Petroleum and Petroleum – Chemistry Technologies

Fall, 2022
Quiz 5
Question 1. Upstream industry is quite flexible under the control of totally different political
regulations. List 4 of those regulations. Briefly describe how those factors affect the upstream
control.
Question 2. What are the advantages of gas lift application over the rod pump? Is gas lift applicable
for both oil and gas fields? Why?
Question 3. Name the main casing types and state their functions. Which factors define the number
of required casings?
Question 4. Refining changes crude oil into finished products using three major processes:
separation, conversion, and purification processes. Briefly state the main purpose of each process.
Question 5. What is the main objectives of oil and gas processing facilities?
Question 6. What is the purpose of drilling delineation wells?
Question 7. What is drainage area of the well?
Question 8. Give the classification of oil and gas production recoveries.
Question 9. What is gas injection? Is it applied to gas field or oil fields? Explain why.
Question 10. What is gas lift? Is it applied to gas field or oil fields? Explain why.
Question 11. Akkas gas field is an Iraqi natural gas field that discovered in 1992. Akkas field was
started to be produced with 400 million cubic feet/day gas production. Figure 1 illustrates the cross
section for Akkas field in North West – South East direction (inside the red rectangle). The field has
two productive layers separated with thick shale barrier: The upper layer has only gas, while the
lower productive layer has thick gas column followed by very thin oil zone as shown in the picture.
a) Analyze the potential energy sources within the Akkas field.
b) Which secondary recovery methods would you prefer to apply to the field to improve the
recovery?
c) Which artificial lift systems would you prefer to apply to the field to improve the recovery?
Akkas gas field

Figure 1. Akkas field cross-section in NW-SE direction