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 Pregunta
What year did NYMEX start trading oil futures?
Who arranged the meeting of Juan Pablo Alfonzo and Abdullah Tariki at the 1959 Cairo Oil
Congress?
This is the term for a section of earth raised between two faults.
This term or unit represents the hydrogen-ion concentration in a substance.
What country was the first to start a "50-50" agreement between a foreign operator and the
national government?
This is the name of a contract signed in July 1928 between several major oil companies
(including Royal Dutch and Anglo-Persian) and that created a oil cartel in ex-Ottoman Empire
territory.
This commonly used temperature scale in the industry named after a Scottish engineer has
absolute zero set at 0 degrees while using Fahrenheit as its incremental degree.
This term describes the apparent weight loss of an object immersed in fluid.

Name two assumptions for Lame's equation.

This is constant when experiencing a Joule-Thompson effect

This well log makes a record of the borehole diameter, which is usually constantly changing.

This is a type of sedimentary rock similar to limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate. It can
also be a reservoir rock for petroleum sources.

This is the name for a wellbore completion that enables production from two separate zones.
This is the most common form of Artificial Lift used for offshore purposes.

This is the name for the classification system used for carbonate sedimentary rocks developed
in 1946

Name the 6 types of reservoirs by the type of fluid produced

ExxonMobil drilled the deepest producing oil well in the world in Russia. What is the name of the
oilfield and how deep is it in feet?
What is the current US rig count?
Who believed the Middle East to be the "greatest prize in history" due to its oil reservoirs, and
the inspiration for Daniel Yergin's book The Prize?
This German company conducted research on synthetic fuels for Germany's war effort during
WWII.
This is the name given to permanently frozen soil or earth that can often cause problems for
industry operations.
Oil and Gas are considered to be organic because they have this
What event was most responsible for the increased in oil prices in 1974?
The functional segments Exploration and Production, or E&P, can also be referred to by this one
word commonly used in the industry.

Drilled solids in mud act to increase what two characteristics of the mud?

On a drilling rig, the fast line and the static line through the blocks have the same force only in
this situation concerning the drilling blocks.
Name a common reservoir production model that can be used below the bubble point of the
reservoir.
This is a clay commonly used in salt water applications that is a fiber-like clay that builds
viscosity with agitation
What is the recommended pressure (psi) used for a standard API filtration test?
Name two positive displacement pumps.

If a lower permeability sand was present at the same depth, would the water saturation in that
sand be higher, lower or the same as in Sand A?
Calculation: The capillary pressure for Sand A is measured to be 10 psi at a Sw of 0.4. The
density of water is 62 lbm/ft3 and the density of oil is 50 lb/ft3. At what height above the water
table is the water saturation going to be 0.4.

Name 2 types of well tests I can conduct to construct an Inflow Performance Relation, or IPR.

When someone mentions a 2:1 clay mineral such as smectite, what do the "2" and the "1"
represent.

Calculation: The permeability of two rocks is measured to be 1 md and 144 md respectively. If

the average pore size of the high permeability rock is 24 microns, estimate the average pore
size of the lower permeability rock (porosity is constant)

As the number of rotor and stator lobes increases (i.e. 9:10 compared to a 3:4), what happens to
torque and rotational speed?

A gear box on a beam pump reduces these two things.

A water-wet solid surface is characterized by a contact angle of ?
What drainage shape has the largest shape factor CA of 31.62?
This k-factor often used in reservoir engineering applications relates particle energy to
temperature and is named after this Austrian physicist.
This diagram or relation commonly used in the industry to assess rod life and rod failure for
artificial lift applications is named after this English scientist
This mathematical and engineering object is characterized as a geometric object that has a
magnitude and direction.
Calculation: I have a reservoir characterized by exponential decline that has a decline rate of
-0.01 1/day with an initial production of 5000 barrels/day. The field is currently producing 3000
barrels/day. What is the predicted ultimate recovery?
Wellbore breakout occurs along the azimuth of which principal stress?
When using an ultrasonic televiewer image, what mathematical shape describes the image of a
fracture that slices the wellbore at an angle?

When the rate of sediment deposition is greater than the rate of escape of fluids in the reservoir,
this will result in a overburden pressure gradient > 1 psi/ft. What type of reservoir is this?

