TOSS-UP QUESTION

ELIMINATION ROUND (60)

No Question Answer Type

The weight acting on the drill bit is controlled by use of particularly

1 heavy drill pipes called? drill collars Technical

What is an imbalance of molecular forces at the interface surface

2 between two phases caused by physical attracton between interfacial tension Technical
molecules?

What is the dominant constituent of modern carbonates and Calcium carbonate

3 Technical
ancient limestones? (CaCO3)

1961 in Geneva, Non-

4 Where was the first OPEC Headquarters ? Switzerland Technical
The Essar Wildcat Rig, operated in Indonesia, drilled until 25.000 ft.
What type is this rig?

5 Semi-submersible Technical

This rig is located in Asia-Caspian region, exactly in Kazakhstan. What

type is this rig?

6 Inland Barge Technical

Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Non-

7 Mention The Five Founding Members 0f OPEC ! Arabia, Venezuela Technical
Non-
8 When was OPEC headquarters moved to Vienna? September 1, 1965 Technical
Non-
9 How many members that OPEC recently has ? 12 Technical
Non-
10 When was SPE incorporated separately from AIME? 1985 Technical
 Who is he?

Jeff Spath, 2014 SPE Non-

11 President Technical

Non-
12 Where does The 2013 SPE President come from? (country) Nigeria Technical

Calculate the hydrosatic pressure for the following : 15,5 ppg mud at 18000*15,5*0,052 = 14508 Technical
13 21000 ft MD / 18000 ft TVD. psi

Mention the month and year, when tragedy of LAPINDO in Porong Non-
14 May 2006
Sidoarjo happen! Technical
Who is the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resourcesof Indonesia Non-
15 Jero Wacik
recently? Technical
Continous and
16 Mention 2 type of Gas Lift methods Technical
Intermittent gas lift

Driller, Batch, Concurrent, Technical

17 Mention 2 methods of well kick & pressure control and Volumetric Method

Proved, probable,
18 Reserve was categorized into three parts. Mention all of them! Technical
possible

if a gas has molecular weight of 29, mention th specific gravity of the

19 1 Technical
gas

20 What is the unit of the gas formation volume factor? cuft/scf or bbl/scf Technical

Non-
21 what the first geothermal field in the world? Larderello, Italy Technical
The Gayser, USA with 1 Non-
22 What is the greatestof geothermal field in the world? Gwe Technical

23 for dehydration pupose, TEG is commonly used, what does TEG stand Triethylene Glicol Technical
for?

which one of the following: Salt water, Gas, Fresh water, oil has the
24 Gas Technical
greatest resistivity?

bouyancy force and

25 Mention 2 type of forces which is influenced on secondary migration? capillary force Technical

26 what liquid is used to measure capillary pressure? Mercury Technical

 China National Petroleum
Corporation, Gazprom,
National Iranian Oil Non-
27 Name 5 out of 7 new seven sisters! Company, Petrobras, Technical
PDVSA, Petronas, Saudi
Aramco

Ratio value between net

28 what is NTG? reservoir thickness and Technical
gross reservoir thickness

Society of Petroleum Non-

29 what is SPEE stands for? Evaluation Engineer Technical
Where was SPE 2013 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Non-
30 New Orleans, Louisiana
(ATCE) held? Technical
Non-
31 What country has the most naturally fractured reservoir in the world? Libya Technical
Non-
32 when is the gulf Mexico oil spill tragedy happened? 20th april 2010 Technical

33 What is terminology for reciprocal of the formation volume factor? Shrinkage Factor Technical

what is technique or tool that commonly use for preventing sand Gravel pack, sand screen,
34 problem? and optimal rate control Technical

In many reservoirs, water can be reactive fluid and causes

35 Swelling clays Technical
phenomena. What is the terminology for that phenomena?
How many reservoir fluid properties that affecting rock properties?
36 None Technical
What are they?

37 In determining sliptimes
velocity with Rudi Rubiandini's method, there are 3 Inclination, mud density Technical
of correction. What are they? and rotary speed

38 What is terminology for a part of

of rock body which located on up side Hanging wall Technical
fault?
What's kinds of separator which suitable for reservoir fluids which
39 contain sand? Vertical separator Technical
40 what's principle mechanism of hydrocyclone? Centrifugal force Technical
In 19th Sept 2010, BP confirmed that well kill operation on the MC252 Non-
41 well in the gulf of mexico is complete, with both the casing and Cement Technical
annulus of the well sealed by what?
42 In horizontal view, WOC is a zone or line? Line Technical
43 What's kind of cementing to close unproductive formation zone? squeeze cementing Technical
44 To make a foamed cement, what kind of gas that we injected? Nitrogen Technical
true or false: The most modern drawworks breaking system use an
45 0 Technical
electrodynamic brake

46 What is the most direct test to run to find formation permeability? Drill Stem Test Technical
47 What string is used to support the BOP stack? Surface Casing Technical
true or false: Drilling with air can only be done if there are large
48 0 Technical
amounts of water in formation
Mention 2 tools that can be use for solving paraffin problem in
49 Pigging, scrapper Technical
pipeline.
At outlet separator, there is vortex breaker. What is the function of Preventing the gas flow
50 this tool? together with oil Technical
51 What is the principle of gradiomanometer? Bernoulli's Law Technical

In well intervention, depth precision is a must. What kind of logging

52 GR and CCL Technical
tool for depth correlation?

What kind of logging tool that used to measure the diameter of

53 Calliper Technical
borehole?

Non-
54 Which country is the pioneer of PSC system in oil and gas Industry? Indonesia Technical
Non-
55 When was the PSC system created? 1974 Technical

56 Which their
country that prohibit all of the oil Company in the world except Non-
Venezuela
local company to participate in oil and gas industry? Technical
Non-
57 Who is the italian who made term ‘seven sisters’ for the first time? Enrico Mattei Technical
Non-
58 Which company that has copyright of Nodal Analysis method? Schlumberger Technical

