulation

Reverse circulation

5. What is the name of the tool that can be run to find a hole in the tubing?

Float valve

Free point

Ponytail

Hole search

6. After killing the well by bullheading, what should be done to hold constant pressure on the formation while forward circulating is being done to displace the annulus with kill weight mud?

Start reverse circulation

Hole casing pressure constant until one tubing volume is reached and then hold tubing pressure constant

Hold tubing pressure constant while circulating

Hold casing pressure constant while circulating

7. What is the well control method generally used in the oil and gas industry?

Driller’s wait and weight method

Volumetric and lube and bleed

Diverting the well

Reverse circulation and bullhead

8. For bullheading a well, the required bullhead volume and strokes calculations used are ___

From surface to the top perforations

Packer to perforation

From surface to the bottom perforations

Surface to side pocket mandrel

9. In hard carbonate reservoirs, acid fracturing cannot be used.

True

False

10. What is the objective of the volumetric well control?

Maintain influx pressure constant

To release the packer

Maintain shoe pressure constant

Maintain bottom hole pressure constant and allow gas to migrate to the surface