This type of decline curve is characterized by a b-factor of 1

Calculation: I hold a 2 kg object 5 meters off the ground. How much potential energy does the
object have in joules?
This thermodynamic principle mentioned by Van der Waals indicates that all fluids at the same
reduced temperature and pressure have the same compressibility factor and deviate from ideal
gas behavior to the same degree.
This thermodynamic variable is equal to the pressure of an ideal gas that has the same chemical
potential as the real gas. In other words, it becomes equal to the pressure of the fluid at
pressures low enough that the fluid approaches ideal gas state.
What is the maximum number of coexisting phases at equilibrium for a pure fluid?
Above ice's melting point, does the specific volume of the substance increase or decrease?

This cycle developed by a French engineer demonstrates the most efficient cycle for converting
thermal energy into work, or extracting the most work from a given flow of heat between two
temperature baths.
If I treat my drilling mud with lignosulfonate, I likely have this type of problem or issue.

Why would an operator choose to conduct a Methylene blue test on drilling mud?

During drilling, if the shale formation has an activity of 0.7 and the shale starts to fracture and I
see a reduced mud weight, what is a reasonable value for the activity of the drilling mud?

An ExxonMobil pipeline carrying oil from the Wabasca oil field in Canada had a leak on March
29, 2013. What is the name of the Arkansas town affected by the spill?

What Las Colinas, Dallas based oil company is traded on the NYSE under the symbol “PXD”?

What is the name of the SPE International chapter that New Orleans is a part of?

Who is the president of the SPE Delta chapter?

What is the name of this New Orleans-based oil company founded in 1984 whose CEO is Mr. J.
Luis BaSos?

n what year did SPE’s first female president serve and what is her name?
Name the last five SPE Presidents (2009-2013)

This Calgary-based oil company became a subsidiary of this Chinese-based oil company on
February 25, 2013. Name both companies.

What is the total membership of SPE (professional and students)

According to the 2012 BP Statistical Review, name the top 5 Gas Producers in South America
from High to Low

According to the 2012 BP Statistical Review, what is worldwide oil production?

According to the 2012 BP Statistical Review, what are US natural gas reserves?
You may know Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the head of the Supreme Petroleum
Council and the head of this major national oil company.

This Canadian-based pipeline and transportation company has been lobbying hard for the
Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport heavy oils from Canada oil sands to the Gulf Coast.

What is the price of WTI crude oil?

This former CEO for a well-known Oklahoma-based gas producer was recently voted by
shareholders to no longer return to his position and retire.
This is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author who is the chairman of Cambridge Energy
Research Associates.
In October 2011, this American energy company bought El Paso Corporation in a 21.2 billion
deal that made the company the biggest U.S. Pipeline operator.
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest emergency oil supply in the world with the
capacity to hold up to how many million barrels of oil?
On a F vs Eo, or total withdrawal vs oil expansion graph, a reservoir will be linear under this
condition.

I am producing a dry gas reservoir and create a P/z plot for the reservoir and extrapolate my
data until I hit a cumulative gas estimate of 50 BCF. If I later realize my reservoir is under a
natural water drive, will my new cumulative gas estimate be higher or lower than 50 BCF?

How many isomers does Pentane have?

Regarding phase behavior, this is the point where 3 phases coexist in equilibrium.
On a phase diagram, this is the term given to a line of highest temperature where a mixture can
exist in two phases.
Name the two most common elements in the Earth's crust?
This is the name of a vessel that breaks oil-water emulsions so that oil can be accepted by
pipeline or for transport
This commonly used solids carrier for fracture treatments undergoes frequent price swings as
most of the material comes from farms in India.
For oil based muds, this is the name of the temperature where oil and rubber, such as rubber in
pump parts, will become one phase and is thus designed to avoid.
Calculation: in psi/ft, what is the pressure gradient for 11 ppm mud?
The tensile strength of standard cement is roughly ______ times less than the compressive
strength?

The main difference between the Driller's Method and the Wait and Weight method of killing a
well is?

In a meeting, someone mentions a C228D model pumping unit. What does the "228" stand for?

Where is the SPE Offshore Technology Conference, or OTC, held every year?

Concerning geostatistical or other statistical analysis, what relationship do standard deviation

and variance have?

Who is the CEO for Petrobras?

In 1923, this Texas company developed the industry's first enclosed, geared pumping unit.

