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Justiss Oil Case Study

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Our project was for Justiss Oil Company. They plan to drill six gas wells near
Alexandria, LA. The gas wells will produce approximately 97% methane. Three of the wells will have one interest owner, while the other three have different interest owners. Our goals include designing the pipeline and surface equipment, analyzing the costs and plans for drilling the wells, designing an efficient road system while minimizing cost, and calculating total expected future revenues. Our primary goal is to determine if the project is economically viable.
As of now, the first well in the plan has been drilled, completed, and is currently producing gas. Using the production data and well logs from Well #1, we were able to utilize formation evaluation techniques and do our project …show more content…

The blue lines on the map indicate the pipelines needed to connect the wells into the Facility Meter Location. We took the elevation variation of the gas field into account when we designed the pipelines. We made sure all the pipeline were taking the smoothest path possible with the minimum ups and downs on their way. For example, the elevation map (the pink graph) shows the elevation variation for the pipeline that connects
Prospect #2 and Prospect #3 to the Meter Facility. The high elevation is at the well sites and the low elevation is at the Meter Facility. Next, we measured the distance from each well to the
Meter Facility and calculated the amount of pipes needed (in feet). One important point that we noticed was the reduction of pipes needed if the pipelines coming out of each well were merged before they reached the Meter Station. Our calculation shows that there will be a total of 7200 feet reduction of pipes if the pipelines merged together when it is it is possible (Figure – A) .
After an investigation by our team, it was found that Louisiana allows pipes to merge, so

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