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