In 2007, two countries joined OPEC and are its newest members. Name one.

What is the equation for the minimum porosity in a dispersed shale?

This is the name where molecules of natural gas, usually methane, are trapped in ice molecules.

This is a device run during drilling with a smaller initial outside diameter that expands to seal the
wellbore. They often use flexible, elastic elements to expand
Calculation: What is the NPV of receiving $500,000 in 5 years with a discount factor of 10%.
Assume no costs.

On J55 casing, what does the "55" stand for?

What year was the first petrobowl held and who won it?
What is the only school to have won petrobowl 3 times?
What type of faulting regime has Sv at its largest principal stress and Shmin as the smallest?

What is the name of the commonly used correlation to estimate fracture pressure?
A marsh funnel is used on a rig to determine this.
What equation represents Boyle's Law?
This company received the first post-moratorium drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico on
February 28, 2011.
With an estimated recoverable 9 billion bbls of recoverable oil, this Chevronoperated field is
located in Kazakhstan. This field is also one of the deepest onshore producing fields, what is its
name?
The derrick received its name from Thomas Derrick, a 17th century Englishman that invented a
system of ropes and pulleys for his occupation that would later become the inspiration for a
drilling derrick. What is his occupation?
At what level or percentage of sulfur content is crude oil considered to be sour crude oil?
Name the process of physical, chemical, or biological alteration of sediments during or after they
have been deposited
What percentage of SPE membership is comprised of students?
This Cajun-inspised term is used to describe the soft and sticky formation encountered when
drilling that plugs up drilling tools, piping, and shale shaker screens.
This material is a solid that begins to form on catalysts used on cracking processes and
refineries.
In what decade was the first horizontal well drilled in Texon, Texas?

Name 4 components of an ESP, or electric submersible pump.

In May 2012, this US state became the first to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracing
Name the year the petroleum branch of AIME became a full-fledged professional society that
would become SPE.
Name the country that is the world's leading LNG exporter that has received recent publicity for
hosting the 2022 FIFA world cup.
Name the first European country to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing.
Name the first place winner of the 2011 International student paper contest held at the
undergraduate division

What is the name for the chemical that is frequently used to alter mud pH levels while drilling?

This sand from St. Peters sandstone is used as proppant in hydraulic fracturing in the USA and
gets its name from this city in Illinois. Name the city.
This class of cement, according to API, is intended for use at depths of 10000 14000 feet at high
temperatures and pressures. Name the class.

In the US, under what flow is an oil or gas well classified as a stripper well? (oil and gas rate)

Compaction drive is defined as the expulsion of fluids due to the dynamic reduction of what
reservoir property?
When a source rock is examined under a reflectance microscope, the amount of light reflected
by this plant organic matter helps define the maturity of the source rock. Name this organic
matter
Name 2 components of a traditional pumping unit.

What was the original name of the NYMEX, the world's largest physical commodity exchange,
where billions of dollars in energy products and metal are bought and sold every day?

What country is the number one source of U.S. oil imports, providing around 25% of US oil
imports?
What former scientist became the first world leader to give a major policy speech on climate
change in 1988?
How many times has UT won Petrobowl?
Carbonate sedimentary rock composed of mostly calcite is what
What equation relates capillary pressure to interfacial tension?
Identify the aspect of logging that employs an electrical cable to lower tools into the borehole
and is distinct from measurements while drilling and well logging
In the early 1800s, saltmakers frequently hit oil or gas in their drilling. These byproducts were
considered a nuisance. In this state, so much oil was diverted to the Kanawha River by salt
manufacturers that it was known as "Old Greasy" to boatmen
This company is publically traded under both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York
Stock Exchange with a ticker of TSX
The underground process of "diagenetic override" leads to a reservoir characterized as?

The world's first attempt at a long-distance pipeline would successfully connect the Oil Regions
with the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad. What name was this pipeline given?

On October 6, 1957, the first Board of Directors meeting was held in Dallas, Texas, with
President John H. Hammond presiding. To what organization did this meeting belong to?

On March 31, 2012, this oil rig owned by Shell ran aground off the coast of Alaska.

What 3 states account for over half of all domestic refining capacity?

The Texas Company, started by Joseph Cullinan, would change its name in 1906 to?

Type 3 kerogens usually form from what type of organic material and tend to produce what type
of hydrovcarbons?

