Browsing Department of Petroleum Engineering by Subject "VDP::Technology: 500::Rock and petroleum disciplines: 510::Petroleum engineering: 512"
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Drillbotics 2016: Management of drilling incidents while drilling heterogeneous formation rocks.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-29)The purpose of the thesis is to analyse the abnormal incidents on the drill pipe. The reason for this research is to apply the learned theories into the reality by building an automated rig and detect the problems. Also, ... -
Drilling efficiency and stability comparison between Tricone, PDC and Kymera drill bits
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-15)The primary object of this thesis is to analyse and optimise the drill bits performance that used to drill on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The three different types of bits that were utilized under drilling are described ... -
Drilling operation efficiency
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)The petroleum industry on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is in a time with well construction time and cost as an increased challenging factor. The operators desire to discontinue this trend and are currently cutting cost. ... -
Drilling through the over-pressured formations on Skarv field
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-15)The main objective of this thesis was an investigation and of drilling operations in over-pressured formations on the J-4H/HT2 well on the Skarv field off the coast of mid-Norway. Abnormally high formation pressures on ... -
Dry reforming of methane over nickel catalysts modified with noble metals
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016, Master thesis, 2016-06)Recently there has been renewed attention in dry reforming of methane (DRM) due to potential environmental benefits of utilizing CO2 and an increase in demand for synthesis gas. DRM refers to the chemical reaction of methane ... -
Dry reforming of methane: catalyst development and thermodynamic analysis
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-08-10)With the concern of global warming resulted of greenhouse gases (GHG), continuous efforts have been devoted to address this issue by advanced chemical reaction technologies to convert the main GHG gas CO2 into useful ... -
Dual gradient drilling - simulations during connection operations
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-15)As oilfields are ageing and depleting, operators are forced to start searching for oil in more hostile environments. These new environments can introduce new drilling challenges. Prospects like ultra deep water reservoirs ... -
Dual gradient drilling and use of the AUSMV scheme for investigating the dynamics of the system
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Offshore drilling is one of the most challenging operations in the oil industry, due to the complexity of the operation and the harsh work conditions. Some marine prospects are difficult to drill with the present ... -
Effect of barium and strontium on low salinity waterflooding
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-27)Much work has been done on the subject of low salinity waterflooding (LSWF) as a potential enhanced oil recovery method. It has been shown many times that reducing the salinity of the injected brine could have a positive ... -
Effect of Colloidal Transport on CO2 Injectivity
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)Climate change is a long term change in weather due to Earth process, volcanic activity and change concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. CO2 is generated mainly from industrial ... -
Effect of IFT on gravity segregation in mixed wet reservoir
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)The effects of water-oil interfacial tension (IFT) on gravity segregation and its implication on oil recovery have been investigated by numerical simulations and steady state upscaling. Eclipse surfactant model was used ... -
Effect of Nano Additives on Friction in a Bentonite Water Based System
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-13)This thesis will present relevant literature study and theory for the experimental and simulation parts. Several water based drilling fluids containing high and low concentrations of TiN, MoS2 and Graphene in nano-size ... -
Effect of Nano silica and salts on CMC/PAC polymer –Bentonite fluid system
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)Drilling fluids are an integral part of drilling operations. The quality of the fluid system determines the success of drilling operations. Recently the application of nanotechnology shows positive results in cement, ... -
Effect of Nano silica and Salts on Xanthan gum polymer-Bentonite solution
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015)The application of nanotechnology shows positive results in the oil and gas industry, with respect to cement, drilling fluid and enhanced oil recovery. In this thesis, an optimized nano-fluid in Xanthan gum (XC) polymer ... -
Effect of Nano silica in brine treated PAC/XC/ LV-CMC polymer Bentonite fluid system
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)In this thesis the performance of Nano silica in polymer based bentonite fluid system was analysed. Several combination of Nano with salt and polymer types were formulated and tested. The effect of temperature, salt, polymer ... -
Effect of small amounts of surfactants on oil-water dispersion
(Master thesis, 2014-06-16)The present work reports the study of oil-water dispersions in static conditions. All experiments were carried out with a mineral oil and tap water in glass beakers with mixing of the phases. Small amounts of non-ionic ... -
Effect of water-extractable carboxylic acids in crude oil on wettability in carbonates
(Journal article, 2011)The acidic components of the crude oil have a profound effect on the initial wetting conditions and possible wettability alteration by seawater in carbonates. In this work, three types of crude oils with different ... -
Effect Screen Erosion on Reservoir Performance
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Oil and gas are mainly produced from sandstone reservoirs, where sand production may play an important role in the whole reservoir development strategy, not only in terms of optimizing well completion, but in well rate and ... -
Effective application of solvent addition for improving the performance of SAGD process
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)This research attempts to assess the effects of changing the injection times for CO2 solvent injection in the Solvent Assisted SAGD process and to study the phase behavior of Steam, Solvent and Oil. Simulations were ... -
Effects of fines migration on CO2 well injectivity
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)Carbon capture and storage is considered an important way to reduce atmospheric emission of greenhouse gases such as CO2. This technology involves capture of carbon from the source of emission, transportation to storage ...