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Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology - Petroleum Engineering Previous Year Questions

Practice Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology - Petroleum Engineering previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

11Papers
11Years
68Questions
1Topics

Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology question pattern

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Questions by year

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Difficulty distribution

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Medium 35 51.5%
Easy 33 48.5%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 35 51.5%
MCQ 26 38.2%
MSQ 7 10.3%

Subject weightage

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Petroleum Engineering
68 Qs

Most asked topics

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Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology
68 Qs

Subtopic coverage

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Drilling Fluids and Cementing
35 Qs
Drilling Problems and Well Control
11 Qs
Well Planning, Rigs and Drilling Methods
9 Qs
Bits, Drill Strings and Casing Design
7 Qs
Directional and Advanced Drilling
6 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2026
9 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2025
9 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2024
5 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2023
5 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2022
8 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2021
3 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2020
7 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2019
7 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2018
5 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2017
3 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2016
7 Qs

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Drilling Fluids and Cementing

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35 questions10 papers10 years

Drilling Problems and Well Control

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11 questions9 papers9 years

Well Planning, Rigs and Drilling Methods

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9 questions3 papers3 years

Bits, Drill Strings and Casing Design

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7 questions5 papers5 years

Directional and Advanced Drilling

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6 questions5 papers5 years

Included previous year papers

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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20262026
9 questions in this view		2026
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20252025
9 questions in this view		2025
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20242024
5 questions in this view		2024
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20232023
5 questions in this view		2023
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20222022
8 questions in this view		2022
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20212021
3 questions in this view		2021
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20202020
7 questions in this view		2020
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20192019
7 questions in this view		2019
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20182018
5 questions in this view		2018
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20172017
3 questions in this view		2017
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20162016
7 questions in this view		2016
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2016 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology · Directional and Advanced Drilling
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2016
For a kick off operation, a directional well has to be drilled for an arc-length of 2500 ft to achieve an inclination of 50°.
The radius of curvature will be ______ ft.
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2017 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology · Drilling Problems and Well Control
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2017
A student has written following possible causes of lost circulation during a drilling operation.
i. High salinity in the reservoir
ii. Fracture in the reservoir
iii. A fault encountered during drilling
iv. Low viscosity of the reservoir fluid
Which of the above statements are correct?
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2018 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology · Drilling Fluids and Cementing
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2018
Match the following chemicals to their respective oilfield applications:
(P) Hydrate inhibitor                                 (I) Formaldehyde
(Q) Well stimulation                             (II) Xanthan gum
(R) Drilling fluid biocide                        (III) Methanol
(S) Viscosifier                                     (IV) Hydrochloric acid
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2019 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology · Well Planning, Rigs and Drilling Methods
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2019

The correct statement pertaining to the friction welding process is

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2020 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology · Drilling Fluids and Cementing
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2020

Which one of the following additives is commonly added to drilling fluids to remove hydrogen sulfide?

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2021 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology · Drilling Fluids and Cementing
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2021
Oil and gas pipelines, which are at an elevated pressure (about 3 MPa) and sub-ambient temperature (below 298 K), may get blocked by the formation of solid hydrates. One of the strategies adopted to inhibit the formation of hydrates is the injection of Thermodynamic Hydrate Inhibitors (THIs) into the reservoir fluid.
Identify all suitable chemicals that are commonly used as THIs.
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