1.

The measure of the volume of water that can be drawn from a given reservoir in a certain interval of
time is called __________
a) Surface yield
b) Drawable yield
c) Reservoir yield
d) Pool yield
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Answer: c
Explanation: Reservoir yield is a measure for the volume of water that can be drawn from a given
reservoir in a certain interval of time and is also expressed in terms of safe or guarantee yield,
secondary yield and design yield etc.

2. Which of the following provides energy for the compaction drive reservoir?
a) Contraction of connate water and expansion of pore volume
b) Expansion of oil
c) Expansion of gas
d) Reduction of pore volume and expansion of connate water
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Answer: d
Explanation: The reduction of pore volume and expansion of connate water provides energy for the
compaction drive reservoir. This drive mechanism is common in highly compressible and
unconsolidated reservoirs.

3. What is the full form of STOOIP?

a) Stock tank oil originally in place
b) Stock tank original oil in place
c) Surface tank original oil in place
d) Stock tank original oil in place
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Answer: d
Explanation: The full form of STOOIP is Stock tank original oil in place. The amount of oil present in
the reservoir prior to production is termed as STOOIP. Before starting any type of activity to the
virgin reservoir the geologists and petroleum engineers should have quality information about the
amount of oil present there in the reservoir.

4. What is Effective porosity?

a) It is that Porosity when the pores are interconnected
b) It is that Porosity when the pores are not connected
c) Porosity arises after the deposition of the sediments
d) Porosity arises before the deposition of the sediments
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Answer: a
Explanation: Effective porosity is that Porosity when the pores are interconnected and provide
microchannels for the fluid to flow through it. Secondary porosity is that porosity which arises after
the sediment was deposited and the porosity which arises before the sediment was deposited.

5. Which of the following is correct for the “Black Oil” reservoir?

a) Reservoir pressure = Bubble point pressure
b) Reservoir pressure > Bubble point pressure
c) Reservoir pressure < Dew point pressure
d) Reservoir pressure = Dew point pressure
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Answer: b
Explanation: For a “Black Oil” reservoir the Reservoir pressure is greater than the Bubble point
pressure which lies on the top left corner region of P-T envelope above the Bubble point curve.

6. The reservoir drive mechanism is called a Solution gas drive reservoir when the ____
a) Reservoir pressure < Bubble point reservoir
b) Reservoir pressure > Bubble point reservoir
 c) Reservoir pressure > Dew point reservoir
d) Reservoir pressure = Dew point reservoir
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Answer: a
Explanation: The reservoir drive mechanism is called a Solution gas drive reservoir when the
Reservoir pressure < Bubble point reservoir. This reservoir lies inside the P-T envelope and which
lies below the bubble point curve.

7. Which of the following is correct for the Solution gas drive reservoir?

a)

b)

c)

d)
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Answer: a
Explanation: When the pressure is below the bubble point pressure then the Gas Oil ration is
constant but as soon as the pressure reaches the bubble point pressure the gas bubbles start to
come out of the solution but it won’t move until it reaches the critical gas saturation so the GOR
seems to come down and move up for a little time but after that the GOR increases and then finally
comes down as all of the gases are already produced along with the oil.
8. 1. Most oil and gas reservoirs are found in which of the following formations?
a) Sandstone and Shale
b) Sandstone and Evaporites
c) Carbonate and Shale
d) Carbonate and Sandstone
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Answer: d
Explanation: Most oil and gas reservoirs are found in Carbonate and Sandstone formations. They
are called reservoir rocks and they have good porosity and permeability in most of the cases. On
the other hand, Shale and Evaporites work as cap rocks having less permeability.

9. Which of the following is a good reservoir rock?

a)

b)

c)

d)
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Answer: c
Explanation: A good reservoir rock has good permeability and porosity. In the above diagrams, we
can clearly see that the highest permeability and highest porosity are found to be 500md and 31%
respectively.

10. The habitat of oil and gas in the sub-surface is known as ______
a) Oil Habitat
b) Resources
c) Gas Habitat
d) Reservoir
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Answer: d
Explanation: The habitat of oil and gas in the sub-surface is known as Reservoir. A petroleum
reservoir is a rock that contains hydrocarbons in the pores and fractures.

11. The general physical characteristics of rocks are known as________

a) Lithology
b) Hydrology
c) Strata
d) Rock Mechanics
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Answer: a
Explanation: The general physical characteristics of rocks are known as Lithology. Physical
characteristics include color, texture, grain size and composition.
12. Which of the following rock has isolated bound water containing within it?
a) Sandstone
b) Carbonate
c) Siltstone
d) Shale
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Answer: d
Explanation: Shale has isolated bound water containing within it. Shale has very less permeability.
Sandstones and Carbonates are generally reservoir rock. Shale is known as cap rock. Siltstone is a
sedimentary rock that contains grains, which lies in the silt range.

13. To be a good reservoir rock the porosity and permeability should be low?
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: The porosity and permeability should be high to be a good reservoir rock. If the
porosity is very low then the rock can’t accumulate a good amount of hydrocarbons within it. So the
porosity should be high. And for the hydrocarbon to flow it should have good permeability.

14. Which porosity should be high to be a good producing reservoir and contribute to fluid flow through
its porous media?
a) Effective porosity
b) Absolute porosity
c) Primary porosity
d) Secondary porosity
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Answer: a
Explanation: Effective porosity should be high to be a good producing reservoir. It is that type of
porosity in which we consider only those pores which are interconnected and contribute to the fluid
flow. Absolute porosity is that porosity which doesn’t depend on whether the pores are
interconnected or not. Primary porosity is the porosity which arises when the sediment was
deposited and the porosity which arises after the deposition of the rock is called Secondary porosity.

15. The Cap rock should have very high permeability?

a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: The Cap rock should have very less permeability in order to restrict the flow of
hydrocarbons or to accumulate hydrocarbons in the reservoir rock. The reservoir rocks on the other
hand are that type of rocks that hold the hydrocarbons within it and have good porosity and
permeability.

16. How many types of traps are there?

a) 5
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
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Answer: c
Explanation: There are 3 types of traps. These are Structural traps, Stratigraphic traps and Strati-
structural traps. Traps that are formed by structural deformation are known as Structural traps.
Traps that are associated with the depositional or diagenetic features are known as Stratigraphic
traps. Traps formed by combination of the both above mentioned process are known as
Combination or Strati-structural traps.