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1. A variation of air drilling in which a small amount of water trickles into

the wellbore from exposed formations and is carried out of the wellbore by
the compressed air used for air drilling is called? Mist drilling
2. Mention the main system in drilling
3. What is the name of drilling tool that have tubular steel conduit fitted with
special threaded ends called tool joints. It is connect the rig surface
equipment with the bottomhole assembly and the bit, both to pump drilling
fluid to the bit and to be able to raise, lower and rotate the bottomhole
assembly and bit. Drill Pipe
4. What is it? A rock whose petrophysical properties are well described by
the Archie equation with constant values for the porosity exponent and the
saturation exponent. Such rocks typically have very little clay, a regular
pore structure and high-salinity water. The term often is used to describe a
rock that is petrophysically simple. Archie Rock
5. A mathematical means of expressing the ability of a reservoir to deliver
fluids to the wellbore usually stated as the volume delivered per psi of
drawdown at the sandface is? PI
6. The liquid that passes through a filter cake from a slurry held against the
filter medium, driven by differential pressure. Dynamic or static filtration
can produce a filtrate. What is it? Mud Filtrate
7. A floating platform held on location by use of long steel vertical tendons
fixed to the seafloor. These are used in deep to ultra-deepwater depths.
What is it? Tension-leg platform
8. A type of pipe wrench used for hand-tightening various threaded
connections around the rigsite. It consists of a handle, a set of gripping die
teeth, a length of flat chain and a hooking slot where the chain may be
adjusted to fit the pipe. Chain Tongs
9. The percentage of the total bulk volume that is pore spaces, voids or
fractures. Absolute porosity
10. What is the term used for oil that is easy to evaporate due to its light
components? Volatile Oil
11. On 10 December 1957, was the birth of the first national oil company in
Indonesia. What company that was build? PERTAMINA
12. The upside down V-shaped opening in one side of the derrick that enables
long pipes and tools to be lifted into the interior of the derrick. This
opening is aligned with the slide and catwalk of the rig. Vee door
13. A natural gas liquid with a low vapor pressure compared with natural
gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas. It is mainly composed of propane,
butane, pentane and heavier hydrocarbon fractions. It is not only generated
into the reservoir, it is also formed when liquid drops out, or condenses,
from a gas stream in pipelines or surface facilities. Condensate
14. An instrument used in sucker-rod pumping to record the variation between
the polished rod load and the polished rod displacement. Dynamometer
15. It is a Brazilian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest company in the Southern Hemisphere by
market capitalization and the largest in Latin America measured by 2011
revenues. Petrobras
16. Who drilled the first modern oil well in the world back in 1848 that is
located In Asia, Aspheron Peninsula North East of Baku? Russian
engineer, F. N. Semyenov
17. A type of packer that utilizes an assembly of friction blocks and slips to
set and anchor the packer on the casing or liner wall is? Hookwall Packer
18. The overall characteristics of a rock unit that reflects its origin and
differentiate the unit from others around it is called? Facies
19. A piece of bent pipe between the stationary drill pipe and the top of the
downhole mud motor in directional drilling is called? Bent Sub
20. When the revenue from the produced fluids falls below the cost of
operations set by the company is the definition of? Economic Limit
21. The angle between north vector and the perpendicular projection of the
star down onto the horizon is called? Azimuth
22. A chemical that preferentially adsorbs at an interface, lowering the surface
tension or interfacial tension between fluids or between a fluid and a solid
is? Surfactant
23. A tool designed to drill directionally with continuous rotation from the
surface, eliminating the need to slide a steerable motor is? Rotary
steerable system (RSS)
24. A particular relation proposed by G.E. Archie between the formation
factor (F) and porosity (phi), in which F = 1 / phim, where the porosity
exponent, m, is a constant for a particular formation or type of rock. In the
original work, Archie proposed that m lay between 1.8 and 2.0 for
consolidated sandstones, and close to 1.3 for loosely consolidated
sandstones. m was named the cementation exponent shortly afterwards.
Archie Equation
25. The porosity obtained by plotting two porosity logs against each other,
normally density and neutron porosity. The computation assumes a
particular fluid, usually fresh water, and particular response equations. The
result is largely independent of lithology and is often a more reliable
estimate of porosity than a single porosity log. It is often displayed as a
quicklook log. Crossplot Porosity
26. The volume close to the borehole wall in which all of the moveable fluids
have been displaced by mud filtrate. It contains filtrate and the remaining
hydrocarbons, the percentage of the former being the flushed-zone water
saturation, Sxo. Flushed Zone
27. The liquid that passes through a filter cake from a slurry held against the
filter medium, driven by differential pressure. Dynamic or static filtration
can produce a filtrate. Mud Filtrate
28. Oil that does not move when fluids are flowed through the rock in normal
conditions, for example primary and secondary recovery, and invasion.
