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24-Pet-A5 Petroleum Production Operations: May 2018

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  1. Question 1 Fetkovich IPR — Isochronal Test and Two-Rate Sensitivity
  2. Question 2 Standing's Flow-Efficiency Method — Hydraulic-Fracturing Evaluation
  3. Question 3 Nodal Analysis — Vogel IPR vs. Tubing Intake, Natural Flow and Gas-Lift Requirement
  4. Question 4 Gas-Lift Valve Mechanics — Force Balance for Valve No. 3
  5. Question 5 Two-Slurry Cementing Job — Slurry Volumes and Sack Counts

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National Exams May 2018 — 17-PET-A5 Petroleum Production Operations (3 hrs, open book). Reference texts: Golan & Whitson, Well Performance, 2nd ed.; Ahmed, Reservoir Engineering Handbook, 5th ed.; Brown, The Technology of Artificial Lift Methods, Vol. 2a–4; Beggs, Production Optimization Using Nodal Analysis, 2nd ed.; Bourgoyne et al., Applied Drilling Engineering, 1st ed. (cementing, Ch. 6).

The source NOTES state that the first four questions as answered constitute a complete paper; every question (1–5) is fully solved below.