Chapter 7 Multiple choice questions

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

. 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?

. 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?

. 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?

. 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?

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

. 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?

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

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

. 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?

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