Vous êtes sur la page 1sur 5

1 The volume of oil in reservoir condition is the same with that in standard condition.

Dead oil reservoir


There is no gas produced. What is the name of this reservoir?

2 We will find formation water in reservoir. When we are working with gas reservoir in a Hydrate gas
very low temperature, sometimes the gas is trapped inside the water that crystallizes.
What is the name of the gas trapped inside the water crystal?

3 When we are dealing with the gas reservoir system, sometimes the temperature or Triethylene glycol
pressure goes below the hydrate temperature or pressure, thus making the water and
gas form hydrate gas so that it cannot flow. In this situation, engineers usually add some
chemicals into the flow line. EG, DEG, and TEG are commonly used. What does TEG stand
for?

4 In addition to the chemicals that are used in the previous case, sometimes we add CH3OH / MeOH
methanol. It usually is effective when we use gas injection, since methanol is dissolved by
gas. It is sufficient for a small rate as well. What is the chemical structure of methanol?

5 After the mixture of oil, gas and water leave the well head, they enter the flow line. As Horizontal separator
the consequence of their velocity, they make a mixture in the pipe. When they reach the
gathering point, we need to separate them into oil, water and gas, which is the reason
why we need to have a separator. There are a number of separator, comprising of
horizontal, vertical and spherical separator. For the reservoir producing plenty of gas,
which type of separator that we use?

6 In treating emulsions generated by production activities, we usually need to meet several Basic sediment and
parameters and characteristics, which all have specific names. One of these is BS&W. water
What does BS&W stand for?

7 Formation water has a lot of mineral components. When the flow rate is low, the mineral Scale
usually sticks to the pipe as production goes on, growing thicker and thicker. Sometimes,
the mineral layer is thick enough to block the liquid, causing serious problems. What is
the name for mineral layers generated by the brine?

8 Fundamentally, oil and water cannot mix each other. When the flow rate is low, the Emulsifier
liquids separate in the flow line and oil sticks to the wall. Therefore, engineers sometimes
add chemicals to mix the flowing oil and water. What is the general name for these
chemicals?

9 When we use horizontal separator to separate oil from water, gravity is utilized. Since oil Buoyancy / Drag
has a lower density, it usually goes up and floats on the water. What is the name of the force
force causing this?

10 In engineering the flow of liquids, we always consider the viscosity of fluids. Viscosity is Reynold number
the resistance of liquids to flow. There are two types of viscosity, which are kinematic
and dynamic viscosity. To determine the viscosity of liquids, we usually use Redwood or
Ostwald viscometer. However, this would take a lot of time, so we can alternatively
calculate viscosity from the flow parameters and the Moody chart. In using the Moody
chart, we determine the friction by considering the correlation between friction and a
dimensionless parameter. What is the name of this parameter?

11 If the flow is laminar and the Reynold number is lower than ten, we can determine the Stoke's law
terminal velocity by determining the drag coefficient first, using a specific law. What is
the name of this law?

12 In what year was the Vogel equation for IPR created? 1972

13 Who created IPR for one-phase liquid flow for the first time? Gilbert
14 The difference of one-phase liquid flow IPR and two-phase liquid flow IPR is their shape. Straight line
The former constitutes a linear straight line, while the latter forms a curved line. If the
reservoir pressure is always above the bubble point, what is the shape of the two-phase
liquid flow IPR?

15 In determining productivity index, we need to know several reservoir parameters. One of Permeability
these are the degree of the ease of a reservoir to be passed through by reservoir fluids.
What is this parameter?

16 Taking into account that the answer to this question is not permeability, what is common Reservoir
term used to define the ability of reservoir to flow oil or gas through it? deliverability
17 When the oil production is low enough, the management team usually wants to have an ESP / Electrical
artificial lift system to pump up the production. However, the method has unique submersible pump
limitations. For example, SRP cannot be deployed in horizontal wells. For a far offshore
oil field that contains no gas, what is the most suitable method of articial lift?

