DRILLING

Q:This device is suspended from a hook so that its rotary mechanism is free to travel up
1 and down the derrick
A:Top Drive
Q:If an operator signs to pay an exact cost to a contractor, regardless of any possible new
2 expenses, the transactionis now as what?
A: Turn Key
Q: This is a clay commonly used in salt water applications that is a fiber-fike clay that
3 builds viscosity with agitation
A: Attapulgite
Q: This class of cement, according to API, is intended for use at 10000 to 14000 feet at
4 high temperatures and pressures. What is this?
A: Class J
5 Q: Well-sorted sand that is pumped through perforations
A: Gravel pack
Q: Help remove wall cake from the side of the hole so the cement can form a stronger
6 bond
A: Scratchers
7 Q; What year was the gamma ray log introduced?
A: 1939
Q: Used to identify permeable zones, this common openhole evaluation log estimates the
shaliness of rock and determines Rw values. It cannot be run in oil-based muds, empty
8 holes or cased holes - and is often abbreviated by the initials (SP). Name this type of log.
A: Spontaneous Potential
9 Q: In oilfield limgo, what are workers laying cable and planting geophones known as?
A: Jughustlers
Q: To reduce pressure in a wellbore by moving pipe, wireline tools or rubber-cupped seals
are run up the wellbore. If the pressure is reduced sufficiently, reservoir fluids may flow into
the wellbore and towards the surface. What is this temporary operation called that is used
10 to determine whether or not the well can be made to flow?
A: Swabbing
Q: The main difference between the driller's method and the wait and weight method of
11 killing a well is?
A: Number of mud circulations. Driller's is 2 and W&W is 1.
Q: Managed pressure drilling, wellbore strengthening, expandable casing, and liner drilling
12 are all techniques that allow well to be drilled...
A: Deeper
Q: In drilling fluids, this device is used to separate components of a used drilling fluid to
13 stimate the amount of fluid invation from a reservoir. what is this?
A: Retort
14 Q: Name two types of resistivity logs
A: Induction and Lateral
Q: You are modeling a new field with a strong water drive provided by a large aquifer.
15 Therefore, you represent the large aquifer by using what type of boundary condition?
A:Constant Pressure Boundary
16 Q: What company constructed the first offshore platform?
A: Petrobras
17 Q: Who invented the first roller cutter bit in 1909 that dramatically improved rotary drilling?
A: Howard Hughes Sr.
Q: You are modeling a new field with a strong water drive provided by a large aquifer.
18 Therefore, you represent the large aquifer by using what type of boundary condition?
A:Constant Pressure Boundary
19 Q: A gear box on a beam pump reduces these two things. Mention them
A: Torque and Speed
Q:This is a hoisting mechanism on a drilling rig. It is essentially a large winch that spools
off or takes in the drilling line and thus raises or lowers the drill stem and bit. Name this
20 device.
A:drawworks
21 Q: Calculation: in psi/ft, what is the pressure gradient for 11 ppm mud?
A: 0.572 psi/ft
22 Q: Offshore, these people assist in loading and unloading equipment on and off the boat.
A: Roustabouts
23 Q: Drilled solids in mud act to increase what to caracteristic of the mud
A: Density and Viscosity
Q: A blend of lubricating grease that is applied to threads of a pipe in order to make the
24 joint leak proof and pressure tight
A: Pipe dope
25 this well log makes a record of the borehole diameter, which is usually constantly changing
A: Caliper Log
Q: What is the name of the correlation used for stimating fracture pressure and pore
26 pressure?
A: Eaton correlation
Q: This Cajun-inspired term is used to describe the soft and sticky formation encountered
27 when drilling that plugs up drilling tools, piping,and shale shaker screens
A: Gumbo
Q: Two French brothers, one a physicist and one a mechanical engineer, invented the
technique of electrical logging, and the family business evolved into what oilfield service
28 company?
 A: Schlumberger
Q:As the number of rotor and stator lobes increases (i.e. 9:10 compared to 3:4), what
29 happens to torque and rotational speed?
