Agiba Petroleum Company Name: ………………………………………………………….

Drilling Department University: …………………………………………………….

2012 Graduation year/ Grade: ………………..………………

Question # 1.

Write the equipment name in

front of its number regarding
the picture:

1. Crown block

4. Monkey board

5. Travelling block

6. Top drive

7. Mast/Derrick

10. BOP's

16. Mud pumps

19. Reserve pit

20. Mud Gas Separator

21. Shale shakers

22. Choke manifold

23. Pipe ramp (Not Catwalk)

24. Pipe racks

Question # 2 – Select the correct answer:

(1) The word petroleum translates literally from the Greek and
Latin into:
a) rock oil
b) oil rock
c) rock fuel
(2) The first modern oil well was drilled by a Russian engineer in:
a) Pennsylvania, USA (The first economical well in USA
not allover the wrold (Historical mistake))
b) Absheron Peninsula (The correct answer)
c) Ontario, Canada

(3) What are the two main components of the blowout prevention
system?
a) The BOP stack and the choke manifold
b) The BOP stack and the accumulator unit
c) The BOP stack and an Annular Preventer

(4) What are the draw works?

a) It is a heavy duty clamp mechanism which is attached to
the top of the drill string.
b) It is a heavy duty hoisting winch which controls the drilling
line.
c) A device to which the deadline is attached, securely
fastened to the mast or derrick substructure.

(5) What is the difference between hole pack off and hole bridge?
a) Hole pack off means complete loss of circulation, with
hole bridging circulation is still possible.
b) Hole pack off means circulation is still possible, with
hole bridging circulation is completely lost.
c) There isn’t one, hole bridging is just another name for
hole pack off
(6) The mud used will be matched to the formation being drilled.
For example, with a clay formation, which sort of mud should
be used?
a) Water based
b) Polymer or oil based
c) Either
(7) What is a casing hanger used for?
a) The casing hangers support the weight of the casing
inside the well head.
b) To attach or hang liners from the internal wall of a
previous casing string
c) To support the tubing string.

(8) Were would you find a bore protector (Wear pushing)?

a) The wellhead
b) Between the different sections of casing
c) At total depth, after the production casing

(9) Which of the following are purposes of Cementing?

a) To form a seal in the event of a kick (sudden pressure
increase) during further drilling and to protect the pipe and
producing formations
b) To prevent pipe corrosion, to seal off troublesome
formations and to helps prevent blowouts and loss
circulation
c) To bond the rock formations and provide support for the
casing.

(10) Which of the following statements (a,b and c) describes each

of the following hole assemblies: Slick Assembly, Pendulum
Assembly, Packed Assembly.
a) Holds hole angle. Packed Assmebly
b) Drops hole angle. Pendulum Assembly
c) Builds hole angle. Slick assy

(11) What is the definition of a kick?

a) An intrusion of unwanted fluids into the well bore such that
the effective hydrostatic pressure of the well bore fluid is
exceeded by the formation pressure.
b) An intrusion of formation fluids into the well bore which does
not immediately cause formation pressure to exceed the
hydrostatic pressure of the fluid in the well bore, but may
eventually.
c) An uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluids into the wellbore, and
possibly to the surface.
 (12) What do we mean by the term ‘normal formation
pressure’?
a) 0.465 psi/ft
b) .0465 psi/ft
c) 4.65 psi/ft

(13) In fishing operations, the objects left in the hole are

commonly known as:
a) Bait
b) Trash
c) Junk

(14) What is the meaning of SSCSV?

a) Sub-surface Controlled Surface Valve
b) Sub-surface Controlled System Valve
c) Sub-surface Controlled Safety Valve

(15) Where is a wireline entry guide fitted?

a) Bottom of tubing
b) Top of tubing
c) End of perforation

(16) What does the term Abnormal Pressure mean with regarding

The fluid pressure in the formation?

a) High density mud used to create a large overbalance.

b) Formation fluid pressure that exceeds saline water hydrostatic

pressure.

c) The excess pressure that needs to be applied to cause “leak

off” in a normal pressure formation.

