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FE1 frac

1) For numbers >1,000, add a comma as no comma will mark the answer as wrong.

2) All numbers should be reported with 2 decimal places. Ex: 1.00, not 1.

3) Include units in your answer when appropriate. (psi, gal, bbl, lbs, gpt, rpm)

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1.

Please find the Hydrostatic Pressure at TVD if we are pumping a sand concentration of 1.75ppg.

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2.

If flush is 325 bbls, how many gallons is that?

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3.

If 1,000 gallons of acid are pumped, how many barrels is that?

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4.

Find the density of slurry if the target concentration is 1.25 ppg.

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5.

What is the hydrostatic pressure if max concentration was 2.00 ppg and max rate was 100 bpm? ISIP was 3,550 psi and bottom hole pressure was 9,578 psi on flush.

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6.

Find the FG is the well has an ISIP of 2500 psi and a TVD of 5500', assume the well was flushed with fresh water.

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7.

Find the wellbore volume, in barrels, of #17 5.50" casing with a bottom perforation @ 15,678'.

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8.

Find the clean rate when you are pumping at a rate of 100bpm with a sand concentration of 0.75ppg. Assume the SG of the sand is 2.65

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9.

If you have a frac gradient of 0.88 and a TVD of 8,674' what is the bottom hole pressure?

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10.

What is the bottom hole pressure if you are on 1.75ppg and the wellhead is currently at 8,788 psi? TVD of the well is 9,647'.

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11.

How much proppant did you pump if you pumped 1,267 bbls of slurry at 1.75 ppg?

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12.

If 38,329 lbs of 36% (really 35.21%) acid is delivered, how much 15% acid will we have on location?

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13.

If 9,126 gals of 36% acid is ordered and it needs to be diluted to 15%, how many barrels of water needs to be delivered first?

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14.

How much FR is pumped, on flush, if it has a setpoint of 0.75 and 325 slurry barrels were pumped?

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15.

At what rate, in gpm, is FR being pumped during the initial pad if rate is 109.6 bpm and FR loading is at 1.0 gpt?

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16.

Find the total RPMs of the augers if there is a clean rate of 99.7 bbl/min at a concentration of 0.75 ppg and the PPR is at a 30 lbs/rev.

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17.

How many suction hoses do you need, attached to the blender, if the target rate is 110 bpm at 2.5 ppg concentration?

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18.

What is the maximum rate that can go through iron if it has an OD of 4" and ID of 3.8"?

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19.

How many discharge hoses do you need, attached to the blender, if the target rate is 110 bpm at 2.5 ppg concentration?

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20.

How much horsepower is our fleet running if average is pressure is 8,250 psi @ 101.1 bpm?

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21.

How much fuel do we have on location if we have 10,000 gal in the frac tanks and 20 pumps on location? *Assume fuel tanks are at 75%

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22.

Explain what hydraulic fracturing is.

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23.

What is the purpose of hydraulic fracturing?

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24.

Label the parts of this frac location.

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6

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Frac Pumps

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Proppant Storage (Sand Silos, Sandkings, etc.)

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Fluid Storage (Water Transer, Frac Tanks, Water Silos, etc.)

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Wellheads/Zipper manifold

3

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Pumpdown unit

8

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Wireline Crane

2

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Manifold (Missile, Monoline, etc.)

4

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Chemical Units (Chemadd, Chemical Trailer, Totes, etc.)

1

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Blender

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25.
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Zipper Manifold

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Change the flow of the fluid

Chiksan (Swivel Joint)

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Distributes fluid from blender to the pumps and from the pumps to the wellhead

Bleed-off Valves

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Prevents flowback from well to frac equipment

Pressure relief systems

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Bleeds off pressure from frac equipment

Missile (Manifold)

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Safety valves to ensure pressure does not exceed max allowable pressure.

Check Valve

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Connects wellheads to allow for faster operations

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26.

What is the difference between pressure A & B

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27.

Where is the transducer for pressure A?

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28.

What iron rating to use for a line expected to hold 13500 psi?

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29.

Where is the transducer for the zipper manifold?

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30.

What are the hoses on the suction side of the blender hooked to?

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31.

What are the hoses on the discharge side of the blender hooked to?

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32.

What is the size of a standard tote?

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33.

What is an ISO?

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34.

Generally, which sand has higher density, 100 mesh or 40/70?

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35.

Approximately how many pounds of sand does a sand truck carry? How many trucks to fill up a Solaris silo?

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36.

How does sand get from the silos/sand kings to the blender tub?

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37.

What are the engines on the blender used for?

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38.

What part of operations could cause a drop in the inline such as in the plot below?

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39.

Describe what effect is happening during this section of the plot.

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40.

Describe what the treater means when he asks the blender tender for boost

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41.

What is a screen-out?

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42.

What does it mean when a pump operator asks for PTO?

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43.

What does it mean when the treater tells the crew to prime up?

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44.

What process happens after the line boss says, "Pop off closed, bleed off closed, line clear"?

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45.

Describe the difference between pressure A and pressure B

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46.

What does it mean if a treater tells you the down time was due to replacing a rubber?

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47.

What does it mean the fluid tech is getting a "strap"

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48.

Describe what the treater means when he tells the blender tender to go to 1 pound.

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49.

Describe the difference between preflush and flush.

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50.

Describe what is the purpose of a pump in frac operations.

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51.

Describe what a blender does in frac operations.

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52.

Explain the purpose of the missile during frac operations.

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53.

Describe ISIP and how to find it.

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54.

Match the pressure types with the correct description.