A: Torque goes up, speed goes down
Q: While drilling a well, primarily round drill pipe is used to conduct drilling mud through to
the drill bit. In order to effectively grip and turn the drillstring, a non-circular length of pipe is
inserted at the top of the string in order that turning force may be transmitted effectively by
the rotary table through a square or hexagonal bushing without slippage. What is this piece
30 of pipe called?
A: Kelly
Q: Whay is the most common type of cement, in general used around the world because it
31 is a basic ingredient of vonvrete, mortar, stucco and nonspecialty grout?
A: Portland Cement
Q: in 1970, Ruben C. Baker invented the Baker Casing Shoe. How did this invention
32 improved oil production?
A: It allowed for uninterrupted flow of oil through a well
33 Q: The verb for beginning drilling
A: Spud
34 Q: Name the man who in 1940 drilled the first directional well?
A: Robert Richardson
Q: On a drilling rig the fast line and the static line through the blocks have the same force
35 only in this situation the blocks are what?
A: Stationary
Q: Name the three components measured at any given point in a wellbore in order to
36 determine position in a directionally drilled well.
A: Depth, inclination, and azimuth
Q: A type of data collection used that continuously records the hydrocarbon content of mud
circulated out of a borehole. Formation characteristics may also be determined by the
37 types of cuttings recovered in the returns using this methodology of mud analysis.
A: mud logging
38 Q: What is a top kill operation?
A: Heavy mud is pumped from the wellhead down to the bottom, forcing oil and gas to
back flow to the formation
Q: George Reynolds discovered oil in Persia in 1908 for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company,
39 now known as what?
A: BP
Q:As the number of rotor and stator lobes increases (i.e. 9:10 compared to 3:4), what
40 happens to torque and rotational speed?
A: Torque goes up, speed goes down
41 Q: This is the speed at which the bit proceeds in deepening the wellbore, usually
 expressed in feet per hour.

A: ROP (rate of penetration)

42 Q: The first casing shoe was invented in 1907. Who was the inventor?
A: Rueben Baker
Q: Operating on an acoustic principle, a signal or a vibration is transmitted through casing,
cement, and the formation, and its travel time is recorded. This gives a representation of
the integrity of the cement job, especially whether the cement is adhering solidly to the
43 outside of the casing. Name this type of log?
A: Cement Bond Log
44 Q: Wellbore breakout occurs along the azimuth of which principal stress?
A: Shmax
45 Q: What is the standard lenght of drill pipe?
A: 30 feet
Q: Having been fired from the Perkins Oil Well Cementing Company for becoming a
nuisance with his multitude of suggestions for improving cementing processes, in 1919 he
founded the "New Method Oil Well Cementing Company" in Oklahoma and a year later
became the first to cement a blowout. Who is this service company pioneer whose
46 company grew to become one of the two largest service companies in our industry?
A: Erle P. Halliburton
Q:Exxon mobil drilled the deepest oil well in the world in Russia, What is the name of the
47 oilfield and how deep is it in feet?
A:Chayvo. 40604 ft:12376 m
Q: The first semi submersible drilling rig, the Blue Water No. 1, was launched in what
48 year?
A: 1962
49 Q: Why would an operator choose to conduct a Methylene Blue test on drilling mud?
A: Determine CEC or bentonite clay content of the mud
50 Q: What year was the first offshore oil platform built?
A: 1938
Q: This is a small enclosure located on the rig floor or very nearby that is used as an office
51 for the driller and as a storage place for small items. Name this enclosure.
A: doghouse
52 Q: what is the theoretical maximum mud weight?
A: 19.23 ppg
Q: This device is dropped down the hole in a wireline operation in order to obtain accurate
pressure readings at various depths and is no doubt called what it is because it is missile
53 shaped and contains a clock. Name this device.
A: pressure bomb
Q: A compressible or inflatable rubber seal has many applications. One such use is to
54 isolate tubing from casing to increase the efficiency of production and prevent damage by
 corrosive fluids and sand to the annular space between the tubing and the casing. For ten
points, name this piece of equipment
A: packer
55 Q: Name two types of resistivity logs
A: Induction and Lateral
56 Q: An uncontrolled discharge of formation fluid out of the wellbore. what is this?
A: Blowout
Q: When casing is cemented in an open hole, enough cement has to be mixed to fill the
57 space between the pipe and the formation. What is this space called?