When considering a VES fracturing fluid for a stimulation/workover,

59 Visco-Elastic Surfactant Technical
what does the acronym VES mean?

Non-
60 What country was the world's largest gas producer in 2005? Russian Federation Technical

No Question Answer Type

1 Look at the following chart ! That X factor is caused by? Clays or Shale

A large BOP valve that forms a seal in the annular space between the
2 wellbore and the drillpipe and it is usually installed above the ram type Annular Preventer
preventers in the BOP stack is called?
If dial reading at 300 rpm on fann VG is 77 and 103 at 600 rpm,
3 51 cp
determine yield point of the mud (in cp)!
Please see the formulas. Which one shows the harmonic decline curve
4 formula

C
5 From what country does Chevron Pacific Indonesia come from? United States
Mixture of n-heptane and isooctane used to be a comparators in
6 determining fuel octane numbers. When the mixture of this 90
composition is 10% n-heptane, then what is the octane number?
There are several types of petroleum traps, what type does the
7 Structural Trap
anticline belong to?

The origin of rocks

(source rock); the
movement (migration) of
hydrocarbons from
8 Mention the three main requirements of oil forming in the reservoir! source rock to the
reservoir rock; the trap
(entrapment) that secure
oil in geological
entrapment

9 Based on the quantity of the phase that being separated, what type of 3 Phase Separator
this separator is? (Look at the picture)

Which one is having the lower boiling point temperatur? Is it

10 Dyethylene Glycol (DEG)
Triethylene Glycol (TEG) or Diethylene Glycol (DEG)
What is diagram showing the relationship between stream velocity
10 and ability to tranport material of varrying sizes called? Hjulstorm Curve Technical
 Category Difficulty Game

Drilling &
Completions Low E1 Type Category Type

Reservoir & Drilling &

Formation Medium E2 Completio
Evaluation ns

Technical

Non-Technical
Geology Low E3 Geology

History Medium E4 Calculation

Drilling & Low E5

Completions

Drilling & Low E6

Completions

History Medium E1

History Medium E2

Trivia low E3

History Medium E4
 People Medium E5

Trivia Medium E6

Drilling & Low E1

Completions

History Medium E2

Geopolitics Medium E3

Artificial Lift Low E4

Method

Drilling & Low E5

Completions

Reservoir &
Formation Low E6
Evaluation
Reservoir &
Formation Medium E1
Evaluation
Reservoir &
Formation Low E2
Evaluation

Geothermal Medium E3

Geothermal Medium E4

Production & Low E5

Facilities
Reservoir &
Formation Low E6
Evaluation

Geology Low E1

Reservoir &
Formation Low E2
Evaluation
 Geopolitics High E3

Reservoir &
Formation Low E4
Evaluation

Geopolitics Low E5

Current Events Medium E6

Trivia Medium E1

History Medium E2

Reservoir &
Formation Low E3
Evaluation
Reservoir &
Formation Medium E4
Evaluation

E5

E6

E1

E2

E3
E4

E5

E6
E1
E2
E3

E4
E5
E6

E1

E2
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Engineering
Reservoir &
Formation Medium E4
Evaluation
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Formation Low E5
Evaluation

Geopolitics Medium E6

History Medium E1

Geopolitics Medium E2

People high E3

Low E4

Production & High E5

Facilities

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Category Difficulty
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Current Events

SPE/PetroBowl

Other

dik, ini soal buat latihan oil expo, latihannya 3 hari 29,30,1 july..

jenis soalnya ada 2, compulsary and toss up..masing2 round ada 22ny jadi bacain ya tiap round..

29 -> soal elimination (lihat yang bagian elimination)

30 -> semifial

1 -> final

dibantu ya mang

jenis soalnya ada 2, compulsary and toss up..masing2 round ada 22ny jadi bacain ya tiap round..

29 -> soal elimination (lihat yang bagian elimination)

30 -> semifial
1 -> final

dibantu ya mang
 TOSS-UP QUESTION

SEMIFINAL ROUND (60)

No Question Answer Type
What is the ratio of steady-state flow through a
1 perforation core to theoritical flow through a drilled CEF (Core Flow Efficiency) Technical
hole with the same dimensions as the perforation?

In 1856, he discovered an equation that now has

numerous applications in the study of water
permeability. Who is he?

Non-
2 Darcy technical

Gas cutting of the mud could be prevented by having a

3 mud weight that gives a large over pressure. Is it true or 0 Technical
false?

What is the maximum kick size which can be tolerated

4 without fracturing the previous casing shoe? Kick Tolerance Technical

5 One of ways to control precipitation of ferric oxid is use Ethylene Technical

compound called EDTA. What does EDTA stand for? diamineTetracetic Acid

There is much information that we can collect from well Porosity, Permeability,
6 logging. Technical
Mention 3 data related to formation evaluation! Saturation

What is the name of natural gas that is extracted from Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Technical
7 coal beds?
In 19th Sept 2010, BP confirmed that well kill operations
on the MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico is complete, Non-
8 Cement
with both the casing and annulus of the well sealed by technical
what?

Schilthuis was the first person that found mathematic

9 Steady State Technical
model for water influx in what condition

How much the rule of thumb of pressure gradient of

10 0,465 psi/ft Technical
salt water?
Temperature Safety
11 What is TSE in petroleum production stand for? Technical
Element
A ship's position and heading are maintained Dynamic Positioning
12 automatically by a computer system using its own Technical
System
thrusters. What system this ship use?
What is terminology for advanced technique for
13 producing oil after basic technique doesn’t work any Enhanced Oil Recovery Technical
more?
14 What kind of drilling method that usually used for shale Horizontal drilling Technical
gas reservoir?

15 What is the most reactive mineral clay to water? Montmorillonite Technical

16 What is the primary emulsifier in oil muds? Calcium Soaps Technical

Mud logging or Mechanic

17 Mention two types of logging Logging, Log while drilling Technical

18 Mention two components of ESP Impeller and diffuser Technical

Using material balance,
19 How do we know current reservoir driving mechanism? Technical
energy plot

Non-
20 Who invented the ram-type blowout preventer? James Abercrombie Technical

1. effective permeability 2.
skin factor 3. pressure
Mention at least 3 data we will get from pressure build drop
21 4. flow efficiency 5. Technical
up test average reservoir
pressure
22 What is MWD? Measuring while drilling Technical
look at the picture! what's an assumption when we use
vogel equation?