Residual Oil
29. Naturally occurring (static) electrical potential in the Earth. They are
usually caused by charge separation in clay or other minerals, by the
 presence of a semipermeable interface impeding the diffusion of ions
through the pore space of rocks, or by natural flow of a conducting fluid
(salty water) through the rocks. Variations in it can be measured in the
field and in wellbores to determine variations of ionic concentration in
pore fluids of rocks. Spontaneous Potential
30. Pertaining to the adhesion of a liquid to the surface of a solid. In these
conditions, a thin film of water coats the surface of the formation matrix, a
condition that is desirable for efficient oil transport. Treatments that
change the wettability of the formation from water-wet to oil-wet can
significantly impair productivity. Water Wet
31. A portion of produced oil that the operator applies on an annual basis to
recover defined costs specified by a production sharing contract. COST
OIL
32. A share of net proceeds from production paid solely from the working
interest owners share. It is sometimes granted in lieu of a royalty interest.
NET PROFITS INTEREST
33. What was the name given to Japan's new puppet state in Manchuria and
which deposed Chinese emperor served as its figurehead? Manchukuo
and Pu Yi
34. By the 1940s, which harbor originally built by Marcus Samuel had been
not only one of the great oil refining centers for the island's production, but
also one the the grand jewels of the Royal Dutch Shell Group and a major
landmark in world oil industry? Balikpapan in Borneo
35. Which company although assaulted by Greenway's comments for
patriotism to Britain, becamse the quartermaster general for oil in WWI
through acquiring and organizing supplies around the world for the Birtish
forces and the entire war effort. Shell
36. In a chemical context, those are chemicals that speeds up the rate of a
chemical reaction. Most common are the accelerators used in cementing.In
a drilling context, accelerators are an energy increasing device, with
sudden energy release, used in a jarring string while fishing. Accelerator
37. A body of rock whose fluid saturation, porosity and permeability permit
production of groundwater. AQUIFER
38. Another term for reverse circulation, the intentional pumping of wellbore
fluids down the annulus and back up through the drillpipe. BACK WASH
39. The lower portion of the drillstring, consisting of (from the bottom up in a
vertical well) the bit, bit sub, a mud motor (in certain cases), stabilizers,
drill collar, heavy-weight drillpipe, jarring devices ("jars") and crossovers
for various threadforms. BOTTOMHOLE ASSEMBLY (BHA)
40. An uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluids into the wellbore, and sometimes
catastrophically to the surface. BLOWOUT
41. Large capacity self-locking wrenches used to grip drillstring components
and apply torque. BREAKOUT TONGS
42. The portion of the wellbore that has had metal casing placed and cemented
to protect the openhole from fluids, pressures, wellbore stability problems
or a combination of these. CASED HOLE
43. A mechanical device that keeps casing from contacting the wellbore wall.
CASING CENTRALIZER
44. The bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it, or the
equipment run at the bottom of the casing string. CASING SHOE
45. An assembled length of steel pipe configured to suit a specific wellbore.
The sections of pipe are connected and lowered into a wellbore, then
cemented in place. CASING STRING
46. The fixed set of pulleys (called sheaves) located at the top of the derrick or
mast, over which the drilling line is threaded. CROWN BLOCK
47. In general, a measurement of fluid force per unit area (measured in units
such as pounds per square in.) subtracted from a higher measurement of
fluid force per unit area. DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE

48. Gas with very low flow rates. Found in sedimentary layers of rock that are
cemented together so tightly that it "greatly hinders" the extraction.
Getting tight gas out usually requires enhanced technology like "hydraulic
 fracturing" where fluid is pumped into the ground to make it more
permeable. What kind of reservoir is it? Tight gas reservoir
49. What is the common name for a deflection tool used for changing the
wellbore trajectory while drilling a well? Whipstock
50. The most common test sequence consists of a short flow period, perhaps
five or ten minutes, followed by a buildup period of about an hour that is
used to determine initial reservoir pressure.This is followed by a flow
period of 4 to 24 hours to establish stable flow to the surface, if possible,
and followed by the final shut-in or buildup test that is used to determine
permeability thickness and flow potential. What is type of the test? Drill
Stem Test
51. In the natural gas and petroleum industry, there is a kind of well drilled to
intersect an oil or gas well that has experienced a blowout. Specialized
liquid, such as heavy density drilling mud followed by cement, then
pumped down the well in order to stop the flow from the reservoir in the
damaged well. What kind of well is it? Relief Well
52. A completion component fabricated as a short section of heavy wall
tubular with a machined internal surface that provides a seal area and a
locking profile. They are included in most completions at predetermined
intervals to enable the installation of flow-control devices, such as plugs
and chokes. Two basic types of this devices are commonly used: no-go,
and selective landing. What is this kind of completion component?