A: Annulus
Q: During a routine well surveillance, you notice a well's production has fallen off
dramatically. The well is flowing oil, water, and some H2S. You run a tool in to tag for fill
and collect a sample. You tag just above your perforations and the sample is not soluble in
58 acid. The scale is most likely to be comprised of what chemical compound?
A: Barium Sulfate , BaSO4
59 Q: What Texas oil man invented the rock bit?
A: Howard Hughes Sr.
Q: Prior to drilling a well, an excavation under the rig floor is dug to provide space for items
of equipment at the top of the wellbore. It also serves as a pit to collect drainage water and
60 other fluids under the floor for subsequent disposal by jetting. What is this area called?
A: cellar
Q: On a drilling rig the fast line and the static line through the blocks have the same force
61 only in this situation the blocks are what?
A: Stationary
Q: When using an ultrasonic televiewer image, what mathematical shape describes the
62 image of a fracture that slices the wellbore at an angle?
A: Sinusoid, sinusoidal
Q: In the US. What is the criterion for an oil and gas well to be classified as the Stripper
63 well? State production period and rate
A: 12 months, less than 10 bbl/day oil or 60000 scf/day
64 Q: What is the name of the Schlumberger researcher that developed of the SP log?
A: Henri Doll
Q: Fluids such as air and water that exhibit a constant viscosity at all shear rates at a given
65 temperature and pressure are classified as what type of fluid?
A: NEWTONIAN
66 Q: Who is credited with drilling the first oil well at Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859?
A: Col. Edwin L. Drake
Q: If I treat my drilling mud with lignosulfonates, I likely have this type of problem or issue.
67 What is this?
A: Flocculation
68 Q: Name the special tool used by the rig crew to prevent the drill bit from turning
A: Bit breaker
Q: Using real time data a driller can calculate the amount of energy required per unit
69 volume of rock drilled in kilopound force per square inch. Name this parameter.
A: Fracture Gradient
Q: Using real time data a driller can calculate the amount of energy required per unit
70 volume of rock drilled in kilopound force per square inch. Name this parameter.
A: Fracture Gradient
Q: The point at which, when exceeded, a material will no longer completely return to its
71 original shape after removing the applied load(Charpy Test).

A: Yield Strength
Q: In drilling fluids this term defines the true density of a circulating fluid due to the weight
72 of the fluid and frictional losses
A: Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD)
73 Q: What is the largest oil spill?
A: Gulf War oil spill, oil tankers, January 21, 1991
74 Q: Name the man who in 1940 drilled the first directional well?
A: Robert Richardson
75 Q: This is the act of pulling the drill string out of hole or putting it in the hole. what is this?
A: Tripping
Q: Installed at a depth of 8200 feet, name this FPSO that is the first of its kind in the Gulf of
76 Mexico
A: BW Pioneer
Q: While drilling a well, primarily round drill pipe is used to conduct drilling mud through to
the drill bit. In order to effectively grip and turn the drillstring, a non-circular length of pipe is
inserted at the top of the string in order that turning force may be transmitted effectively by
the rotary table through a square or hexagonal bushing without slippage. What is this piece
77 of pipe called?
A: Kelly
Q: A hole lined with casing that projects above the drill floor and into which the kelly is
placed when hoisting operations are in progress; also, a hole of a diameter smaller than
78 the main hole drilled in the bottom of the main hole. Name this particular type of hole.
A: rathole
79 Q: Name the 4 oxides that make up 95% of portland cement
A. Calcium oxide, silicon dioxide, Aluminium oxide, Ferric oxide
80 What is the recommendated pressure(psi) used for a standard API filtration test?
A: 100 psi
Q: According to API, what class of cement is for use in depths to 6000 feet under normal
81 conditions?
 A: Class A
Q: What is the name for the chemical that is frecuently used to alter mud ph levels while
82 drilling
A: Lime
83 Q: What is the normal hydrostatic pressure gradient of freshwater in psi/ft?
A: 0.433 psi/ft
Q: In 1900 the Pacific Coast Oil Company was bought by Standard Oil and all of Standard
84 Oil’s operations were incorporated into Pacific Oil, now known as what?
A: ChevronTexaco (Chevron)
Q: What kind of logging tool gives information about porosity using T2 decay of hydrogen
85 to determine bound fluid and free fluid?