23 no skin, open hole Technical

what is an unusual process in which water and natural

24 gas combine to form a solid at temperatures above the Gas hydrate formation
freezing point of water called?
what is science in geophysics that study about vibration
25 Seismology
phenomena in earth?
26 Hingle plot is a method to calculate? Rw
27 in drilling operations, the mud density is 10 ppg at 100 ft 52 psi
of depth. Calculate mud hydrostatic pressure
This is one of the most recognizable pieces of well
equipment and consists of control valves, pressure
28 gauges, and chokes located at the top of a well to Christmas tree
control the flow of oil and gas. What is the name of this
apparatus?
29 if mobility ratio <1, how is the condition of fluid flow? stable
decreasing interfacial tension is the main purpose of
30 surfactant
what injection?
 The process of removing water from water-base drilling
mud. This process can involve chemical treatment for
31 the flocculation and aggregation of solids followed by dewatering
mechanical separation, such as centrifugation, or
mechanical treatments alone. What is this process?

The American Institute of Mining's Metallurgical

Petroleum Branch Executive Committee determined
the best way to meet this group's needs was to develop
a "publication so dominantly petroleum as to Journal of Petroleum
32 secure wide reader interest," In January of Technology (JPT)
1940, they succeeded with the first publication of what
journal that is now sent to every SPE
member?

An operator is producing from a gas reservoir.

Suspicious of unusually high pressure losses, he
33 discovers that liquid is dropping out in the tubing, Retrogade condensate
though he observes only gas at the wellhead.
What type of petroleum fluid is this well producing?

Oil that does not move when fluids are flowed through
the rock in normal conditions, for example primary and
34 secondary residual oil
recovery, and invasion. What is this oil called
as?
it's a residue deposited on a permeable medium when a
35 slurry, such as a drilling fluid, is forced against the filter cake/mudcake
medium under a pressure. What is it?
This small pieces of rock is screened out of the liquid
mud system at the shale shakers and are monitored for
36 composition, cutting
size, shape, color, hydrocarbon content
and other properties. What is it?

it's a Large-diameter pipe lowered into an openhole and

cemented in place. The well designer must design it to
37 withstand a variety of forces, such as collapse, burst, casing
and tensile failure, as well as chemically aggressive
brines. What is it refer to?
Sometimes, WOC can be tilted. Usually it's occur in
Hydrodynamic condition
shallow reservoir. What is this condition called?

38

What is this tools called?

39 Centralizer
39 Centralizer

Three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquired at

different times over the same area to assess changes in
40 a producing 4-D seismic data
hydrocarbon reservoir with time. Is the
definition of?
41 Who is the 2013 SPE's president? Egbert Imomoh
When drawdown pressure is too high exceed some
42 parameter, water coning will occurred. What is this capillary pressure
parameter?
Water trapped in the pores of a rock during formation
43 connate water
of the rock. Is the definition of ?

44 The study ofevents

rocks to determine the order and timing of stratigraphy
in Earth history is called
45 Mention 2 way, how can we get porosity of the rock? Well logging, coring
A point when liquid firstly appear in a gas system if
46 Dew Point
compressed is called?

Low mobility, easy to get,

47 Mention 3 advantages of using water as EOR method! cheap, have sufficient
weight, good efficiency

What type is this unconformity?

48 angular unconformity

active, passive, and active

49 Mention 2 types of continental margin! strike-slip
Mention 2 important parameters which is related on
50 Time and temperature
thermal maturity of organic matters!
What is the name of IPR Equation which is available
51 since 1968, for 2-phase oil reservoirs, zero skin, and zero Vogel's IPR equation
water-cut?

52 What is the terminology of drilling mud which has diesel Oil base mud
oil as the continuous phase?
 A reservoir just has one J-Function. But, a J-Function can
53 be used for more than one reservoir that have similarity Porosity and wettability
on what?
If the area of the reservoir is 500 acres, the reservoir
thickness is 30 ft, the porosity is 25%, initial water
54 saturation 17 MMSTB
is 30% and the oil formation volume factor is
1.2 RB/STB, calculate the IOIP!
55 What is kept in rathole? The kelly assembly
56 True or false: Aintop drive system can ream or back ream 1
any position in the mast

The Maximum Allowable

57 What is M.A.A.S.P stands for? Annular Surface Pressure

Non-
58 Where does the U.S. import most of its LNG from? Trinidad & Tobago technical
What country did the U.S. import most of its crude oil Non-
59 Canada
from in 2005? technical
Non-
60 Who is the first SPE's non-US president? Jacques Bosio technical
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Category Difficulty Source

Drilling & Completion High SF1

http://www.squidoo.com/all-
People Medium SF2
time-famous-engineers

Aberdeen Drilling Schools &

Well Control Training Centre.
Drilling & Completion Low SF3
2002. Well Control for the Rig-
Site Drilling Team. Revised ed.

Rabia, Hussain. Well

Drilling & Completion Low Engineering & Construction. SF1
Page 75.

General Engineering Medium SF2

Reservoir & Formation Medium SF3

Evaluation

Unconventional Hydrocarbon Low SF1

History Medium SF2

Reservoir & Formation Medium SF3

Evaluation

Drilling & Completion Low SF1

Production & Facilities Low SF2

Production & Facilities High SF3

Enhanced Oil Recovery Low SF1

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Reservoir & Formation Low SF3

Evaluation
Drilling & Completion Medium SF1

SF2

SF3
SF1

Hart Publications, 100 Most

People High Influential People of the SF2
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FINAL ROUND (10)

No Question Answer Type Category Difficulty

Based on the graphic above, what is wettability type of

reservoir A and B?

