A) Primary recovery B) Secondary recovery C) Tertiary recovery D) Quaternary recovery
A) 20% to 40% B) 30% to 60% or more C) 10% to 20% D) 70% to 90%
A) It alters the physical or chemical properties of the oil B) It requires less energy than primary methods C) It relies solely on surface pressure D) It uses only gravity to extract oil
A) Chemical EOR B) CO2-EOR C) Thermal EOR D) Microbial EOR
A) Primary recovery B) Quaternary recovery C) Tertiary recovery D) Secondary recovery
A) Shallow water reservoirs B) Light oil reservoirs C) Gas-heavy reservoirs D) Heavy oil reservoirs
A) They burn the oil in-situ B) They increase the viscosity of the oil C) They freeze the oil to make it solid D) They reduce the surface tension of the oil
A) To push oil out of pores due to high viscosity B) To generate heat through combustion C) To lower the temperature of the reservoir D) To chemically dissolve the rock formation
A) Reducing oil viscosity B) Removing water from the reservoir C) Neutralizing CO2 emissions D) Increasing surface tension
A) The CO2 damages the wellbore equipment B) The CO2 is too expensive to capture C) The overall process might not be climate-beneficial D) The CO2 cannot be injected underground
A) 1979 B) 1965 C) 2005 D) 1997
A) 10 percent B) 20 to 40 percent C) 5 percent D) 30 to 60 percent
A) Micro-organisms and surfactants B) Hot air and chemical solvents C) Steam and polymers D) Water or gas
A) In-situ burning of oil B) Adding microbes to digest the oil C) Injecting cold nitrogen gas D) Using electricity to heat the reservoir
A) 67 billion barrels B) 374 million barrels C) 100 billion barrels D) 20 billion barrels
A) Direct air capture units B) Biomass gasification C) Volcanic vents D) Naturally occurring underground deposits
A) 44% B) 9% C) 32% D) 12%
A) Stabilizing the interface B) Expanding the interface C) Removing the interface D) Creating a stronger interface
A) Natural gas B) Nitrogen C) Liquefied petroleum gas D) Carbon dioxide
A) 1945 B) 1960 C) 1977 D) 1952
A) 1952 B) 1990 C) 1977 D) 1985
A) Scurry County, Texas B) Permian basin, New Mexico C) China D) California
A) Northern Europe B) Permian basin region C) Arctic regions D) The Gulf of Mexico
A) China B) South Africa C) Australia D) Brazil
A) Direct air scrubbing B) Hydrogen extraction C) Carbon capture technology D) Atmospheric filtering
A) Between 100 and 500 ft. B) Shallower than 1,000 ft. C) Deeper than 2,000 ft. D) Exactly at 500 ft.
A) Less than one-tenth. B) Exactly ninety percent. C) Between one-half and two-thirds. D) None of the CO2 returns.
A) Gas cycling B) Chemical flooding C) Combustion D) Saline water injection
A) Since the 1960s B) Since the 1980s C) Since the 1940s D) Since the 1920s
A) Solar thermal injection B) Steam flooding C) Chemical surfactant flooding D) Combustion
A) Compressed air B) Carbon dioxide C) Steam D) Saline solution
A) A highly reactive acid. B) An immiscible fluid. C) A solid state. D) A supercritical state. |