PETROBOWL QUESTIONS UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PETROBOWL QUESTIONS UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
What chemical found in TNT is also found in oil, particularly Borneo crude?
Answer:
Toloul

Question:
What is the term for the vented or drained off fluids from a pressured well?
Answer:
Bleed Off

Question:
Name Five types of Packers used in the oil industry?
Answer:
Compression set packer, drillable packer, hookwall packer, inflatable packer, hydraulic packer

Question:
This volume of gas has been separated from produced water.
Answer:
Blue gas

Question:
What is a raised metal lip that is around a perforation?
Answer:
Burr

Question:
what is the area of the rock adjacent to the perforation tunnel where permeability may be 50% less than
initial, undamaged permeability?
Answer:
Crush Zone

Question:
This term describes the difference between average reservoir pressure and the flowing bottomhole
pressure.
Answer:
Drawdown

Question:
This type of drawdown is the pressure differential from the formation near the wellbore to the wellbore.
Answer:
Completion Drawdown

, Question:
This is a rubber or plastic material used as a seal.
Answer:
Elastomer

Question:
In the USA, this type of well is defined as producing 10 BOE/d or less.
Answer:
Stripper well

Question:
Describe what a z factor is also give the equation for it.
Answer:
The "z" factor is the ratio of the volume actually occupied by a gas at a given pressure and temperature to
the volume the gas would occupy at the same pressure and temperature if it behaved like an ideal gas. Z=
VACTUAL /VIDEAL

Question:
What is the equation for gas specific gravity?
Answer:
Yg = Y/Yair

Question:
What do the variables represent in the gas specific gravity equation?
Answer:
Yg is the specific gravity of the gas, ?g is the density of the gas, and ?air is the density of dry air.

Question:
What would the pressure be in a black oil reservoir at discovery?
Answer:
Either above the bubble point or equal to the bubble point pressure

Question:
What are the two types of chemical bonds?
Answer:
Covalent and ionic bonds

Question:
What is a vessel used to treat or separate water-oil emulsions?
Answer:
Treater

Question:
In offshore operations, what does FPSO stand for?
Answer:
Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading Vessel