18 What reservoir production method works under the principle of decreasing fluid density Gas lift
to decrese pressure losses in tubing?
19 What injection has the main purpose of decreasing interfacial tension? Surfactant injection

20 What is the main consideration related to engineering feasibility before deploying gas lift Gas availability
method?
21 What efficiency is enhanced by polymer injection? Invasion efficiency /
Vertical sweep
efficiency / Areal
sweep efficiency

22 Which part of an outlet separator that which prevents oil and gas from flowing together? Vortex breaker

23 What is the value of mobility ratio when the fluid flow is stable? <1

24 What will happen to the pressure losses in the tubing when the fluid density decreases? Decreases

25 What is the term to quantify the ability of a fluid to flow? Fluidity


26 If an SRP has a specification of M-170D-180-64, what is the meaning of D? Double reduction
gear reducer
27 What will happen to the pressure losses in the tubing when the fluid flow velocity in the Decreases
tubing decreases?
28 In the realm of production, what does TSE stand for? Temperature safety
element
29 What is another terminology for segregation drive mechanism? Gravity drive
mechanism
30 What will happen to the pressure losses in the tubing when the tubing size increases? Decreases

31 What is thermal EOR method that needs air injection? In-situ combustion

32 In the Hammerschmidt equation, what does Kh refer to? Hammerschmidt


constanta
33 What will happen to the productivity index if the skin factor decreases? Increases
34 What is the output of hydrocyclone? Cleaned water

35 What does GLCC stand for? Gas liquid cylincrical


cyclone
36 What will happen to the productivity index if the fluid viscosity increases? Decreases

37 What dos NPSHA stand for? Net positive suction


head available
38 What process is used for treating sulfur content of gas in order to satisfy the standard Gas sweetening
specification of gas sales?

39 What will happen to the productivity index if the well bore radius decreases? Decreases
40 What is the unit of RVP? psi

41 What type of flow satisfies the condition required to apply Panhandle A equation? Turbulent

42 What wil happen to the productivity index if the permeability increases? Increases

43 In the pipe design for gas flow, there are many equations for choosing the best Weymouth equation
specification of pipe deployed. What equation yields the safest pipe design but the most
expensive one?
44 How much is the minimum mole percent of methane in black oil? 30%

45 What is the emulsion of oil in the water called? Inverse emulsion

46 What does SPF stand for? Shot per Foot

47 Sucker-Rod Pump, or commonly called SRP, is a widely utilized artificial lift method in Pumping Speed /
petroleum industry. What parameter do we change when the calculated pump Strokes Per Minute
displacement is a bit smaller than our desired pump displacement?
48 Which part of the briddle does the bridle hang from? Horse head
1 What are two basic minerals in montmorillonite? Alumina octahedral
& silica tetrahedral
2 Mud is a non-Newtonian fluid. There are two categories of non-Newtonian fluid, which Bingham plastic
are time-dependent and time-independent fluids. Further classifying, there are three
types of time-dependent non-Newtonian fluids. What is the name of the fluid of this
category which has the straight-line relationship between shear stress and shear rate?
3 In order to balance the wellbore pressure relative to the formation pressure, we usually Equivalent mud
increase or decrease the mud density in accordance to the situation. To determine the weight
density, we usually use EMW, converting formation pressure into density, then adding
the safety factor to determine the mud weight. What does EMW stand for?

4 We engineers design mud, some clays and additives are added to the base fluid. Let us Mud cake
assume that this time we use water as the base fluid. When the mud is circulated
through the well bore, the fluid contacts the formation. If the formation is porous, the
water from the wellbore could flow into the permeable zone, leaving a thin layer of clay
and some additives that could maintain the stability of the hole, even though we need to
remove this layer in production time. What is the name of this layer?

5 If the mud design is not appropriate, kicks would occur when the drill bit meets a high- Blow out
pressure formation. BOP is usually deployed to close the wellbore and circulate the kicks,
but sometimes this device does not work properly, causing kicks to go out from the hole,
causing a great ruckus. What is the name of this phenomenon?

