Chapter 7 Multiple choice questions

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. Section 7.4 describes the three Ps of oil and gas reserves in Box 7.3. What are the characteristics of 2P reserves?

Known but uneconomic to recover correct incorrect

Known and with a >90% probability of being economically recovered correct incorrect

Known and with a >50% probability of being economically recovered correct incorrect

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. Section 7.5 describes oil refining and products. Box 7.4 gives the properties of some alkanes. Which one has the following properties: Boiling point +125 degrees C and HHV of 47.1 MJ per kg?

Methane correct incorrect

Octane correct incorrect

Butane correct incorrect

Propane correct incorrect

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. Table 7.2 gives the products that can be produced by the distillation of crude oil. They are ranked from the lightest at the top to the heaviest at the bottom. Which is the 'lightest' of the products given below?

Fuel oil correct incorrect

Road diesel fuel (DERV) correct incorrect

Petrol or gasoline correct incorrect

Aviation jet fuel or kerosene correct incorrect

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. Section 7.6 describes oil today including the world oil reserves. The Ghawar oilfield, discovered in 1948, contains 4% of the world's oil reserves. What country is it in?

Kuwait correct incorrect

Iran correct incorrect

Saudi Arabia correct incorrect

Iraq correct incorrect

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. Section 7.6 also describes the changing pattern of UK oil use since 1950. How has the UK demand for oil changed since 1970 in terms of the balance of 'light' and 'heavy' oil products?

It has changed very little. correct incorrect

The demand for heavy oil has increased. correct incorrect

The demand has become mainly for light transport fuels. correct incorrect

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. Section 7.7 describes natural gas. Box 7.6 describes various gas contaminants. Which one causes natural gas to be described as 'sour'?

Helium correct incorrect

Carbon dioxide correct incorrect

Hydrogen sulfide correct incorrect

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. Section 7.7 also describes the world's natural gas reserves. A large portion of the world's conventional natural gas reserves is in a single formation under two adjacent countries. Which are they?

Qatar and Iran correct incorrect

USA and Canada correct incorrect

UK and Norway correct incorrect

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. Section 7.10 describes various 'coal to liquids' processes. The Fischer-Tropsch process involves which of these?

Distilling coal, leaving a residue of coke correct incorrect

Adding hydrogen to finely ground coal correct incorrect

Making synthesis gas from coal and building up hydrocarbons correct incorrect

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. Section 7.11 describes 'unconventional' oil and gas. Canadian Athabasca oil sands contain oil in what form?

Shale oil correct incorrect

Bitumen correct incorrect

Heavy oil correct incorrect

Natural gas liquids correct incorrect

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. Section 7.12 describes the problem of 'Peak Oil'. Supposing that you read in a newspaper of an enormous new oil discovery of 100 billion barrels (Gb), how long would this last the world at 2018 consumption rates?

100 years correct incorrect

20 years correct incorrect

3 years correct incorrect