Exam 1

Question 1

Reservoir rock

Answer 1

Rock that contains oil and gas

Question 2

Reservoir

Answer 2

Subsurface zone that contains oil and gas

Question 3

Play

Answer 3

Group of oil fields

Question 4

Pay

Answer 4

Reservoir that contains economically producible hydrocarbons

Question 5

Basin

Answer 5

Region of earth depression

Question 6

Facies

Answer 6

Distinctive portion of the rock layer

Question 7

Basement rock

Answer 7

Metamorphic or igneous rock in between sedimentary rock

Question 8

Cap rock (seal)

Answer 8

Nearly impermeable rock layer above the resorvoir

Question 9

Connate water

Answer 9

Pore water in sedimentary rock

Question 10

Structural trap

Answer 10

Formed by deformation of reservoir rocks

Question 11

Stratigraphic trap

Answer 11

Trap formed by sedimentary features or unconformities.

Question 12

Anticline

Answer 12

Upward arch

Question 13

Syncline

Answer 13

Downward arch

Question 14

Homocline

Answer 14

Dipping in one direction

Question 15

dome

Answer 15

Circular or elliptical uplift

Question 16

Sigma Order

Answer 16

Sigma_1>Sigma_2>Sigma_3

Sigma_H>Sigma_h

Question 17

Fault and Sigma order

Answer 17

Normal v>H>h
Reverse
Strike Slip H>v>h

Question 18

Source Rock

Answer 18

Rock that forms oil and gas