Question

J.V. Vogel assumed multiphase flow occurs in these structures to derive an empirical equation used to construct their IPR curves. These structures are controlled by assemblies that are named for their loose resemblance to Christmas trees. Light interventions (10[1])perform maintenance on these structures using slickline, braided wireline, or coiled tubing without interrupting operations. (10[1])The (-5[1])line of spontaneous potential measurements from these structures (10[1])deflects left or right based on the relative salinity of the mud filtrate and formation water. The practice of logging these structures developed out of the Schlumberger (“shlum-bur-zhay”) brothers’ attempts at finding iron ore using electrical resistivity measurements. The productivity index of these structures has units of bbl per day per (10[1])psi (10[4])(“P-S-I”). When (-5[1])pressure safety systems fail in these structures, (10[1])blowouts (-5[1])occur. (10[1]-5[3])For 10 points, (-5[2])name these structures (-5[1])drilled by rigs (10[2])to extract (10[1])hydrocarbons. (10[4])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: oil wells [or gas wells or boreholes; accept specific types of oil wells, such as exploratory wells; accept drillholes until “drilled” is read; reject “oil rigs” or “oil platforms”]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%38%117.79

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Natan HoltzmanStanford AGeorgia Tech A3710
Michael MaysImperial AUC Berkeley B5210
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AColumbia A53-5
Geoffrey ChenCornell AOhio State A6110
Charles HangWUSTL AMaryland A11110
Vivek SasseChicago BChicago A11210
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AMIT A11210
Todd MaslykMichigan ANYU A11210
Alex AkridgeIndiana ACornell B11210
Robert CondronChicago CTexas A113-5
Alan WuRutgers BFlorida B12010
Sean DoyleHouston APurdue A121-5
Joel MilesMinnesota AToronto A12210
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina AHarvard A122-5
Albert ZhangColumbia BMinnesota B122-5
Jerry LinDuke AYale A122-5
Tracy MirkinFlorida ABrown A125-5
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech B125-5
Kevin FanMcGill APenn State A128-5
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AYale B13110
June YinWUSTL BIowa State A13110
Gio MazzeoVirginia ARutgers A13310
Jason HongBrown AFlorida A13410
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AJohns Hopkins A13410
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech BSouth Carolina A13410
Tanis NielsenClaremont AIllinois A13410
Robert WangPenn State AMcGill A13510
John John GrogerColumbia AUC Berkeley A13510
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ANorth Carolina A13510
Brad MacLaineTexas AChicago C13510
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BColumbia B13510
Matt SchiavonePurdue AHouston A13510
Michał GerasimiukYale ADuke A13510