6 In the past, engineers usually design muds having bigger density than the formatino, but Underbalanced
sometimes this yields a mud cake that is excessively thick, causing problems in the drilling
cementing. Nowadays, they have invented a new method to use a lighter mud, let kicks
occur, and deploy RBOP to drill and circulate the kicks. What is the name of this drilling
method?

7 These days, when we deal with offshore rig, we sometimes use a drilling mud which has Dual gradient drilling
different densities when circulating into the formation and circulating out of the
formation. What is the name of this method?
8 When we drill, we seal the borehole in order to prevent the drilling process from harming Casing
the environment. We seal the well using cylindrical metal tubes that are glued onto the
formation. Cement is used as the glue. What is the name of the tubes?
9 After the big reached the target depth, casings are put until the target depth. In order to Perforation
connect the hole with the contact zone, we shoot guns to create openings in the casing
and the cement, eventually penetrating into the formation. What is the name of this
process?
10 Drilled from the shore and extending out into the sea, the longest extended-reach well in United Kingdom
the world reaches a measured depth of 37000 feet and is located in the largest onshore
oilfield in Western Europe, named Wytch Farm field. In which country is this field
located?
11 Which casing is used to prevent mud chemicals from contaminating the aquifer? Surface casing
12 What is the casing used to protect the abnormal zone? Protective /
Intermediate casing

13 What is the name of a drilling operation in which only bit that rotates due to the mud Positive
flow through the spiral pipe? displacement motor
/ PDM drilling
14 As a drilling engineer, your job is designing the casing string for wells. If you went with P- Minimum yield
110 casing, what parameter does the number 110 indicate? strength

15 You have to plan a new well and are required to order the drillpipes. The well will be 300 joints
drilled for a TD of 9000 ft. Based on the standard length of a drillstring, how many joints
of pipe will you need to order?
16 For most drilling organizations, the greatest drilling problem worldwide in terms of time Differential sticking
and financial cost occurs when high-contact forces caused by low reservoir pressures,
high wellbore pressures, or both, are exerted over a sufficiently large area of the drill
string. This results in a condition whereby the drill string cannot be rotated or pulled
along the axis of the wellbore. What term is used to describe this dreaded condition?

17 What is the effective density exerted by a circulating fluid against the formation that Equivalent
takes into account the pressure drop in the annulus above the point being considered? circulating density

18 Semi-submersible
The Deepwater Horizon disaster is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed
unabated for three months in 2010, and may be continuing to seep even until now.
When the blowout happened, what was the type of offshore drilling rig that was
operated?

19 Part of drilling engineers' responsibilities is to calculate the overall cost of drilling Specific energy
activities. What is the term for a cost estimation method pivoting on the amount of method
energy required to move certain volumetric unit of rock?
20 What is the name of the hole on the drilling rig used to put kelly when tripping in or Rat hole
tripping out?
21 What is the term for time needed for cement suspension to reach a consistency at which Thickening time
the maximum limit when cement can be pumped?
22 Still in relation with the previous question, how much unit of consistency is that? 100 UC
23 What is the general term for additives which are used to increase the volume of cement Extender
suspension?

24 At what point in the wellbore does the directional drilling activities begin? Kick-off point

25 What does VDL stand for? Variable density


logging

26 What is the term used to indicate a condition in which the pressure inside the drilling Burst
pipes are higher than the pressure in annulus?

27 Where does top drive hang from? Hook

28 In the mud cleaning system, which device removes dangerous gases? Mud-gas separator

29 What is the equipment used to clean the mudcakes on the wellbore wall before the Scratcher
cementing process?

30 What is the resistance of a fluid to flow in a static condition due to the intramollecular Gel strength
pulling force?
31 What is the resistance of a fluid to flow in a dynamic condition due to the intramollecular Yield point
pulling force?

32 In the circulating system, what is between the stand pipe and the swivel? Mud hose / goose
neck

Vous aimerez peut-être aussi