Reservoir &
A is water-wet, B is Technical
1 Formation Low
oil-wet Evaluation

A homogeneous gas reservoir that has been producing

gas (but no water) yields the following plot. What
causes the curve to deviate upwards?

Reservoir &
2 Water Influx Technical Formation Medium
Evaluation

Who had derived an equation to predict flow Blount Jones and Technical Production &
3 performance in perforation fpr single phase flow (gas High
and oil)? GIazel Facilities

(8500*0,486)=4131;
If a formation pore pressure gradient at 8500 ft is o,486 4131+200=4331 psi;
Technical Drilling & Well Medium
4 psi/ft, what mud weight is required to give an over- 4331/ Completion
balance of 200 psi? (8500*0,052)=9,79
ppg

Reservoir &
What do we get from the measurement by Russel
5 volumeter? Bulk Volume Technical Formation Medium
Evaluation
Which part of this transmission pipe that has the
greatest errosion by the gas friction?

Technical Production &

6 Inlet Medium
Facilities
 Technical Production &
6 Inlet Medium
Facilities

In which decade were the first hydraulic fracture Non-

7 1940’s History Medium
stimulations attempted? Technical

DeAnn Craig (1998); Non-

8 Name the three past female presidents of SPE ! Kate Baker (2004); Technical People Medium
Eva Sprunt (2006)

Volcanism
Iceland gets 99 percent of its electricity from what Non-
9 (geothermal) and
source of energy? Technical
hydropower
How is the ratio of A, B, & C according to point 7 at
graphic above?

(50 : 15 : 35) or (10 : Technical General

10 High
3 : 7) Engineering
 Source Type Category Type Category

Drilling & History

Completions

Reservoir &
Formation People
Evaluation

Production & Statistics

Facilities

Petroleum Engineering
Handbook - Vol V, pg. 1021
Current
Geology
Technical

Events

Non-Technical

Jones, Loyal G., E.M. Blount

and C.E. Glaze :“Use of Short
Term Multiple Rate Tests to General
Predict Performance of Geopolitics
Wells Having Turbulence”, Engineering
SPE Paper #6133, SPE of
AIME, October 1976

Aberdeen Drilling Schools &

Well Control Training Centre.
SPE/PetroBo
2002. Well Control for the Calculation wl
Rig-Site Drilling Team.
Revised ed.

Other Trivia

Calculation
 Other

Source Withheld
 BONUS QUESTION
No Question Answer

In 1926 at the American Petroleum Institute conference in Los Angeles 3 men, ESP (Electric
1 Armais Arutunoff, Samual VanWert, and Clyde Alexander, joined together to Submersible Pump)
pioneer this type of artificial lift. For 20 points, name it.

2 For 20 points, who invented the ram-type blowout preventer? James Abercrombie

A) Petrobras; B)
3 In much of the world, petroleum is produced by state oil companies. A Pertamina; C) PDVSA
number of these companies start with the letter P. For 5 points each, (Petroles de
give the names for the state oil companies for the following countries : Venezuela SA); D)
A) Brazil; B) Indonesia; C) Venezuela; D) Malaysia; E) Mexico; Petronas; E) PEMEX

What is the ratio of the volume actually occupied by a gas at given

pressure and temperature to the volume the gas would occupy at the z-factor
same pressure and temperature if it behave like an ideal gas?

1. Water-drive
reservoir

Oil reservoirs can be classified on the basis of boundary type, which 2. Gas-cap drive
determines driving mechanism. What is that classification? reservoir

3. Dissolved-gas
drive reservoir

Suppose that 1,000 bbl/day of 40 API, 1.2 cp oil is being produced through
2 7⁄8 -in., 8.6-lbm/ft tubing in a well that is 15 degrees from vertical. If the
tubing wall relative roughness is 0.001,calculate the pressure drop over 350 psi
1,000 ft of tubing?

horizontal, vertical,
What is the three types of separators are generally available from and spherical
manufacturers? seprarators
Deltas are fed by a river or an alluvial fan and there is a transition between
delta top or delta
the area that is considered part of the fluvial/alluvial environment and the
plain
region that is considered to be?

Where and When SPE Unconventional Gas Converence and exhibition will January 23-28, in
be held? Muscat, Oman

what nation that the government in 2011 earned about 59% (about US$ UK
1.30) of the price charged for every litre of pump fuel sold to consumers?

A body of rock can be distinguished and defined by its lithological

characteristics and its strati-graphic position relative to other bodies of lithostratigraphic
rock called? units

1) Conduction
For 10 points each, name 2 principles through which heat can be
2) Convection
transferred.
3) Radiation

Who is proposed a simplified thermodynamics exprssion for estimating K-

value which generates reasonable for the equilibrium ratio when applied at Wilson's Correlation
low pressure?
BONUS QUESTION
Type Category Difficulty Source Comments

Petroleum Engineers
Non-Technical History High Handbook 2007 Vol. 4, p.625

Hart Publications, 100

Non-Technical People High Most Influential People of
the Petroleum Century

Non-Technical

William D. McCain : "The

Reservoir & Properties of Petroleum
Technical Formation medium Fluids", 1990, PennWell
Evaluation Publishing Company :
Oklahoma

Lyons, William C. Guo,

Buyon. Ghalambor, Ali. :
"Petroleum Production
Engineering A Computer-
Production &
Technical high Assisted Approach". 2007.
Facilities
Elsevier Science &
Technology Books :
University of Louisiana at
Lafayette

Lyons, William C. Guo,

Buyon. Ghalambor, Ali. :
"Petroleum Production
Engineering A Computer-
Technical Calculation high Assisted Approach". 2007.
Elsevier Science &
Technology Books :
University of Louisiana at
Lafayette

Lyons, William C. Guo,

Buyon. Ghalambor, Ali. :
"Petroleum Production
Engineering A Computer-
Production &
Technical Medium Assisted Approach". 2007.
Facilities
Elsevier Science &
Technology Books :
University of Louisiana at
Lafayette
 Nichols, Gary. :
"Sedimentology and
Stratigraphy Second
Edition". 2009. John Wiley
Technical Geology High
& Sons Ltd, The Atrium,
Southern Gate,
Chichester, West Sussex,
PO19 8SQ, UK

http://www.worldoil.com/
Non-Technical
Current medium energy-events.aspx?
Events selectedYear=2013&select
edMonth=1