A: NMR or Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Q: According to API, what class of cement is for use in depths to 6000 feet under normal
86 conditions?
A: Class A
87 Q: Name 3 kill operations in a well control situation
A: Driller´s method, wait and weight, and bullheading
Q: What invention was Rueben Baker famous for inventing that was run at the bottom of a
88 casing string?
A: Casing Shoe
89 Q: Define two types of perforating guns
A: Casing gun(Hollow Carrier), Tubing gun(Expandable Carrier)
Q: You are performing a reservoir study on a tight gas field. The reservoir is located at
12000 ft and is abnormally pressured with a pressure gradient of 0.9 psi/ft. What value is
90 considered a "normal" pressure gradient?
A: .465 psi/ft (Will take answers .45 -.48 psi/ft)
91 Q: What service company pumped the first recorded hydraulic fracturing treatment?
A: Calcium oxide, silicon dioxide, Aluminium oxide, Ferric oxide
92 Q: Name 4 types of well logs
A: SP, Gamma Ray, Resistivity,Sonic, density, dipmeter, microlog
Q: During drilling, if the state formation has an activity of 0.7 and the shale starts to
fracture and I see a reduced mud weight, what is a reasonable value for the activity of the
93 drilling mud?
A:>0.7
Q: He worked as a water boy for the drillers at Spindletop and later wrote a book about it.
A legendary geologist and wildcatter and trusted spokesman for the oil industry, this man
94 still writes editorials today for the newspaper. Who is he?
A: Michel Halbouty
Q: What is welded to the first string of casing in the well and attaches the BOP stack to the
95 well?
 A: Casing Heading
Q: The vertical pipe rising alongside the derrick or mast that joins the mud pump to the
96 rotary hose and through which mud is pumped is known as what?
A: standpipe
97 Q: A mursh funnel is used on a rig to determine what?
A: Viscosity
98 Q: Who invented the first roller cutter bit in 1909 that dramatically improved rotary drilling?
A: Howard Hughes Sr.
Q: Captain Anthony Lucas' well blew in on January 10, 1901 - it was a gusher producing
100,000 BPD at its debut. It was finally capped on the ninth day after about 800,000
Barrels of oil had been produced - creating a veritable lake. Name this well that created the
99 great oil boom in Texas.
A: Spindletop
100 Q: List the types of flow regimes that can be used in underbalanced drilling
A: Dry air, mist, foam, airlift,aerated mud
101 Q: Which log provides a good measurement of the hydrogen in the formation?
A: Neutron
102 Q: Identify two types of fixed cutter drilling bits
A: PDC(Polycrystalline Diamond Compact), Natural diamond
Q: What problem plagues bits in some formations where too much weight on bit is
103 applied?
A: Bit balling
104 Q: This type of system is used to steer the drill bit while the pipe is rotating. what is this?
A: Rotary Steerable System
105 Q: On J55 casing, what does the 55 stand for?
A: 55000 psi minimun yield strength
Q: Identify the well intervention method that provides the ability to work safely under live
well conditions with a continuous string, and enables fluids to be pumped at any time,
106 regardless of the position or direction of travel
A: Coiled tubing
Q: This type of machine is used to determine the yield and gel strenght of a drilling fluid.
107 what is this?
A: Rheometer or viscometer
Q: Born in upstate New York, this oil baron tycoon negotiated with railroads and river
barges to transport crude oil to his Standard Oil refineries. After anti-trust legislation was
passed, his empire was broken up into smaller companies, and he became a
108 philanthropist. What was his name?
A: John D. Rockefeller
109 Q: What are three elements used as the source of natural gamma rays in sedimentary
 rocks?

A: Thorium, Uranium, and Potassium

Q: Does cement fracture easier under tension or compression? By what factor do these
110 value differ?
A: Tension, Factor of 10
Q: As a drilling engineer it is often your job to design the casing string for wells. If you went
111 with P-110 casing, what does the 110 indicate?
A: Minimum Yield Strength, in this case 110,000 psi