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    RGIPT Sivasagar

    Petroleum Engineering
    2017-2020

    Probable PI questions (sample)


    Petroleum Refining & Product Testing

    1. What is Petroleum?
    2. What are hydrocarbons? What following comprises of: Solid Hydrocarbons, Liquid
    hydrocarbons and Gas hydrocarbons?
    3. Explain the organic theory of hydrocarbon formation?
    4. What is kerogen?
    5. Can you draw a van Krevelen diagram?
    6. Explain diagenesis, catagenesis and metagenesis. What are the best temperature
    windows for oil and gas formation?
    7. How is wet gas different from dry gas?
    8. What is API gravity? Explain types of petroleum based on API gravity?
    9. What are sour and sweet crude?
    10. Differentiate reserves from resources?
    11. How many refineries are in Assam? Name them. What is the total refining capacity in
    total in Assam?
    12. Classify crude oil on the basis of its composition.
    13. Explain following:
    a. Paraffins
    b. Isoparaffins
    c. Olefins
    d. Naphthenes
    e. Aromatics
    14. What is crude distillation?
    15. What fractions can you obtained from a crude distillation?
    16. Explain Brent crude, WTI crude and Dubai Crude.
    17. What is natural gas? What is LPG, PNG and LNG?
    18. For a gasoline, explain following that occurs in an engine:
    a. Vapour locking
    b. Carburettor Icing
    c. Crankcase dilution
    19. What information does volatility of a fuel gives us?
    20. What is Octane number? What is RON and MON?
    21. What is difference between Flash and fire point?
    22. What is smoke point?
    23. What is pour point?
    24. Explain Cetane number.
    25. How would you know about strength of bitumen used for construction purposes?
    26. What is meant by Cracking? Why id it done?
    27. Explain visbreaking.
    28. What is catalytic cracking?
    29. Name a method of catalytic cracking.
    30. What do you mean by Alkylation?
    31. Explain a n alkylation process.
    32. Why is isomerisation performed?

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