(Nipples)
53. Mention the name of city and country. Where is ATCE 2015 and ATCE
2016 is held? (2015 Houston USA, 2016 Dubai UEA)
54. Four of them are recognized when describing flow in oil and gas wells,
bubble flow, slug flow, transition flow and mist flow. This is a complex
factor, important in understanding and optimizing production hydraulics in
both oil and gas wells. This commingled flow of different phase fluids are
called as.. (Multiphase flow)
55. The significance of this type of well to the drilling crew and well planners
is that by definition, little if anything about the subsurface geology is
known with certainty, especially the pressure regime. It is an exploration
well. (Wild Cat)
56. A drilling operation in which the drilling fluid is not returned to the
surface; rather.It flows into an under-ground formation. Sometimes this
method techniques are resorted to when lost circulation occurs. What is the
name of this method in drilling? (Blind Drilling)
57. The solution gas that is liberated from an oil sample during a decline in
pressure is continuously removed from contact with the oil, and before
establishing equilibrium with the liquid phase. This type of liberation is
characterized by a varying composition of the total hydrocarbon system.
What the type of this liberation? (Differential Liberation)
58. This kind of device is commonly called a three-phase separator because it
can separate gas, oil and free water. The liquids that are discharged from it
are further treated in vessels called treaters. What is this kind of device
called? Free Water Knock Out
59. A generic term used to describe the events and equipment necessary to
bring a wellbore into production once drilling operations have been
concluded, including but not limited to the assembly of downholetubulars
and equipment required to enable safe and efficient production from an oil
or gas well. Name it! (Well Completion)
60. The stationing of a vessel, especially a drillship or semisubmersible
drilling rig, at a specific location in the sea by the use of computer-
controlled propulsion units called thrusters. Though drilling vessels have
varying sea and weather state design conditions, most remain relatively
stable even under high wind, wave and current loading conditions.
(Dynamic Positioning)
61. The study of the Earth-its history, structure, composition, life forms and
the processes that continue to change it. Geology
62. Unscheduled entry of formation fluid into the wellbore of sufficient
quantity to require shutting in the well called? (kick)
63. Defined as the ratio of the effective permeability to a given fluid at a
definite saturation to the permeability at 100% saturation. The terminology
most widely used is simply kg/k, ko/k, kw/k, Means for? Relative
permeability
64. A flow rate of one cubic centimeter per second across a cross sectional
area of one square centimeter with a fluid of one centipoise viscosity and a
pressure gradient at one atmosphere per centimeter of length, means for? 1
Darcy
65. The tendency of a liquid to spread over the surface of a solid is an
indication of the wetting characteristics of the liquid for the solid. This
spreading tendency can be expressed more conveniently by measuring the
angle of contact at the liquid-solid surface. This statement means for?
WETABILITAS
66. A trap in reservoir which formed because of deformation effect in the rock
deposit such as folding and fracture is? Structural trap
67. The method of geology, used for Hydrocarbon exploration, Finding
groundwater and Locating buried archaeological artifacts is? Subsurface
mapping
68. Drilling was carried out where the mud hydrostatic pressure is smaller than
the formation pressure. This method is suitable for the formation of
sensitive/reactive. what type of drilling. Underbalance Drilling
69. The strength of cement in holding the pressures that come from the
formation as well as from the casing or holding the pressure in the
horizontal direction, is the definition of. Compresive Strength
70. Well testing conducted to determine the relationship between the well of
one another is called. Interference Test
71. A low-density, high-API gravity liquid hydrocarbon phase that generally
occurs in association with natural gas, A natural gas liquid with a low
vapor pressure compared with natural gasoline and liquefied petroleum
 gas. mainly composed of propane, butane, pentane and heavier
hydrocarbon fractions. what type of fluid. Condensat Gas
72. In many reservoirs, water can be reactive fluid and causes problem. What
is the terminology for the phenomena? Clay Swelling
73. Installed between the well and manifold, to prevent backflow from the
well of high pressure to low pressure through the manifold. What is this
instrument called? Check Valve
74. Largest drilling fluids company was created in 1999 through a joint
venture between Schlumberger and what other service company? Smith
International
75. Terminology related to any aspect of logging with an electrical cable to
lower tools into the borehole and to transmit data? Wireline logging
76. The thickness of the tubing ends in bold on the outside with the intention
that the thickness end of the pipe after the cut for the manufacture of thick
threads are the same as parts of its body. What is the name if this type of
tubing External Upset End/EUE Tubing
77. Since oil has a lower density, it usually goes up and floats on the water.
What is the name of the force causing this? Bouyancy/Drag force
78. A wireless, self-contained instrument that transmits mud signals up the
hole and through the drilling fluid in the drill stem to a readout device at
the surface? Measurement While Drilling
79. A condition sometimes encountered in a pumping well when dissolved gas
released from solution interferes with the proper operation of valves or
other pump components, preventing the intake of fluid is called? Gas lock
80. A distance that characterizes how far a logging tool measures into the
formation from the axis of the tool or borehole is? Radius of
Investigation