UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY, TARKWA

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, MARCH 2021

COURSE NO: PE 351
COURSE NAME: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
CLASS: PE3 TIME: 2 HR

Name: __________________________________________ Index Number: _______________

Answer only two questions [50 Marks]

QUESTION 1
(a) The original oil in place (OOIP) volume estimation for a water drive reservoir discovered at
UMaT Oilfield, Tarkwa, Ghana is given by:

7758  A  h    (1 − Swi )
N=
Boi

(ii) Write python codes with comments to calculate the acreage of the water drive reservoir
discovered at UMaT Oilfield, Tarkwa, Ghana [10 marks]

(ii) Use the following reservoir data obtained from the UMaT Oilfield, Tarkwa, Ghana to test the
codes written in (i) to calculate the acreage of the water drive reservoir [3 marks]
S wi = 30% h = 20 ft  = 25% Boi = 1.24 bbl / STB N = 660 MM STB

(b) Find the friction factors (f) for the following Reynolds numbers (laminar and turbulent flows)
in the table below with Colebrook equation by writing python codes. [12 marks]
1   18.7 
= 1.74 − 2 Log10  2 + 
 d N
f  Re f 

Given that the relative roughness = 0.000166
d
Reynolds number (NRe) Friction factor (f)
300
600
900
3000
6000
9000

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 QUESTION 2
(a) The following well logging data pertain to a shaly sandstone formation discovered at Chambers
Oilfield, Tarkwa, Ghana with Fertl and Hammack water saturation equation given by:
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 FR  Vsh Rw
Sw =  w  −
 Rt  0.4e Rsh
(i) Write python codes with comments to calculate the true resistivity (Rt) using Fertl and
Hammack water saturation equation. [7 marks]

(ii) Use the following reservoir data obtained from Chambers Oilfield, Tarkwa, Ghana to test the
codes written in (i) to calculate the true resistivity (Rt) using Fertl and Hammack water saturation
equation. [3 marks]
S w = 30% Rw = 0.05  . m e = 18% Vsh = 20% Rsh = 1  . m

(b) The table below consist of water saturation (Sw), water and oil relative permeability (krw, kro)
and capillary pressure data to be used for two phase flow numerical reservoir simulation study.
Sw krw kro Pc (psi)

0.25 0.010 0.850 39.954

0.30 0.018 0.754 20.210

0.40 0.092 0.557 11.456

0.50 0.198 0.352 8.141

0.60 0.327 0.131 5.586

0.65 0.400 0.010 5.657

.
Use python programming language to perform the following tasks:
(i) Plot water and oil relative permeability (krw, kro) data against water saturation (Sw) [5 marks]
(ii) Plot semi log of (krw, kro) data against water saturation (Sw) [5 marks]
(iii) Plot capillary pressure (Pc) data against water saturation (Sw) [5 marks]

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 QUESTION 3
(a) The dogleg severity (DLS) of a new wellbore drilled at UMaT School of Petroleum Studies,
Tarkwa, Ghana is to be computed by using the radius of curvature and tangential methods with the
following survey data given below.
Survey 1 Survey 2
Depth, ft 4331 4362
Inclination, degrees 14.5 15.7
Azimuth, degrees N 10 E N 20 E

 
DLS = cos −1 ( cos I1  cos I 2 ) + ( sin I1  sin I 2 )  cos ( A2 − A1 )  
100
CL
...Radius of curvature method

100
DLS = ...Tan gential method
L ( sin I1  sin I 2 )( sin A1  sin A2 + cos A1  cos A2 ) + cos I1  cos I 2 

(i) Write python codes with comments to calculate the dogleg severity using the radius of curvature
and tangential methods in degrees per 100 ft. [12 marks]

(b) The cost per foot ($/ft) for drilling a gas well at KT Oilfield, Tarkwa, Ghana is expressed as:

$ CB + CRTT + CRTR
=
ft Y

(i) Write python codes to define a function with comments to compute the cost of drilling the gas
well at KT Oilfield, Tarkwa, Ghana [10 marks]
(ii) Using the following drilling parameters provided, call the main function in (i) to compute the
cost of drilling the gas well at KT Oilfield, Tarkwa, Ghana [3 marks]
Bit cos t ( CB ) = $4000 Rig cos t ( CR ) = $9000 / day Footage per bit run (Y ) = 2000 ft
Trip time (TT ) = 10 hr Rotating time (TR ) = 70 hr

Lecturer: Dr Eric Thompson Brantson

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