List of top Questions asked in GATE Petroleum Engineering

The hoisting system of a drilling rig contains seven ideal sheaves with hook load of \( 3.0 \times 10^5 \) kg. The static derrick load is .......... × \( 10^5 \) kg (rounded off to one decimal place).
The product of the roots of the equation \( x^4 + 1 = 0 \) is ....... (answer in integer).
The ratio of number of production to injection wells for a regular Seven-Spot pattern is ........... (rounded off to one decimal place).
Which of the following offshore drilling platform(s) has/have legs on the seabed?
Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT about the chemicals used for the processing of sour crude oil and natural gas?
Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT about polymer flooding?
Crude oil denser than pure water has the API gravity:
Which ONE of the following options is CORRECT in relation to the standard drill pipe?
\( C_1, C_2, \) and \( C_3 \) are the Dietz shape factors of three reservoirs with circular, square, and rectangular shape of drainage area, respectively. The well is located at the geometric center of the reservoir. Which ONE of the following options is CORRECT about the shape factors?
Let \( \vec{A} = 2\ell - \mathbf{j} + \mathbf{k} \) and \( \vec{B} = \ell + \mathbf{f} \), where \( \ell, \mathbf{f}, \) and \( \mathbf{k} \) are unit vectors. The projection of \( \vec{B} \) on \( \vec{A} \) is:
The maximum Polished Rod Load (PRL) in the operation of the sucker rod pump is observed near the
The primary objective of the electrostatic grid in electrostatic heater-treater used in crude oil processing is to
The value of \( \lim_{x \to \frac{\pi}{2}} \left( \frac{\cos x}{x - \frac{\pi}{2}} \right) \) is:
Which ONE of the following CANNOT be obtained from pressure transient analysis in well testing?