PETE 201 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
What was the first significant oil production in the US as described
in the video? -
correct answer ✅Pennsylvania
What was the original purpose of drilling equipment used to drill
some of the first oil wells in the US? -
correct answer ✅Drilling water wells
Early well drilling... -
correct answer ✅...was haphazard with no knowledge of proper
reservoir management
How did John D. Rockefeller get started in the oil industry? -
correct answer ✅By buying an oil refinery
Rockefeller got control of oil production, transportation, and
refining by making illegal deals with railroads to control
transportation of crude oil. -
correct answer ✅True
,PETE 201 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Which of the following ins NOT a major system of a rotary drilling
rig? -
correct answer ✅Engine
What was the invention that threatened the first major use of
refined oil? -
correct answer ✅The electric light bulb
What was the major invention that guaranteed continued use of
refined oil (to this day)? -
correct answer ✅The internal combustion engine
John D. Rockefeller's power was concentrated in Texas -
correct answer ✅False
A big threat to John D. Rockefeller's control was the discovery of oil
in Texas -
correct answer ✅True
Ida Tarbell wrote magazine articles proving that Rockefeller used
illegal means to control oil transportation, encouraging President
,PETE 201 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Teddy Roosevelt to break up the Standard Oil Trust -
correct answer ✅True
After the breakup of Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller -
correct answer ✅Became one of the country's great
philanthropists
What was the first major commercial use for refined petroleum? -
correct answer ✅Replace use of coal tar for pharmaceuticals and
food additives
John D. Rockefeller combined oil production, transportation,
refining and marketing to form the first integrated oil company. -
correct answer ✅True
What can be done to increase production from wells by increasing
the flow capacity of the reservoir near the wells? -
correct answer ✅Carry out acid or hydraulic fracturing operations.
What is a Christmas tree? -
correct answer ✅A vertical structure of pipes, fittings, gauges and
valves used to control the flow of produced fluids.
, PETE 201 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
How is a source rock (shale) "trap" different from a conventional
trap? -
correct answer ✅Flow pathways for oil and gas must be created in
order to produce oil and gas
What is the average recovery from an oil reservoir? -
correct answer ✅35%
What is the source of oil & gas? -
correct answer ✅Organic Matter
This common impurity in crude oils must be removed during the
refining process because, after combustion, it can form acid rain. -
correct answer ✅Sulfur
What is meant by the phrase, "a commercial deposit of oil or gas"?
-
correct answer ✅An accumulation of oil or gas of sufficient size to
profitably explore, drill, complete, and produce.
& Answers (Grade A+)
What was the first significant oil production in the US as described
in the video? -
correct answer ✅Pennsylvania
What was the original purpose of drilling equipment used to drill
some of the first oil wells in the US? -
correct answer ✅Drilling water wells
Early well drilling... -
correct answer ✅...was haphazard with no knowledge of proper
reservoir management
How did John D. Rockefeller get started in the oil industry? -
correct answer ✅By buying an oil refinery
Rockefeller got control of oil production, transportation, and
refining by making illegal deals with railroads to control
transportation of crude oil. -
correct answer ✅True
,PETE 201 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Which of the following ins NOT a major system of a rotary drilling
rig? -
correct answer ✅Engine
What was the invention that threatened the first major use of
refined oil? -
correct answer ✅The electric light bulb
What was the major invention that guaranteed continued use of
refined oil (to this day)? -
correct answer ✅The internal combustion engine
John D. Rockefeller's power was concentrated in Texas -
correct answer ✅False
A big threat to John D. Rockefeller's control was the discovery of oil
in Texas -
correct answer ✅True
Ida Tarbell wrote magazine articles proving that Rockefeller used
illegal means to control oil transportation, encouraging President
,PETE 201 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Teddy Roosevelt to break up the Standard Oil Trust -
correct answer ✅True
After the breakup of Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller -
correct answer ✅Became one of the country's great
philanthropists
What was the first major commercial use for refined petroleum? -
correct answer ✅Replace use of coal tar for pharmaceuticals and
food additives
John D. Rockefeller combined oil production, transportation,
refining and marketing to form the first integrated oil company. -
correct answer ✅True
What can be done to increase production from wells by increasing
the flow capacity of the reservoir near the wells? -
correct answer ✅Carry out acid or hydraulic fracturing operations.
What is a Christmas tree? -
correct answer ✅A vertical structure of pipes, fittings, gauges and
valves used to control the flow of produced fluids.
, PETE 201 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
How is a source rock (shale) "trap" different from a conventional
trap? -
correct answer ✅Flow pathways for oil and gas must be created in
order to produce oil and gas
What is the average recovery from an oil reservoir? -
correct answer ✅35%
What is the source of oil & gas? -
correct answer ✅Organic Matter
This common impurity in crude oils must be removed during the
refining process because, after combustion, it can form acid rain. -
correct answer ✅Sulfur
What is meant by the phrase, "a commercial deposit of oil or gas"?
-
correct answer ✅An accumulation of oil or gas of sufficient size to
profitably explore, drill, complete, and produce.
