Petroleum Engineering interview questions
500 questions with model answers, in four levels. Start with Basic, check yourself honestly, then move up.
Basic questions
- Petroleum Geology (13)
- Petrophysics & Well Logging (13)
- Reservoir Engineering (13)
- Drilling Engineering (13)
- Drilling Fluids & Cementing (12)
- Well Control (12)
- Well Completion & Stimulation (12)
- Production Engineering & Artificial Lift (13)
- Well Testing (12)
- Enhanced Oil Recovery (12)
- Unconventional Resources (12)
- Surface Facilities, Pipelines, Refining & HSE (13)
Intermediate questions
- Petroleum Geology (13)
- Petrophysics & Well Logging (13)
- Reservoir Engineering (13)
- Drilling Engineering (13)
- Drilling Fluids & Cementing (12)
- Well Control (12)
- Well Completion & Stimulation (12)
- Production Engineering & Artificial Lift (13)
- Well Testing (12)
- Enhanced Oil Recovery (12)
- Unconventional Resources (12)
- Surface Facilities, Pipelines, Refining & HSE (13)
Advanced questions
- Petroleum Geology (10)
- Petrophysics & Well Logging (10)
- Reservoir Engineering (11)
- Drilling Engineering (11)
- Drilling Fluids & Cementing (10)
- Well Control (10)
- Well Completion & Stimulation (10)
- Production Engineering & Artificial Lift (11)
- Well Testing (11)
- Enhanced Oil Recovery (10)
- Unconventional Resources (10)
- Surface Facilities, Pipelines, Refining & HSE (11)
Tricky questions
- Petroleum Geology (6)
- Petrophysics & Well Logging (6)
- Reservoir Engineering (7)
- Drilling Engineering (6)
- Drilling Fluids & Cementing (7)
- Well Control (6)
- Well Completion & Stimulation (6)
- Production Engineering & Artificial Lift (6)
- Well Testing (6)
- Enhanced Oil Recovery (6)
- Unconventional Resources (6)
- Surface Facilities, Pipelines, Refining & HSE (7)
Sample questions
- What is petroleum?
- What is a core and why is it taken?
- What is a mud motor?
- What is a trip tank?
- What is wax (paraffin) deposition?
- What are unconventional resources?
- How do temperature and time control hydrocarbon generation?
- What is the photoelectric factor (Pe) used for?
- What is the difference between MWD and LWD?
- What is the difference between hard and soft shut-in?
- Calculate rod pump displacement for a 2 in plunger, 100 in stroke and 10 strokes/min.
- Why do very low-permeability reservoirs need fracturing?
- A discovery well finds a gas-water contact well above the mapped spill point. What does this tell you?
- What is the workflow for a reservoir simulation study?
- What problems affect drilling fluids in HPHT wells?
- Size an ESP for 5000 ft net lift, 200 ft friction loss and 100 psi wellhead pressure in water (0.433 psi/ft), with 25 ft head per stage.
- How is a surfactant-polymer or ASP formulation designed?
- Is oil found in underground lakes or caverns?
- Is heavier drilling mud always safer?
- If buildup pressure flattens out, has average reservoir pressure been reached?