APTITUDE TEST FOR PETROLEUM ENIGNEERS & GEOLOGIST

Part A

BASIC PETROLEUM ENGINEERING & GEOLOGY

1. Effective Porosity is
A. Volume of interconnected pore space per volume
B. The porosity of total volume of the rock
C. A & B
2. The Gamma Ray log is used for
A. Correlation
B. Lithology identification
C. Estimation of shale volume
3. Permeability implies
A. Porosity
B. Interconnection of Pore Spaces
C. A & B are correct
4. Crude oil reserves can be categorized as
A. Proved
B. Probable
C. A&B are correct
D. None of the above
5. Depending on the API, crude oil can be categorized as
A. Smoky
B. White
C. Sweet
D. Light
6. The following are types of reservoirs
A. Oil
B. Condensate
C. Water
 D. None of the above.
7. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly of the following chains of Hydrocarbon
A. C1 & C2
B. C3 & C4
C. C7 & C8
D. C10 & C11
8. Identify any two types of secondary recovery methods
A. Water flooding
B. Water dumping
C. Gas dumping
D. Gas injection
9. How many countries currently make up OPEC?
A. 11
B. 13
C. 9
D. 10
10. The Nigerian Ministry of Petroleum Resources is headed by
A. Director
B. Presidential Adviser
C. Special Assistant to the President
D. None of the above
Part B
11. Write the relationship between API degrees and specific gravity of crude at 60
degrees Fahrenheit.
12. Calculate the API degrees of a particular sample of crude with specific gravity of
0.8.
13. Is the crude in question 12 above Light or Heavy.
14. Write out Darcy’s Equation
15. What are the two classes of reservoir traps
16. Laterolog cannot be run in non conductive muds (oil based mud for example).
True or False
17. Caving in an open wellbore is when caliper log is less than Bit size.
True or False
18. Mud cake is when Bit size is less than caliper log.
True or False

Answer questions 14, 15 & 16 (Write only the figures)

Zenith oil has fields X and Y. Total daily liquid production from X is 1200 b/d with
10% water cut and Y is 1500 b/d of liquid (No water production). If Production
started from both fields on the 15th of September, 2006,

19. If there were no problems till December 31, 2006, calculate the cumulative
production from fields X & Y.
20. Assuming there was community crisis in the host community of field X and there
was no production in November (production resumed 1st December from X) from
this field, what will be the cumulative production from both fields as at 31st
December.
21. Calculate water production from Fields X & Y with conditions in question 14.

Answer questions 17 & 18 using the following.

A reservoir of water has a 5 ft pipe (2 inches ID; 5 inches OD) immersed.
Hint ; d2/1029 (bbls/ft)
diameter in inches

22. What is the volume of water in liters to be added to the reservoir to maintain the
original water level if the immersed pipe is remove (Pipe is hollow).
23. As in question above, if it is pulled with a plug at the base (with water inside).
24. A vertical well has mud of S.G 1.2 in hole , calculate the hydrostatic pressure
gradient in Psi/ft
25. If you are required to create an underbalance of 800 Psi with diesel of 0.7 SG
what will be the column of diesel required.