A joint of C75 casing has the following characteristics: an OD of 4.5 inches, an

ID of 3.92 in, 13.5 lbs/ft. Calculate wall thickness, and minimum yield strength,
in PSI of this casing
This diagram can be used to determine the overall, vapor phase, and liquid phase compositions
of 3 separate components at one temperature and pressure.

This isotherm is required in the modeling of coalbed methane production. It represents the
amount of material bound at the surface as a function of the material present in the solution.
 Respuesta
30376.0
Wanda Jablonski
Horst
pH
Venezuela

Red Line
Agreement

Rankine
Buoyancy
Linearly elastic,
homogenous,
isotropic, and 2-
D
Enthalpy
Caliper Log

Dolomite or
CaMg(CO3)2

Dual Completion
Gas Lift
Dunham
classification,
Robert J.
Dunham
Dead(Heavy)
Oil, Black Oil,
Volatile Oil,
RCG, Wet Gas,
Dry Gas
Chayvo, 40604
feet
1754 rigs
Everett Lee
DeGolyer

I.G. Farben

Permafrost
Carbon
Arab Oil
Embargo
Upstream

Density and
Viscosity
Blocks are
stationary

Vogel's Equation

Attapulgite
100 psi
PCP and Beam
Lift (Rod Pump)

Higher

120 Ft

Flowing Test,
Gas Lift, Swab,
Jet, Pump
Assisted Test

2 is number of
tetrahedral
sheets, 1 is
number of
octahedral
sheets

2 microns

Torque goes up,

Speed goes
down.
Torque, speed
theta < 90
degrees
Cylinder
Ludwig
Boltzmann

Goodman

200,000 barrels
Shmax
Sinusoid,
Sinusoidal

Overpressured

Harmonic
. 100 J

Principle of
corresponding
states

Fugacity

Three, 3
Decreases

Carnot cycle

Flocculation

Determine CEC
or bentonite clay
content of the
mud

> 0.7

Mayflower,
Arkansas
Pioneer Natural
Resources
SPE Delta
Chapter, Delta
Paul Morphy III,
Shell Offshore,
Inc

ORX Resources,
private

1998, DeAnn
Craig
Roodhart,
Fattahi,
Labastie, Thakur,
Imomoh

Nexen Energy,
CNOOC Energy.

104762.0
Trinidad&Tobago
, Argentina,
Venezuela,
Brazil, Bolivia
83.576
MMBO/day
300 TCF
ADNOC, Abu
Dhabi NOC

TransCanada

$92.64/bbl
Aubrey
McClendon

Daniel Yergin

Kinder Morgan
Inc.

727 million

No water influx,
no aquifer

Lower

Three, 3
Triple Point
Cricondentherm
Oxygen, Silicon
Heater Treater

Guar Gum
0.572 psi/ft
10-12x

Number of mud
circulations,
driller's is 2,
W&W is 1
228K or 228000
in-lbs torque
rating on the
gear box
Houston, Texas

SD =
sqrt(variance) or
Variance = SD^2

Maria das
Gracas Foster

Lufkin

Angola, Ecuador

Porosity = sand
porosity * shale
porosity
Methane
Hydrate,
Clathrate

Packers

55,000 psi
minimum yield
strength
2002, Texas
Tech
OU
Normal

Eaton's
Correlation
Viscosity
PV1 = PV2.
Noble Energy
Tengiz

Executioner,
Hangman

0.0050
Digenesis
0.29
Gumbo

Coke
1920s (1929)
Rotor, stator,
motor, diffuser,
impeller
Vermont
1957.0

Qatar
France
Parag
Bandyopadhyay

Lime

Ottawa

60 MCF, 10
BBL/day

Porosity

Vitrinite

The Butter and

Cheese
Exchange

Canada

Margaret
Thatcher
Twice, 2x
Limestone
Young-La Place
Wireline

West Virginia

TransCanada
Tight

Tidewater
Pipeline

The Society of
Petroleum
Engineers - of
AIME
The Kulluk
Texas,
Louisiana,
California
Texaco
Terrestrial plant
material, natural
gas

0.29 and
1575000 psi

Ternary Diagram

This isotherm is
required in the
modeling of
coalbed
methane
production. It
represents the
amount of
material bound
at the surface as
a function of the
material present
in the solution.