Dear CEO of Company,

This report contains the cost information for the natural gas wells in
Vernal, Utah. Various scenarios have been presented and each will be broken
down by cost and total cost.

A. The first scenario is running pipeline through BLM ground running west,
south, and then east to the refinery.

In total this will be 61 miles strictly on BLM ground. $475,000 is the

cost of materials, labor and fees per mile and total costing
$28,975,000.
B. The second scenario is running the pipeline east through the mountain
and then south to the refinery.

Drilling this way is a little more complex cost wise.

Drilling through the mountain has a one-time cost of $4,600,000 on top
of the $475,000 per mile. BLM also requires an environmental impact
study before allowing us to drill through the mountain which has an
estimated cost of $500,000 and will also delay the project by 6 months
which will be $115,000 per month. Looking at the math here, it would
be $4,600,000 + (43 miles * $475,000) + $500,000 + ( 6 months *

$115,000) = $26,215,000. This option costs less than the first option
but there are other scenarios to consider.
C. These next two cases are considering running the pipeline through
private ground to the refinery.
The first one would be to run the pipeline directly to the refinery
through private ground. The way we found the distance was
With this equation you find the hypotenuse of the triangle which is
miles. For every mile on private ground it is an additional
$350,000 on top of the $475,000. That would be ($350,000 +

$475,000) * 32.202 which totals to $26,567,049.61 from the company.

D. The next option would be to run the pipeline straight down through
private ground but then east on BLM grounds.

14 miles through private ground and then 29 miles through BLM

ground. This would be (14 miles * $825,000) + (29 * $475,000) =
$25,325,000 from the company.

E. This last option would be to make the pipeline cross the private
grounds at a certain angle and then connect to the BLM grounds. This
one is a bit trickier and does require some calculus. The final cost for
this one however is $23,218,516.29. This is the least expensive out of
all the options and the recommended approach to the refinery.
To get this final cost we had to go through these steps:

Reflection
Everything I have learned in Calculus seems very useful if I were in a field
more directed towards a more mechanical engineering. I can see this
applying to a lot of physics based careers, but calculus also has a lot of
trigonometry involved which is useful in civil engineering or architectures.
I can find Calculus to be useful in my field of study relating to the
electrical engineering. Calculating how quickly it takes for example fiber
internet rather than just normal copper wire internet would take distance
into consideration along with material type. Thank you for taking the time
to teach me this semester!