Petroleum | MCQs

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• The headquarter of OPEC is located in Vienna
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• OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
•  It was founded on 14th September 1960 in Baghdad.
•  It consists of 15 member countries.

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Office of Pilgrims Affairs Pakistan (OPAP), Consulate General of Pakistan, Jeddah

It is the operational arm of MoRA&IH, to make Hajj arrangements in Saudi Arabia.

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The Potwar plateau is an ancient region of petroleum production in Pakistan.

The plateau is the location of Pakistan’s major oil fields, the first of which were discovered at:

Khaur (1915) and Dhulian (1935)

the Tut field was discovered in 1968

and exploration continued in the area in the 1970s

Additional information:

Petroleum exploration in Pakistan began in the early 1860s during the British colonial period.

The first oil well was drilled in 1866 near Kundian, Punjab, by the Burmah Oil Company. 

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The Strait of Hormuz is a strait between The Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Strait is a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water.

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PARCO stands for Pak-Arab Refinery Limited

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SUPARCO. Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission.

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Headquarters of OGDC located in Islamabad.