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Perforation friction pressure

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Pressure at the wellhead also known as surface treating pressure.

Instantaneous shut-in pressure

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Pressure exerted by the wellbore fluid due to depth and density.

Injection pressure

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Pressure loss due to fluid friction.

Closure Pressure

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Treating pressure + hydrostatic pressure - pipe friction - perforation friction

Bottom hole pressure

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Friction due to fluid moving through restricted area of perforations

Hydrostatic pressure

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Pressure caused by complex fluid path

Pipe friction pressure

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Pressure when rate goes to zero.

Tortuosity pressure

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The minimum pressure required to keep the fracture open.

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55.

Match the type of frac fluid component with its purpose

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Biocide

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Dissolves formation and increases fracture conductivity

Surfactant

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Prevents bacteria growth

Corrosion inhibitor

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Slowly breaks down FR to help with fluid recovery

Scale inhibitor

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Reduces swelling in clay formations

Breaker

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Links polymers to make a viscous fluid

Clay Inhibitor

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Reduces friction in wellbore

Acid

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Increases viscosity of frac fluid to carry proppant

Gel

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Prevents mineral deposits from building up in the wellbore

Crosslink

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Reduces surface tension of frac fluid

Friction reducer

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Protects the wellbore from corroding

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56.

What is the difference between formation breakdown and acid breakdown?

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57.

Select all the types of frac proppant

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58.

What is the common SG of frac proppant?

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59.

What is the difference between 100 mesh sand and 40/70 sand?

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60.

What test is done, in the field, to analyze sand size?

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61.

What should the pH of slickwater be?

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62.

Bleed off valves are located before the check valve.

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63.

Where are popoffs placed?

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65.

Which process is essential before resuming operation every time the line is broken for pumps swap or changing pieces of iron?

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66.

Why is it important for the treater to record the closure pressure of a well?

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67.
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Treater

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Controlling chemical setpoints and maintaining chemical pumps

Fluid Tech

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Responsible for all the iron, open and closing the well, looking for leaks

Sand Operator

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Often the outside supervisor, straps chemicals, moves ISOs, and calibrating chemical pumps.

ChemAdd Operator

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Ensures hopper stays full of sand

Sand Coordinatior

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Maintaines pumping rate

Line Boss

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In charge of all electronics on site including: maintaining communications, pressure transducers, pump control boxes, and the datavan.

Pump Operator

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Oversees the frac operation on their shift. Ensures operations run smoothly and efficiently.

E-Tech

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Directs sand deliveries and offloading into the correct storage compartment.

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68.
Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:
Acid Breakdown
Ball Seat
Formation Breakdown
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69.

What is the area within the high pressure zone called?

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70.

What does a green hardhat represent?

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71.

What kind of gloves is required when handling frac iron?

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72.

Which of the following are AST-required PPE? Select all that applies

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73.

If they discover a pin hole leak on the suction manifold of the monoline, what type of NPT would it be considered?

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74.

Classify the following into pump maintenance or pump failure (NPT)

Pump maintenance

Pump failure (NPT)

Packing/Plunger

Mechanical issue (overheating, drive shaft, etc.)

Seat & valves

Cracked fluid end

Water in fuel lines

Scheduled PMs

Unscheduled PMs

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75.

Which of the following is considered Customer NPT?

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76.

How much sand is in the silo if it is at 47%?

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77.

How much time from does it take to empty a full silo? Assume a 75 min cycle time, 120k lbs per sand type, an average truck size of 48,000 lbs, and 8 trucks per Silo.

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78.

In preparing to wrap up a Endeavor's job, the sand tracker says the amount of sand needed to complete the job is 355,431 of 100M and 246,025 of 40/70, how would you place your sand order?

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79.

How would you order 75000 lbs of 100M to complete a job?

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80.

What additional screens need to be set-up prior to starting job upon arrival to job location?

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81.

When setting up DataAcq, what needs to be checked in Job Header Information or else the job data will not be uploaded to the server?

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82.

To have engineer/treater/consultant names auto-populate on the report, where would you input the names?

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83.

Which of the following eFieldPro dashboards AST field engineer use to check whether frac plots and chems & sand straps are uploaded correctly?

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84.

When populating the Reference Sheet on the Engineering Report, what cell needs to be manually inputted?

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85.

Select the option that has the following stage order.

1. 111-1

2. 212-1

3. 151-1

4. 252-1

5. 212-2

6. 111-2

7. 151-2

8. 212-3

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86.

What column should be hidden on the Field Ticket Sheet?

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87.

You send out an stage update email and it says "Stage 1 of 52" when it should be "Stage 3 of 52". Which Excel file/tab do you need to check & correct?

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88.

AST does not charge the Endeavor directly for the amounts of FR and Surf, but does charge for Breaker, which usage quantities should be recorded on our Master & Data excel?

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89.

The slickwater job calls for 0.5 on Ace Flow 3300, 1 on ME-350, 0.25 on ABK101. Select the correct fluid matrix

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90.

What is the maximum amount that should be remaining in an ISO when a delivery is getting offloaded into it?

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91.

How much lead time should generally be given for chemical orders?

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92.

At the end of the job, on what documents should the total sand used be the same?

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93.

How many hours ahead of start time is it best to schedule chem ISO delivery for a new job?

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94.

When should ISO pickups be scheduled?

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95.

It is a good practice to hide the "Discount %" column on the Field Ticket before printing it out for signatures?

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96.

What part of the inventory must be zeroed out at the end of a job?

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97.

According to engineering SOP, when should field engineers have the job folder uploaded to the AST's company drive?