Non-Technical Geopolitics high http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/333.htm

Nichols, Gary. :
"Sedimentology and
Stratigraphy Second
Technical Geology medium Edition". 2009. John Wiley
& Sons Ltd, The Atrium,
Southern Gate,
Chichester, West Sussex,
PO19 8SQ, UK
Thermodynamics: An
General
Technical Low Engineering Approach,
Engineering
Cengel Boles

Tarek, Ahmed. :
Reservoir & "Hydrocarbon Phase
Technical Formation high Behavior".1989. Gulf
Evaluation Publishing Company :
Houston, Texas.
No Question Answer Type Category Difficulty Source Comments
 PAKET SOAL 1
No Question Answer Type
What is the ratio of the volume actually occupied by a gas at
given pressure and temperature to the volume the gas would
1 z-factor Technical
occupy at the same pressure and temperature if it behave like an
ideal gas?

As drilling engineer, your job is designing the casing string for minimum yield strength, in
2 Technical
wells. If you went with P-110 casing, what does the 110 indicate? this case 110,000 psi

3 How much the standard H2S content allowable in gas for sale? 0.25 grain/100 scf (4 ppmv) Technical

Name the law stating that lithologies that conformably overlie

4 one another must have accumulated in adjacent depositional Walther's Law Technical
environments.

At constant pressure and temperature, the volume of a gas is

5 directly proportional to the number of moles of the gas exist. Avogadro Technical
Whose statement is this?

PAKET SOAL 2
No Question Answer Type

Who is proposed a simplified thermodynamics expression for

1 estimating K-value which generates reasonable for the Wilson's Correlation Technical
equilibrium ratio when applied at low pressure?

What is terminology for available time to place a slurry before it

2 Thickening time Technical
becomes too thick to pump ?

What is the terminology of production performance analysis in a

3 node/section of production system, to determine well flow rate, Nodal Analysis Technical
based on inflow and outflow performance relationship?

What’s term that used to modeling heterogeneous of rock and

4 Wormhole Technical
maldistribution mineral?
What term that used to determine the quantity mole of
5 Stoichiometry Technical
component acid and mineral that will be reacted?

PAKET SOAL 3
No Question Answer Type

What is the ratio of the rate of production to the pressure

1 The Productivity Index Technical
drawdown at the midpoint of the producing interval called?

What is terminology for amount of energy for moving a unit of

2 Specific Energy Technical
rocks volume?
What is the quantity of heat produced when gas is burned
3 Heating value Technical
completely to carbon dioxide and water?
Name the theory of petroleum generation in which petroleum is
4 thought to have formed from hydrocarbons trapped inside the Abiogenic theory Technical
earth’s crust while the earth was forming.
An elastic constant that is a measure of the compressibility of
5 material perpendicular to applied stress, or the ratio of latitudinal Poisson’s Ratio Technical
to longitudinal strain. What is this constant name?
 PAKET SOAL 4
No Question Answer Type

What method, proposed by Leverett, used to average capillary-

1 J-Function method Technical
pressure data?

badger bit, spud bit, knuckle

2 Mention 3 deflection tools in drilling operation! joint, whipstock, turbodrill, Technical
and dyna drill
What’s kinds of separator which suitable for reservoir fluids
3 which contain sand? vertical separator Technical

The migration of shoreline out of a basin and onto land during

retrogradation. It can result in sediments characteristic of
4 Transgression Technical
shallow water being overlain by deeper water sediments. Is the
definition of?
What is the ratio of the mole fraction of a component in vapor
5 phase to the mole fraction of the same component in liquid K value Technical
phase called?

PAKET SOAL 5
No Question Answer Type

The lower limit of the initial producing gas-oil ratio for this
reservoir fluid is 3300 scf/STB. Its stock tank liquid gravities are
1 Retrograde Gas Technical
between 40˚ and 60˚ API and increase as reservoir pressure falls
below the dew-point pressure. What is this reservoir fluid?

What is terminology for cement additives that reduce slurry

2 Extender Technical
density and increase slurry yield ?

3 What will happen when heavy oil is produced in low temperature Parrafin appearance Technical

A body of rock can be distinguished and defined by its lithological

4 characteristics and its strati-graphic position relative to other lithostratigraphic units Technical
bodies of rock called?

This law states that changing volume of ideal gas is inversely

5 proportional with pressure at constant temperature. What is this Boyle's law Technical
law called?

PAKET SOAL 6
No Question Answer Type

A field in north Louisiana had an initial producing gas-oil ratio of

1 2000 scf/STB. The stock tank liquid was 'medium orange' and had Volatile Oil Technical
a gravity of 51,2˚ API. What type of reservoir fluid is this?

What is the process by which fluids are sucked into the borehole,
2 from the formation, when the drillstring is being pulled out of Swabbing Technical
hole?

3 What is terminology for natural gas containing hydrogen sulfide? Sour Gas Technical
 What is the name of kerogen type which contains humic organic
4 Vitrinite Technical
matter such as terrestrial and woody origin?
What is terminology for 'the change in size and shape of a body
5 Strain Technical
resulting from the action of an applied stress field'?

PAKET SOAL 7
No Question Answer Type

What is flow regime which radius of pressure wave propagation

1 transient flow Technical
from wellbore hasn’t reached any boundaries of the reservoir?

What is the test used for estimating the maximum pressure or

2 mud weight that the test point can withstand before formation Leak-Off Test (LOT) Technical
breakdown or fracture occurs?

3 What is the three types ofmanufacturers?

separators are generally available from horizontal, vertical, and Technical
spherical seprarators

This method is used to identify the type and maturity of organic

4 material as well as to detect the content of the oil/gas in Rock Eval Pyrolisis Technical
sedimentary rocks. What is this method name?

