Browsing Master's theses (TN-IPT 2007-2017) by Title
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Simulation and interpretation of well tests in pressure (stress) sensitive reservoirs with induced fractures
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)In the petroleum industry pressure (stress) dependent permeability is usually not considered in reservoir simulations. It’s often due to lack of laboratory and field data, which determines the level of pressure (stress) ... -
Simulation and Modelling of Injectivity during Pressurized Mud Cap Drilling with the AUSMV Numerical Scheme
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)Operation and drilling in highly fractured carbonate formations are associated with several challenges. Some of the main challenges include large/total losses of drilling fluids, loss of hydrostatic pressure and gas influxes. ... -
Simulation of a gas kick
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)In this paper a gas kick is simulated using a MatLab program for the purpose of showing several important phenomenons that occur during a gas kick. Pressure, flow rate in and out, fluid velocities and fluid fractions is ... -
Simulation of CO2 injectivity in a laboratory cylindrical-cone model
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)In this thesis the processes (caused by injection of carbon dioxide) - mainly migration of particles and dissolution and precipitation of carbonates - which cause changing of permeability (and consequently injectivity) are ... -
Simulation of Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)In this project simulation of the Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery (ECBMR) is investigated. Two simulation models were built in Petroleum Experts and CMG (GEM) Software. Prediction of the ECBMR is a complex process. It ... -
Simulation of water diversion using ECLIPSE Options
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)A recent large scale inter-well field pilot project on in-depth water diversion using silicates done at Snorre field in the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by Statoil ASA in 2013 revealed that even though the operation ... -
Simulation study of co-current spontaneous imbibition
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-08-27)Spontaneous imbibition is the main driving mechanism for obtaining high recovery from the naturally fractured reservoirs with low permeable matrix. The present thesis presents the results of a simulation study of ... -
Simulation study of gas export in a Brent reservoir with gas cap
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-07-13)This study reflects a simulation study of a typical Brent reservoir with gas cap. A case study has been done on Oseberg Main field, a good example of a Brent reservoir with gas cap, to understand the characteristics and ... -
Simulations of the inner heat coefficient during methane hydrate formation and growth in a stirred cell reactor
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)In the thesis presented in this paper, simulations have been performed in order to investigate the inner heat coefficient of a hydrate-testing cell as a function of varying stirring rates, initial water amounts, and testing ... -
Smart vann i karbonat: Effekt av initiell vannmetning og oljeviskositet på oljeutvinning ved spontan imbibering i kritt
(Master thesis, 2015-06-15)Målet med oppgaven var å optimalisere og gjennomføre den eksperimentelle delen som inneholder forberedelse av kritt-kjernene, forskjellige tester med spontan imbibering og tester med forskjellige typer oljer med forskjellige ... -
Smart vann i sandstein, effekt av kalsium konsentrasjon på adsorpsjon av kinolin på illitt leire
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)Flømming med vann med lav saltkonsentrasjon har blitt en vel dokumentert økt oljegjenvinningsmetode (EOR) i sandsteins reservoarer. Både eksperimentelt og i felten. -
Smart water EOR effects in preserved sandstone reservoir cores, comparison between sea water and low salinity brines at 136°C
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)Low salinity waterflooding is an emerging EOR technique that injects water at significant lower ions concentration as compared to the formation water. Laboratory experiments and field tests show that it can enhance the oil ... -
Smart water EOR in sandstone reservoirs
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-13)This study attempts to assess the viability of injecting medium-salinity brines of 25.000 ppm NaCl as a substitute for 1.000 ppm low-salinity Smart Water for injection in sandstone reservoirs, as well as study the effect ... -
Smart Water injection into sandstone reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery - Influence of oil components on sandstone wetting
(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 to enhance oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs – Acid number and base number adsorption onto chalk
(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 ... -
Streaming potential - qualification of method and investigating the impact of brine in sandstone core plugs
(Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Streaming potential is an electrokinetic phenomenon caused by relative motion of ions close to a charged surface when a fluid moves past it. By measuring the streaming potential, information related to the surface ... -
Streaming Potential in Porous Media - Single and Two-Phase
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)The streaming potential method is a promising method to measure how surface potential change when different fluids are injected into a rock. The understanding of how and why the surface potential changes can give important ... -
Strength development of aplite-based geopolymer cements
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-05-21)The purpose of this work is to investigate and develop aplite-based geopolymer as an alternative material for Portland cement. This was done by conducting a series of experiments using an Ultrasonic Cement Analysis (UCA) ... -
Structural analysis of the Tabaco anticline, Cerrejon mine, Northern Colombia (South America)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-13)The Tabaco anticline is located in the Cesar-Ranchería basin of northern Colombia, South America, close to the transpressional collision between the Caribbean and South American plates. The anticline is bounded by the ... -
Structural evolution and fluvio-deltaic sedimentary architecture in salt-influenced rift-basins - examples from the Snadd Formation in the Nordkapp and Tiddlybanken basins
(Master thesis, 2016)The Nordkapp and Tiddlybanken basins are examples of salt sedimentary basins with thick successions of Triassic-Middle Jurassic fluvio-deltaic basin infill in the Barents Sea. The Middle to Upper Triassic Snadd Formation ...