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Oil production plays a very significant role in Malaysias economic development. Information above shows the discovery of new oil reserves in Malaysia. Imagine that you are the leader of a team of professionals, and received a directive to go to the newly installed offshore oil rig to perform some tasks. On the way to the oil rig, your team needs to stop by and does some maintenance job at an offshore wind-farm which provides the energy needs of the oil rig. The maintenance job takes 2 hours to complete. Diagram 1 is given to facilitate your task. The arrows show the suggested route. The locations of sunken treasures and sunken ships are preserved as high security areas which are out of bound to any approaching ships. The coral reef is the ecologically sensitive area with many endangered animal and plant species which are protected by the Malaysian Fisheries Act 1985 (Act 317). ___________________________________________________________________________
1. 2. 3. 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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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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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
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If your team have obtained the following measurements: Wind speed = 13 m/s Surface area of the wind turbine = 10 m2 Power output = 10 kW (a) (b) Find the value of the constant c. Determine how much time is required to generate 50 MJ of energy if (i) the wind speed is constant at 13 m/s, (ii) the function of the wind speed is given by u(t) = 0. 02t. Diagram 2
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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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.