Newtonian fluid, linear flow,

steady state, isothermal
along the way, there isn’t
raction between reservoir
5 Mention 3 Assumption of Darcy equation? Technical
fluid and reservoir rock,
incompressible fluid,
direction of flow based on
drawdown pressure

PAKET SOAL 8
No Question Answer Type
This type of reservoir fluids are identified as having initial
producing gas-oil ratios between 2000 and 3300 scf/STB. And the
phase diagram of this reservoir fluid given below. What is the
name of this reservoir fluid?

1 Volatile Oil Technical

2 What is the terminology of an uncontrolled kick? Blowout Technical

 Associated gas : can be
What is the terminology of a natural gas found in contact with or further
3 categorized as Gas- Technical
dissolved in crude oil in the reservoir? Cap Gas or Solution Gas

Deltas are fed by a river or an alluvial fan and there is a transition

4 between the area that is considered part of the fluvial/alluvial delta top or delta plain Technical
environment and the region that is considered to be?

orifice meter, turbine meter,

Mention 2 methods or tools that used to determine gas flow
5 critical flow prover, pitot Technical
rate ! tubes

PAKET SOAL 9
No Question Answer Type
Petroleum distillates have different color each other. What
1 chemicals in petroleum do affect almost entirely the color of Resins Technical
every distillate?
What is the tendency of some formations to apparently accept
2 drilling fluid when circulating then give it back when the pump is Balooning Technical
shut down?
Harmonic, Hyperbolic,
3 Mention 3 types of decline curve ! Exponential Technical
4 What is the force against the secondary migration? Pore Pressure Technical

When the dry clay is placed into fresh water with no agitation,
the packets absorb water, hydrate, and swell. Upon agitation, the
5 Dispersion Technical
swollen packets disintegrate into individual plates or smaller
packets of plates. What is this phenomena called ?

PAKET SOAL 10
No Question Answer Type

(Type I) fractures provide

the essentials of porosity
and permeability. (Type II)
Please mention 3 classifications of Natural Fractured Reservoir by
1 fractures provide only Technical
Nelson? permeability. (Type III)
fractures provide a
permeability assisting

Look at the picture below. The pump speed changes. What does
2 this condition indicate?

Kick Technical
 Light naptha, heavy naptha,
3 Mention 2 products of atmospheric distillation ! kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil, Technical
atmospheric gas oil, gas

What is terminology for process of turning sediments into

4 Diagenesis Technical
sedimentary rocks?
Octane number is a base of measurement in fuel quality. What is
5 the octane number of gasoline or petrol that produced from the 70 Technical
distillation process?

PAKET SOAL 11
No Question Answer Type
What is terminology for an effort to increase permeability by
1 dissolving the organic material in the formation or also the pores Acidizing Technical
of the rock ?

(1) Help maintain the

stability of the wellbore; (2)
Carry the drill cuttings up the
annulus and back to surface;
2 Mention 3 primary functions of drilling muds ! (3) Maintain pressure Technical
balance in the well; (4) Cool
the bit and drillstring; (5) Hol
cuttings in suspension when
circulation is stopped

3 What's principle mechanism of hydrocyclone? Centrifugal force Technical

4 When the gravel-sized particle in coarse detrital rock are angular. Breccia Technical
What will be the rock called?
What is the value of pressure for which K-factors appears to
5 The convergence pressure Technical
converge to unity known as?

PAKET SOAL 12
No Question Answer Type
In Neutron Log, neutrons are absorbed or reflected back to
1 detectors. If its value has a high counts of reflected neutron, how Low Porosity Technical
is the porosity of the formation has?

change in ROP; change in

size, shape, amount of
cuttings; increase in rotary
torque; sloughing shale;
increase in gas content;
2 Mention 3 signs of formation pressure changes ! Technical
variations from normal 'd'
exponent; increase in
flowline temperature;
decrease in shale density;
increase in chloride content

See the graphic! There are bottom hole, well head, & separator,
with no choke condition, as a subsystem that we have. Where is
3 the nodal of the nodal analysis system? Assume no flow
boundary in perforation.

Separator Technical
 Separator Technical

4 What's terminology of mature organic matter? Bitumen Technical

The formation brine compressibility will become greater at high
5 0 Technical
salinity. Is it true or false?

PAKET SOAL 13
No Question Answer Type
A term used to describe the mechanism underlying the upward
1 movement of water and/or the down movement of gas into the Coning Technical
perforations of a producing well called as?
Using this tool can help prevent the blowouts. What is this tool
called?

2 Lubricator Technical

Mention 2 of 3 things that is commonly called as solid desiccants Alumina, Silica Gel,
3 Technical
in gas dehydration activity! Molecular Sieve
A depression in the crust of the Earth, caused by plate tectonic
4 activity and subsidence, in which sediments accumulate. Is the Basin Technical
definiton of ?
The chemical potential, G, of a pure fluid at constant temperature
5 may be calculated as dG = VMdP . What is this chemical potential Gibbs Molar Free Energy Technical
usually called as?

PAKET SOAL 14
No Question Answer Type

1. Water-drive reservoir
2.
Oil reservoirs can be classified on the basis of boundary type, Gas-cap drive reservoir
1 Technical
which determines driving mechanism. What is that classification? 3.
Dissolved-gas drive reservoir

2 To make a foamed cement, what kind of gas that we injected? Nitrogen Technical
 Net Positive Suction Head
3 What NPSHA stands for? Technical
Avalaible
A relatively high-standing area formed by the movement of
normal faults that dip away from each other. It can form in areas
4 Horst Technical
of rifting or extension, where normal faults are the most
abundant variety of fault. What is it called?
Is it true or false? Cloud point can have lower temperature than
5 1 Technical
pour point

PAKET SOAL 15
No Question Answer Type

Among five types of reservoir fluids, on whose diagram, normal

1 Dry gas Technical
surface separator conditions fall outside the phase envelope?

Barite, galena, calcium

2 Mention 2 example of weighting agent for drilling mud ? Technical
carbonate, brine solution

3 What’s part of ESP which has function to adsorp ESP’s vibration? Seal Technical

Removal of the youngest layers of rock at the top of the section

allows restoration of the underlying layers to their initial,
undisturbed configurations. Successively older layers can be
4 Backstripping Technical
removed sequentially to further assess the effects of
compaction, development of geologic structures and other
processes on an area. What is this technique called?

