Question: Question 1 . The lead engineer on a new offshore prospect in the GOM has called in sick. Investors are calling your boss to get

Question 1. The lead engineer on a new offshore prospect in the GOM has called in sick. Investors are calling
your boss to get an estimate of the original oil in place and the potential recovery from the new find. In an
attempt to be helpful, you find the assumptions in the engineers desk, but she has not calculated the OOIP or
potential reserve recovery. The notes reveal that it will take four wells to deplete a 160 acre tract. The
reservoir rock is a sandstone called the Wilcox with 250 feet of pay. The porosity of the reservoir rock is
measured to be 22% with a water saturation of only 3%. The conventional completion design is anticipated to
recover 30% of the OOIP. The Bo is estimated to be 1.35RBSTB. What is the OOIP per well and estimated
recovery from each well? What is the total OOIP from the tract and associated recovery from this discovery?
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