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Define :
Geology, Petroleum Geology, Geophysics
2. Describe the Crust of the earth?
3. Describe the Mantle?
4. What is the low velocity zone (LVZ)?
5. Classify rock with briefly description
6. Draw the Rock cycle?
7. What is sedimentary rock ? classify.
8. Explain sediment side scale ?
9. What is the difference between conglomerate and breccia ?
10.Define
Geological structure
Structural geology
11.Numerate three types of structural geology.
12.Types of stress?
13.Stress and resulting Strain?
14.What are the four possible responses to stress?
15.How rock respond to stress ?
16.From where does stress come?
17.What are the factors affecting rock deformation?
18.How a fold forms? Explain rollovers ?
19.Define Fold?
20.Define Fault and numerated the types of fault?
21.What is the difference between fault and joint?
22.What is the difference between Normal fault and Reverse fault?
23.Define Trap?
24.Where do we find Oil?
25.What is a basin?
26.What are sedimentary basins?
27.What are the sedimentary basin forming mechanism?
28.What is digenesis?
29.On what depend the formation of petroleum mainly?
30.Explain the formation of hydrocarbon theory?
31.If the source rock is impermeable so how can the generated petroleum
move out of source rock?
32.Explain the primary migration?
33.Define :
Trap
Source
Reservoir rock
Seal
Migration pathway
34.What are the five elements for petroleum accumulation?
35.What is hydrocarbon play?
36.What is hydrocarbon provinces?

Reservoir
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Define Porosity
What are the difference between primary porosity and secondary porosity?
On what porosity depend
Define Permeability

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5. Porosity range
6. What are the types of permeability?
7. Define the saturation?
8. Define the compressibility?
9. What is the capillary effect? Explain
10.What is surface tension?
11.What is interfacial tension?
12.What is wettability?
13.How contact angle affect the wettability?
14.Define and explain the concept of capillary pressure. Support your answer
with simple drawing?
15.What is the difference between imbibition and drainage process?
16.Define the gas formation volume factor
17.Oil formation volume factor
18.Total formation volume factor
19.Solution gas oil ratio
20.Draw the pressure temperature diagram for a gas condensate reservoir
indicating the following
Bubble point and dew point
Critical point
Cricondentherm
Lines of constant proportion of liquid gas.
Region of retrograde condensation
21.What is free water level?
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Exploration
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Define the geophysics and what is the objective of geophysics?

Define Exploration, Applied geophysics, Geophysical Prospecting?
Numerate the geophysical exploration methods?
Numerate the type of geophysical techniques in term of using natural
resources?
Define the Causative body?
Explain in detailed the seismic method used in oil and gas exploration?
Define deconvolution?

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