Blar i UiS Brage på forfatter "Strand, Skule"
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Low Carbon Enhanced Oil Recovery Solution for Carbonates
Khan, Md Ashraful Islam (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Oil production from mature fields causes significant CO2 emissions, primarily linked to the management and processing of injected and produced water. As fields age, the demand for injected water increases, increasing both ... -
Low-temperature carbonated water injection for enhanced oil recovery in chalk
Kvitvær, Gustav (Master thesis, 2023)The oil industry is still an essential contributor to meeting the continuously increasing global energy demands. As the world looks towards reaching carbon neutrality, new approaches and innovative ideas have never been ... -
Lønnsomheten ved implementering av Økt Oljeutvinning - Økonomisk Potensial for Smart Vann i Sandstein
Thuestad, Kristine (Master thesis, 2021)Smart Vann er en fremvoksende økt oljeutvinning (EOR) teknologi, som har vist lovende resultater i laboratoriet. Ved å uvinne en ytterligere 26% OOIP har denne EOR-metoden et stort potensial for implementering i felt, ved ... -
Optimization of a smart water composition for Enhanced Oil Recovery study by wettability alteration in carbonates at high temperature.
Ullah, Hidayat (Master thesis, 2021)Seawater due to its wettability modifying qualities has proved to be an excellent injection fluid in chalk. At high temperature seawater alter wettability towards more water-wet conditions thus improving the overall oil ... -
Optimizing carbonate core restoration procedures - Effect of crude oil saturation and mild cleaning
Kapstad, Simen (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)Wettability has a big impact on how much we can recover by water flooding a reservoir, and there is a commercial potential for improvement done through alteration of the wettability. Studies have been conducted and shown ... -
pH Development Analysis of Alkaline and Low Salinity Water Flooding in sandstone cores
Khan, Md Ashraful Islam (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)Low salinity (LS) water flooding has been in the center of interest for conventional oil recovery in sandstone reservoir for more than two decades because of its low cost and potential for increased oil recovery. Though ... -
Polysulphate as Smart Water Additive for Improved Oil Recovery from Carbonate Reservoirs
Algazban, Saja (Master thesis, 2022) -
Polysulphate: A New Enhanced Oil Recovery Additive to Maximize the Oil Recovery From Carbonate Reservoirs at High Temperature
Khan, Md Ashraful Islam; Piñerez Torrijos, Iván Darío; Aldeen, Saja H.; Puntervold, Tina; Strand, Skule (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Seawater (SW) injection is an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) success in the North Sea carbonate reservoirs due to wettability alteration toward a more water-wet state. This process is triggered by the difference in composition ... -
Production of Smart Water by Acid Flooding in Chalk Cores: Oil Recovery Effects at Intermediate Temperature
Lindanger, Markus (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)Considering that most carbonates are of low water wetness, it is of great interest to inject a brine that can alter the wettability to enhance oil production. Smart Water injection has therefore become the most meaningful ... -
Production of Smart Water by Acid Flooding in Chalk: Temperature Limitation at Slightly Water-Wet Conditions
Andreassen, Erlend (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)Seawater has proven to be an excellent injection fluid in chalk due to its ability to alter the wettability towards more water-wet conditions at high temperatures. This chemically induced wettability alteration improves ... -
Reproducing wettability in sandstone reservoir core material in laboratory core restorations
Aslanidis, PANAGIOTIS; Strand, Skule; Piñerez Torrijos, Iván Darío; Puntervold, Tina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)Replicating initial reservoir wettability conditions in core restoration by core cleaning and fluid restoration in the laboratory is of great importance. There are several core cleaning and restoration protocols used in ... -
Smart Water EOR potential in Brazilian oilfields
Ferreira, Eliane (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)The fact that the petroleum industry still invest a lot of money on different oil recovery techniques indicates that there is an increasing demand for oil that needs to be met. Water flooding is a common secondary oil ... -
Smart Water injection into sandstone reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery - Influence of oil components on sandstone wetting
Kinn, Magnus (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Both fluid flow and Smart Water EOR process in reservoirs are affected by the reservoir wetting. In order to study the wettability effect of polar organic components present in crude oil, the adsorption of acidic and basic ... -
Smart Water injection into sandstone reservoirs for EOR - Optimal mineral sample preparation and influence of feldspar minerals
Hetland, Bente (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)Smart Water is an injection brine that has been modified and designed for inducing wettability alteration to increase oil recovery in a reservoir. It is an cost effective and environmentally friendly EOR method that can ... -
Smart Water injection to enhance oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs – Acid number and base number adsorption onto chalk
Gaybaliyev, Heydar (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-14)Water-Based Enhanced Oil recovery (EOR) by injecting "Smart Water" in Carbonate Reservoirs have shown promising results. The success of EOR-process waterflooding by “Smart Water” is dictated by the initial wetting condition ... -
“Smart water” as a wettability modifier in chalk: The effect of salinity and ionic composition
Fathi, Seyed Jafar; Austad, Tor; Strand, Skule (Doctoral thesis; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Seawater can improve the water wetness of chalk at high temperatures, which improves the oil displacement by spontaneous imbibition of water. It is experimentally verified that the interaction between Ca2+, Mg2+, and SO42− ... -
The Effect of Adsorption of Crude Oil Polar Organic Components on Wettability and EOR Potential by Smart Water on Sandstone Cores
Fazilani, Novia (Master thesis, 2021)Reservoir wettability is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential parameters in oil recovery processes. The complexity of the underlying crude oil brine rock (CoBR) interactions at the interface boundaries acting ... -
The Effect of Injection Rate and Oil Viscosity on Oil Recovery by Waterflooding on Sandstone Cores
Souayeh, Iyad (Master thesis, 2021)With every passing day, the rise for developing and optimizing oil recovery methods and techniques grows, since the global demand for energy is increasing exponentially. Water flooding is still regarded as the most widely ... -
Water-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) by “Smart Water”: optimal ionic composition for EOR in carbonates
Fathi, Seyed Jafar; Austad, Tor; Strand, Skule (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Doctoral thesis, 2011)The composition of the injecting brine has a profound effect on the efficiency of water-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. Recently, we observed that not only is the concentration of the active ions Ca2+, Mg2+, ... -
Wettability alteration in carbonates: the effect of water-soluble carboxylic acids in crude oil
Fathi, Seyed Jafar; Austad, Tor; Strand, Skule; Puntervold, Tina (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Doctoral thesis, 2010)Acidic components in crude oil influence the wetting condition through their effect on electrostatic interactions with the mineral surfaces. In this paper, we have extracted water-soluble acids from a crude oil with a high ...