In many of hydrocarbon compounds, the carbon atoms are

5 Cyclic Compound Technical
arranged in rings. What are these compounds called?

PAKET SOAL 16
No Question Answer Type
In the same depth, position of Neutron Log curve is on the right
of the density log curve which means neutron log reading is
1 The existence of gas Technical
smaller than density log reading. What does this condition
indicate?
What kind of logging tools that can't be used if drill using oil
2 Resistivity Log Technical
based mud?
In IPR curve, what will be happened to curve if formation is
3 Move to the right Technical
stimulated?
Based on wentworth scale, what is the name of particel that has Couble (Kerakal in
4 Technical
size range between 64 – 256 mm? Indonesia)
While hydrocarbons by definition are compounds containing only
hydrogen and carbon, motor fuels consist of saturated
5 hydrocarbons, also known as alkanes. What is the lightest Pentane Technical
straight chain alkane that exists as a liquid at standard
conditions?

PAKET SOAL 17
No Question Answer Type
 A porous media with cross
sectional area 1 sqcm has
permeability 1 Darcy if it’s
saturated with one-phase
1 Mention the meaning of 1 Darcy! fluid with viscosity 1 cp and Technical
that fluid can flow into the
porous media with rate 1cc/s
because pressure gradient 1
atm/cm.

2 What is the terminology for an indication of the relative aromatic Aniline point Technical
content of the base oil?
What kind of artificial lift that most impossible for offshore
3 Sucker Rod Pump (SRP) Technical
operation?
Micropaleontology analysis;
There are 4 analysys that has to be done for analyzing the Granulometry analysis;
4 Technical
depositional environment of a Rock, Mention 4 of them! Profile analysis; Petrographic
analysis
"In all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves the The 2nd Law of
5 system, the potential energy of the state will always be less than Technical
Thermodynamics
that of the initial state." What law is this?

PAKET SOAL 18
No Question Answer Type
Microlog, Micro lateral log,
1 Mention 4 Tools to measure Flushed zone resistivity! Proximity log, Micro Technical
spherical log
Crude oils; Refined oils;
2 Mention 3 types of base oils used in oil-based muds ! Technical
Mineral oils; Synthetic oils

Based on this picture, how are Pump A and Pump B be installed?

3 Parallel Technical

What’s terminology for a part of rock body which located on up

4 Hanging Wall Technical
side of fault?

5 Technical
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Reservoir &
Formation Medium
Evaluation

Drilling &
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Completions

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Facilities

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Engineering

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Formation High
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Formation Low
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Production & Medium
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Engineering
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Formation Low
Evaluation

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Engineering High

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Formation Low
Evaluation

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Medium
Facilities

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Formation High
Evaluation

Drilling & Medium

Completions

Production & Low

Facilities
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Engineering

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Formation Low
Evaluation

Drilling & Medium

Completions

Production & Low

Facilities

Geology Medium

General High
Engineering

Category Difficulty

Reservoir &
Formation Low
Evaluation

Drilling & Medium

Completions
Production & Low
Facilities

Geology High

General Medium
Engineering

Category Difficulty
Reservoir &
Formation Medium
Evaluation

Drilling & High

Completions

Production &
Facilities Medium
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General Low
Engineering

Category Difficulty

Reservoir &
Formation High
Evaluation

Drilling & Low

Completions
Production & Medium
Facilities

Geology Low

General Medium
Engineering

Category Difficulty
Reservoir &
Formation Medium
Evaluation

Drilling & High

Completions

Production &
Facilities Low

Geology Low

General Medium
Engineering

Category Difficulty
Reservoir &
Formation Low
Evaluation

Drilling & Medium

Completions

Production & High

Facilities
Production & High
Facilities

Geology Low
General Medium
Engineering

Category Difficulty
Reservoir &
Formation Medium
Evaluation

Drilling &
Completions Medium

Production & High

Facilities

Geology Low

General Low
Engineering

Category Difficulty

Reservoir &
Formation High
Evaluation

Drilling &
Completions Medium
Production & Low
Facilities

Geology Medium

General Low
Engineering

Category Difficulty
Reservoir &
Formation Medium
Evaluation
Drilling & Low
Completions
Production & Medium
Facilities

Geology High

General Low
Engineering

Category Difficulty

Reservoir &
Formation Medium
Evaluation

Drilling & Medium

Completions
Production & Low
Facilities

Geology Low

General High
Engineering

Category Difficulty
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Formation High
Evaluation

Drilling & Low

Completions
Production & Low
Facilities

Geology Medium

General Medium
Engineering

Category Difficulty
Reservoir &
Formation
Evaluation
Drilling & Medium
Completions

Production & Medium

Facilities

Geology Low

General
Engineering
 PAKET SOAL 1 (Final)
No Question Answer Type Category
An equation that describe about relationship between Reservoir &
1 reservoir pressure as a function of time and distance can Diffusivity Equation Technical Formation
be solve from what equation? Evaluation
You have to plan a new well and need to order the
drillpipe. The Total Depth of well is 6000 ft. Based on the Drilling &
2 200 joints Technical
length of a drill string, how many joints of pipe will you Completions
need to have?
Mention 2 forces which cause pressure drop in this
system?

