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APA EXAM –COPAS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWhat is the standard measurement of crude oil?
A. Barrels
B. Gallons
C. Tons
D. British Thermal Units - Answers -A. Barrels
What three main fluids comprise hydrocarbon?
A. Oil, gas, carbon dioxide
B. Gas, methane, water
C. Oil, NGLs, water
D. Oil, gas water - Answers -D. Oil, gas, water
What are the five components that describe the life cycle of an oil and as E&P
company?
A. Geological, Exploration, Drilling, Development, Abandonment
B. Land acquisition, Exploration, Development, Production, Abandonment
C. Exploration, Land acquisition, Drilling, Production, Abandonment
D. Development, Production, Transportation, Refining, Marketing - Answers -C.
Exploration, land acquisition, drilling, production, abandonment
What is the overall objective of the E&P production department?
A. Delivering minimal production with minimum recovery of oil and gas reserves at the
highest sales price
B. Delivering maximum production with ultimate optimum recovery of oil and gas
reserves at minimum cost
C. Delivering minimum production with ultimate optimum recovery of oil and gas
reserves at maximum cost
D. Delivering maximum production with minimum recovery of oil and gas reserves at the
highest sales price - Answers -B. Delivering maximum production with ultimate optimum
recovery of oil and gas reserves at minimum cost
What is the standard measure for gas volume at the wellsite?
A. MMBTU
B. MCF
C. PSIA
D. Liquid Gallons - Answers -B. MCF
What is a common disposition of natural gas produced?
A. Piped and used on another lease operations
B. Flared into the atmosphere due to economic marketing conditions
C. Sold to third parties or affiliates at contract prices
D. All of the above - Answers -D. All of the above
What is the primary component of dry natural gas?
,A. Ethane
B. Propane
C. Methane
D. Mercaptan - Answers -C. Methane
What is the primary difference between Sour Crude and Sweet Crude?
A. Sour crude is darker and thicker than sweet crude
B. Sweet crude contains sulfur
C. Sweet crude is darker and thicker than sour crude
D. Sour crude contains sulfur - Answers -D. Sour crude contains sulfur
What factors into the pricing of crude oil and condensate?
A. Location
B. Current economic conditions
C. Physical Quality
D. All of the above - Answers -D. All of the above
Which oil and gas sector consists primarily of gathering facilities and transmission
pipelines?
A. Midstream
B. Transportation
C. Trucking
D. Wholesale - Answers -A. Midstream
What is an organization called that is owned exclusively by the government?
A. Investor Owned
B. Privately Owned
C. National Oil Company (NOC)
D. Monopoly owned - Answers -C. National Oil Company (NOC)
What is the company called that deals exclusively in oil and gas exploration and
production activities?
A. Independent
B. Integrated
C. Super Major
D. Combined - Answers -A. Independent
Which of the following attestations by the Company's external auditors is required by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?
A. The Company's disclosure of significant fraudulent or accounting scandals uncovered
during the period.
B. The Company's reserve report and evaluation methods for determining reserves.
C. The Company's effectiveness of the system of internal control over financial
reporting.
,D. The testing methods applied by management on its assessment of the company's
internal control. - Answers -C. The Company's effectiveness of the system of internal
control over financial reporting.
What are three US Environmental Protection Agency regulations that impact the oil
industry?
A. Environmental Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Disposal Act
B. Safe Drinking Water Act, Oil Pollution Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act
C. Sea Treaty Act, Carbon Dioxide Recovery Act, Clean Air Act
D. Homeland Security Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Oil Transportation Act -
Answers -B. Safe Drinking Water Act, Oil Pollution Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act
What drilling based fluid has the greatest environmental impact of disposed onsite?
A. Water-based mud
B. Oil-based mud
C. Synthetic-based mud
D. Gas-based mud - Answers -B. Oil-based mud
What does recordable work related injuries include?
A. Death
B. Days away from work cases
C. Restricted activity or job transfer
D. All of the above - Answers -D. All of the above
What is a British Thermal Unit?
A. Amount of heat to raise the temperature of one pound of water one-degree
Fahrenheit
B. Gas pressure reading at the wellhead compared to the gas plant inlet valve
C. Gas Celsius temperature reading to liquify the different NGL types
D. Crude oil temperature difference between the tank and truck reading - Answers -A.
Amount of heat to raise the temperature of one pound of water one-degree Fahrenheit
What chemical is added to gas before it is delivered for fuel in homes or occupied
facilities?
A. Propane
B. Mercaptan
C. Coke
D. Sulfur - Answers -B. Mercaptan
According to the inorganic theory, why are hydrocarbons found in the subsurface?
A. They were part of the earth's original formation
B. Igneous rocks prevents the hydrocarbons from migrating to the surface
C. organic matter was slowly converted to hydrocarbons such as oil and gas
D. Only A & C - Answers -A. They were part of the earth's original formation
, What are the three distinct and dependent business sectors that comprise the oil and
gas value chain?
A. Marketing, Transportation, Retail
B. Drilling, Completion, Producing
C. Upstream, Midstream, Downstream
D. Refining, Wholesale, Retail - Answers -C. Upstream, Midstream, Downstream
What sector of the oil and gas industry is related to your local service station?
A. Downstream
B. Transportation
C. Production
D. Trucking - Answers -A. Downstream
What is a company called that produce oil from a well, transport the oil to the refinery,
and manufactures crude oil into various products?
A. Independent
B. Integrated
C. Super Major
D. Combined - Answers -B. Integrated
What is the leading cause of serious injuries in the oilfield?
A. Fires and explosions
B. Falls
C. Vehicle accidents
D. Struck by an object - Answers -C. Vehicle accidents
What is the main cause of maritime tanker accidents?
A. Human error
B. Inadequate technology
C. Equipment failure
D. External conditions - Answers -A. Human error
What is a skimmer?
A. Environmentally protected fish species
B. Fast and efficient marine transportation vehicle
C. Huge vacuum cleaner to clean oil floating on top of the water.
D.Netting under the platforms to prevent oil spills - Answers -C. Huge vacuum cleaner
to clean oil floating on top of the water.
What are the three main elements to reduce risk to workers and the environment?
A. Reading equipment manuals, complying with OSHA laws, wearing maximum gear.
B. Designing safe equipment, enforcing controls, wearing protective gear
C. Hiring competent people, holding monthly safety meetings, purchasing inexpensive
gear.
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