(17) What is meant by Primary Well Control?

a) The use of BOP to close in a flowing well.

b) The slow circulating rate pressure used in the kill process.

c) The use of mud hydrostatic to balance fluid pressure in the

formation.

d) The use of pit volume and flow rate measuring devices to recognize a
kick.

(18) What is the secondary control method to be used if the primary control
failed?

a- Pump a barite slug.

b- A highly efficient BOP’s.

c- A good prepared kill sheet

(19) Mention all the types of well control methods?

1- Wait & Weight
2- Drillers
3- Volumetric
4- Concurrent
5- Pull heading

(20) What is the following abbreviation stand for?

1- LWD/MWD (Logging/Measurment while drlg)2- WOW (Wait on weather)

3- DLS (Dog leg severity) 4- BUR (Build up rate)

5- TLC (Tough logging conditions) 6- GPM (Gallon per minute)

7- WOB (Weight on bit) 8- RPM (Revelution per minute)

9- IADC (International association of drlg contractors)10- BH (Bent housing

11-PDC(Ply crystalline diamond compact12- PDM(Psitive displacement motor

13- ECD(Equivalent circulating density) 14- YP/PV (Yield point/Plastic visc.)

(21) What are the three sticking mechanisms?

1- Hole pack off/Hole bridge

2- Differential

3- Well bore geometry

(22) Water base mud is bringing soft mushy cutting over the shaker: What
down hole problem does this indicate?
a. A soft shale formation is being drilled.
b. A water-sensitive shale is adsorbing water from the mud.
c. Excessive circulating rate is washing out a shale formation.
d. A mobile shale formation is squeezing into the wellbore.
(23) The decision of pulling a worn bit should be based on:

1- ROP

2- Rotary Torque

3- Bit record in the area

4- All the above

(24) Which area requires a good cement job?

1- Entire inside of the casing

2- Joint above the float inside the casing

3- Middle part of the outside of the casing

4- Below and around outside of the casing shoe /shoe joint

(25) For a well with 15000 ft MD and 10000 ft TVD and the hole is full with 10
ppg mud, what is the maximum hydrostatic pressure ………..

1- 5200 psi

2- 7800 psi

(26) List the standard Bit/Casing sizes from the biggest conductor to the
smallest production casing. Casing Bit/Hole
30"
20" 26"
13 3/8" 17 1/2"
9 5/8" 12 1/4"
7" 8 1/2"
5" 6"
 (27) What is the key seat? Where is it dangerous at the top or the BTM of
the hole? Explain why?

Key seat is a key seat shaped hole drilled side by side the original hole in a
dog leg or a high angle in the well caused by drill sting rotation and
reciprocation.
It will be dangerous at with depth. Because at the top (Soft formation) so if the
key seat formed there it can be removed easily but in the deeper sections
(Hard formations) if it formed there it may cause drill string sticking.

(28) List the types of drill bits you know and the difference between each
other?

Drag bit: 1- PDC: its cutter a poly crystalline diamond over tungsten carbide

2- diamond: cutters from pure diamond over tungsten carbide

Rolling cone bit: the most common is the tri-cone bit

1- Insert tooth: the cutters is from tungsten carbide which inserted to the
cone body

2- Milled tooth: the cutters from the same material of the cones

(29) What is the selecting criteria you should use to select Land/Offshore
drilling rigs?

For Land rigs: The max. Drilling depth (Rig capacity) and rig mobility

For offshore rigs: Water depth

(30) List the solid control equipment you know? Explain the function of both of
them?

- Shale shaker: remove large volume cutting down to 150 microns

- Desander: remove cuttings (specially sand) down to 50:70 microns

- Desilter: remove cuttings (specially silt) down to 20:40 microns

- Centrifuge: remove colloidals solids down to 5 microns

(31) Differentiate between Swap & Surge and what are the problems you can
face for both of them?

Swap: sudden decrease in btm hole press while pooh. & the Problem is:
Kick/blow out

Surge: Sudden increase in btm hole press. While rih. & the Problem is loss of
circ./fm frac.