3 Frictional force and Technical Production &

gravity force Facilities

4 Which one is having the lower boiling point temperatur? Is Dyethylene Glycol Production &
Technical
it Triethylene Glycol (TEG) or Diethylene Glycol (DEG) (DEG) Facilities

2, because water
How much of F (degree of freedom) if we have a water vapor has 1 phase and General
5 1 component (H2O) so Technical
vapor system? Engineering
F=2–1+1=2

Es (Areal Sweep Reservoir &

What’s kind of efficiency could be increased by polimer Efficiency) and Ei
6 (Efficiency of Invasion Technical Formation
injection ? Evaluation
or Vertical Efficiency)

There are three types of gel strength. Which one does we Drilling &
7 Low-Flat Gels Technical
need for our drilling mud characteristic? Completions

8 Is it true or pipe
false? Weymouth equation can only be used for Production &
0 Technical
diameter bigger than 16 inches. Facilities
Look at the picture ! What type of rock is this?

9 Sedimentary Rock Technical Geology

 Peng-Robinson;
Redlich-Kwong; General
10 Mention 3 kinds of Equation of State? Soave-Redlich-Kwong; Technical Engineering
van der Walls;
Zudkevith-Joffe

PAKET SOAL 2 (Final)

No Question Answer Type Category
Reservoir &
DST, MDT/RFT, Well
1 Mention 3 methods to obtain reservoir pressure? Technical Formation
test Evaluation
Water-Based Fluids; Drilling &
2 Mention three types of completion fluid ! Oil-Based Fluids; Clear Technical Completions
Brine Fluids

Multiphase production in long flowlines produces

intermittent quantities of liquid that are too large for
3 normal separators to handle. The liquid is diverted to a Technical Production &
Slug Catcher
Facilities
large vessel for temporary storage. What is the name
for these vessels?

If organofacies name: marine clastic, description : aquatic,

4 marine, silicaclastic, environment : marine, clastic basins. Kerogen Type 2 Technical Geology
what’s kinds kerogen based on the data?

What’s wetting characteristic will be formed when non- General

5 Water wet Technical
ionic surfactant mingling in sandstone with silica within? Engineering

oil expansion, solution Reservoir &

mention 3 components of underground withdrawal in gas expansion, gas
6 material balance equation cap expansion, HCPV Technical Formation
Evaluation
decrease, water influx

In what point is the maximum initial shut-in casing

7 pressure (MISICP) is?

Drilling &
Point 2 Technical Completions
 A liquid flow through two kinds of pipe like the picture
below. The rate is 1000 bbl/day. If Pipe A and Pipe B have
similar length, inner diameter, and roughness, which pipe
that will have bigger value of outlet pressure?

Production &
8 Pipe A Technical Facilities

9 Mention 2 types of scale which is used for measuring Mercalli and Ritcher Technical Geology
earthquake’s power?

Porosity,
Permeability, Relative Reservoir &
Mention 3 factors that are included in Petrophysical
10 Permeability, Capillary Technical Formation
Properties of reservoir that affecting EOR processes? Pressure, Rock Evaluation
Wettability

PAKET SOAL 3 (Final)

No Question Answer Type Category
Reservoir &
Many Tools used in Well logging, for instance DIL-SLS-GR Dual Induction – Sonic Technical
1 Formation
stands for? – Gamma Ray Evaluation

What is the terminology of the SICP at initial shut-in is Maximum Initial Shut- Drilling &
2 in Casing Pressure Technical
likely to cause losses to the formation at the shoe? Completions
(MISICP)
Is it true or false? High vapor pressure will increase the
value of NPSH Avalaible.

Production &
3 0 Technical Facilities

Mention three of mechanics way of stone particle Suspension, Bouncing

4 movement under the sea! (Saltation), and Technical Geology
Rolling

What type of emulsion is this?

Oil-in Water-in Oil General

5 Technical
(o/w/o) Engineering
 Oil-in Water-in Oil General
5 Technical
(o/w/o) Engineering

Which kind of oil is preferred : (a.) Oil with high flash point Reservoir &
6 and high pour point or (b.) Oil with low flash point and A Technical Formation
very low pour point? Evaluation
What kind of drilling fluid that best suited for highly Drilling &
7 Oil Based Mud Technical
deviated and horizontal wells? Completions
True or false: Rigs working in rough seas or harsh Drilling &
8 environment cannot use as automated pipe racking 0 Technical Completions
system
This tool is usually used to know the value of level fluid in Reservoir &
9 the well, either Static Fluid Level (SFL) and Dynamics Fluid Sonolog' tool Technical Formation
Level (DFL). What is this tool? Evaluation
FCC unit upgrades heavier fractions into lighter, more Production &
10 Fluid Catalytic Cracker Technical
valuable products. What FCC stands for? Facilities

TOSS-UP (ADDITIONAL)
No Question Answer Type Category
1 Look at the following chart ! That X factor is caused by?

Reservoir &
Clays or Shale Technical Formation
Evaluation

A large BOP valve that forms a seal in the annular space

between the wellbore and the drillpipe and it is usually Drilling &
2 installed Annular Preventer Technical
above the ram type preventers in the BOP stack is Completion
called?

If dial reading at 300 rpm on fann VG is 77 and 103 at 600

3 51 cp Technical
rpm, determine yield point of the mud (in cp)!

Please see the formulas. Which one shows the harmonic

decline curve formula

4 C Technical
4 C Technical

From what country does Chevron Pacific Indonesia come

5 United States Technical
from?
Mixture of n-heptane and isooctane used to be a
comparators in determining fuel octane numbers. When
6 the mixture of this composition is 10% n-heptane, then 90 Technical
what is the octane number?
There are several types of petroleum traps, what type
7 Structural Trap Technical
does the anticline belong to?

The origin of rocks

(source rock); the
movement
(migration) of
hydrocarbons from
Mention the three main requirements of oil forming in the
8 reservoir! source rock to the Technical
reservoir rock; the
trap (entrapment)
that secure oil in
geological
entrapment

Based on the quantity of the phase that being separated,

9 what type of this separator is? (Look at the picture)

Production &
3 Phase Separator Technical Facilities

10 Which one is having the lower boiling point temperatur? Is Dyethylene Glycol Production &
Technical
it Triethylene Glycol (TEG) or Diethylene Glycol (DEG) (DEG) Facilities

What is diagram showing the relationship between stream

10 velocity and ability to tranport material of varrying sizes Hjulstorm Curve Technical Geology
called?
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