• Water shut-off with polymer - core study application for the Alvheim Field 

      Tønnessen, Marie (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)
      This thesis is an experimental study where different polymers have been evaluated for disproportionate permeability reduction (DPR) effects. The laboratory work was performed at Norce, for Aker BP, as a part of the Master’s ...
    • Water Weakening of Artificially Fractured Chalk, Fracture Modification and Mineral Precipitation during Water Injection—An Experimental Study 

      Bredal, Tine Vigdel; Korsnes, Reidar Inge; Zimmermann, Udo; Minde, Mona Wetrhus; Madland, Merete Vadla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05)
      This experiment was designed to study the water-weakening effect of artificially fractured chalk caused by the injection of different compositions of brines under reservoir conditions replicating giant hydrocarbon reservoirs ...
    • Water weakening of chalk: A mechanistic study 

      Madland, Merete Vadla (PhD thesis UiS;11, Doctoral thesis, 2005)
      Since the detection of the Ekofisk subsidence some 20 years ago, there has been a considerable research activity concerning chalk behaviour in general, and mechanical properties particularly. Due to the importance of water ...
    • Water weakening of chalks - comparsion of intact and fractured cores 

      Abubeker, Elyas (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-17)
      Even though Chemical induced compaction on high porosity chalks has been studied extensively, little attention was given to the impacts of fractures when chalk is exposed to various flooding brines. Due to the nature of ...
    • 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+, ...
    • Water-Based EOR in Limestone by Smart Water : A study of surface chemistry 

      Ravari, Reza Rostami (PhD thesis UiS;147, Doctoral thesis, 2011-12-09)
    • Waterflooding of carbonate reservoirs : EOR by wettability alteration 

      Puntervold, Tina (PhD thesis UiS;50, Doctoral thesis, 2008-05-30)
      Oil production is generally divided into three stages, primary recovery, secondary recovery and tertiary recovery. In primary recovery, which is usually (but not necessarily) the first production stage, the natural energy ...
    • Wave energy converter 

      Taboada, Jose Vazquez (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)
      The principal objective of this thesis has been to study and research on Water Energy Convertors(WEC) devices, carrying out theoretical and analytical approximations. Nowadays, the demand of renewable energy resources is ...
    • Wave Influenced Wind and the Effect on Offshore Wind Turbine Performance 

      Kalvig, Siri M.; Manger, Eirik; Hjertager, Bjørn H; Jakobsen, Jasna Bogunovic (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      In this paper the effect of wave influenced wind on offshore wind turbines is studied numerically. The wave is seen as a dynamical roughness that influences the wind flow and hence the wind turbine performance. An actuator ...
    • Wave-equation migration velocity analysis of the successive vintages of the Sleipner Field - A detailed prediction of the mechanical effects caused by CO2 injection 

      Grønberg, Annette (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-14)
      Since September 1996, Statoil and partners have through their carbon capture and storage project at the Sleipner field, located in the central North Sea, injected approximately one million tons carbon dioxide per year into ...
    • Weak solutions for a gas liquid model relevant for describing gas-kick in oil wells 

      Evje, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      The purpose of this paper is to establish a local in time existence result for a compressible gas-liquid model. The model is a drift-flux model which is composed of two continuity equations and one mixture momentum equation ...
    • Weakly interacting dark matter miracle 

      Norli, Stine Aunøien (Bachelor thesis, 2022)
      Dark matter is currently actively searched for in particle physics. In this thesis the weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are looked at as possible dark matter candidates. The thesis focus on the mechanism called ...
    • Weather Risk In Marine Operations: An Approach For Using Risk Indicators From Offshore Environment Perspective 

      Avsthi, Shivam (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)
      The safety of marine operations is largely dependent on the weather conditions. The conditions which exist at the location of operations, during the period when the operations are planned for execution, determine the ...
    • Weather sensitivity of maritime activities on Chinese Shelf 

      Lu, Youyu (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-10-03)
      The objective of the thesis is to discuss the weather sensitivity of maritime activities, inter alia, with respect to the aspects of passage planning, load plan-making, and ship maneuvering. As maritime activities represent ...
    • Web application for energy system 

      Vyizigiro, Simeon; Hussain, Hammad Munir; Ericson, Atle Bjørnstadjordet (Bachelor thesis, 2023)
      This bachelor thesis describes the development of a web application that allows users to configure and save simulations for an energy system. The application utilizes a pre-existing simulator pack to generate real-time ...
    • Web application for energy system integration 

      Vyizigiro, Simeon; Ericson, Atle Bjørnstadjordet; Hussain, Hammad Munir (Bachelor thesis, 2023)
      This bachelor thesis describes the development of a web application that allows users to configure and save simulations for an energy system. The application utilizes a pre-existing simulator pack to generate real-time results, ...
    • Web application for energy system integration 

      Vyizigiro, Simeon; Ericson, Atle Bjørnstadjordet; Hussain, Hammad Munir (Bachelor thesis, 2023)
      This bachelor thesis describes the development of a web application that allows users to configure and save simulations for an energy system. The application utilizes a pre-existing simulator pack to generate real-time results, ...
    • A web based solution to track trawl vessel activities over pipelines in Norwegian Continental Shelf 

      Farmanbar, Mina; Palanisamy, Anandhakumar; Høydal, Anne Britt; Keprate, Arvind; Haug, Gjermund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Vessel activities such as trawling and anchoring potentially affect pipeline integrity. Therefore, the detailed information about the trawl activity in the area is essential for accurate assessment of pipeline, where to ...
    • WebAssembly for systemprogrammering 

      Esposito, Andrea; Cadacio, John Marvin (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      Med lanseringen av en ny standard har WebAssembly vært en økende trend blant utviklere. Primært har stasjonære og mobile nettlesere full støtte for WebAssembly per i dag. Det gir mange fordeler når den kjøres inne i ...
    • WebAssembly for systemprogrammering 

      Esposito Andrea, Cadacio John Marvin (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      Med lanseringen av en ny standard har WebAssembly vært en økende trend blant utviklere. Primært har stasjonære og mobile nettlesere full støtte for WebAssembly per i dag. Det gir mange fordeler når den kjøres inne i ...