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Malaysia's Petronas Finds New Energy Fields Offshore Sarawak
Malaysia's Petronas Finds New Energy Fields Offshore Sarawak
2011
Wildcat wells are those drilled outside of and not in the vicinity of known oil or gas fields.
Appraisal wells are used to assess characteristics (such as flow rate) of proven hydrocarbon
accumulation.
Exploration wells are drilled purely for exploratory (information gathering) purposes in new areas.
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Giant Octopus
2011
Sunken treasure
Offshore
windfarm
Thunderstorms as predicted by
Meteorological Department
Sunken ship
Coral reef
North
Shark infested water
Starting position
Scale: -
1 unit : 1 km
Diagram 1
PART 1
Suggest two other possible routes and state which route is the best.
Construct a table of comparison between the suggested route and the two other possible
routes. Your table should include:
Distance
Bearings
Coordinates where the course of the boat needs to be changed
Possible dangers and possibilities of intruding into the preserved and
conservation areas
Time estimation, assuming that the average speed of your boat is 35 km/hr.
Hence, justify your choice.
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2011
PART 2
Your team decides to use the suggested route as shown in Diagram 1 and starts the
journey at 10:00 a.m. The team has to reach the oil rig to attend a meeting at 2.00 p.m. on
the same day. Keep in mind that your team needs to stay 2 hours on the offshore windfarm to check the wind generation system. There is a sea current flowing from east to
west at a constant speed of 15 km/h. Your boat can travel at a speed of 36 km/h in still
water. Determine the time your team reaches the wind-farm and the oil rig.
PART 3
Given that the power generated by a single wind turbine as shown in Diagram 2 is
proportional to the square of the wind speed u, the surface area of the blade of the wind
turbine A and the machine constant c, i.e. P = cAu2.
The energy E produced in t seconds is given by
t
E Pdt
0
Diagram 2
Power output = 10 kW
(a)
(b)
PART 4
Referring to the information given in the news from Reuters on 14 Feb 2011, The
Spaoh-1 well of 3,000 meters drilling depth, located in Block SK306 was drilled in
December 2010 and an early evaluation showed around 100 million barrels of oil,
calculate:
(a) the average rate of oil production (in barrels of oil per hour) for the oil well so that
the oil supply could last for 10 years;
(b) the rate of increase in oil level in the barrel, in cm/min, if given that the barrel is a
cylinder with diameter of 0.5 meter and height of 1 meters, and the time taken to fill
up a barrel with oil is 5 minutes.
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2011
PART 5
Find information on the:
(a) oil production and consumption;
(b) oil imports and exports; and
(c) oil reserves
for major countries around the world. Write a brief report based on your findings. Your report
must include suitable statistical representations.
FURTHER EXPLORATION
Gather further information regarding careers related to the Petroleum Industry which requires
a good foundation in Additional Mathematics by:
(a) interviewing individuals who are in the Petroleum industry, or
(b) surfing the Internet.
Write a report based on your findings.
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