• Plug and abandonment, milling operations and simulations 

      Randby, Marie (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-13)
      During plug and abandonment, there can be a need for removing casing to ensure that a proper cement barrier can be set. The conventional method for doing this is by performing milling oper ...
    • Pore scale modeling of capillary pressure curves in 2D rock images 

      Zhou, Yingfang (PhD thesis UiS;213, Doctoral thesis, 2013-12-10)
      Capillary pressure is relevant to most processes of multiphase flow inporous media, as it controls the pore scale fluids distribution. Reliable capillary pressure curves are required to model and predict larger-scale ...
    • Potential of evaporation for geothermal energy exploitation 

      Lysen, Christian (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-13)
      This master thesis investigates the potential of using heat pipes as geothermal heating systems for domestic purposes. The total electric energy consumption in Norway used for heating purposes is estimated to be as much ...
    • Preparation of Activated Carbon from Biomass for High Performance Supercapacitors 

      Azuatalam, Kingsley (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)
      Activated carbon was successfully synthesized from waste paper by physical, chemical and a combination of both activation procedures. The chemically activated carbon samples was achieved by using H3PO4 and KOH as agents. ...
    • Processing and analysis of Vertical Seismic Profile data acquired while drilling (VSP-WD) 

      Kreona, Angeliki (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)
      A Vertical Seismic Profiling While Drilling (VSP-WD) survey method was used to acquire data for processing analysis. This survey carried out in West Cameron in Offshore Louisiana by Schlumberger in 2005. A seismic source ...
    • Production performance analysis of well with different inflow technologies 

      Kåsa, Nina Iren (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)
    • Proper Cementing to Reduce Time and Cost 

      Saleh, Hakim Saaid (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)
      This work brings up some important aspects of cementing procedure with the aim of reducing WOC time, avoiding remedial cementing and referring to some new technologies regarding plug and abandonment. In the beginning, a ...
    • PSV sizing verification for Alvheim process equipment during gas blowby scenarios 

      Kvammen, Rune (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)
      The EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and installation) contractor which delivered the PSVs to Alvheim states that the PSVs are sized to handle a gas blowby scenario. Marathon Norge AS does not hold any documentation ...
    • Recognition and quantification of petroleum source rocks from well log data and its applications 

      El Souki, Nieve (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2011;, Master thesis, 2012-06)
      Petroleum source rocks constitute one of the main elements in petroleum systems. Several methods have been developed to characterize source rocks, mainly using geochemical and petrographical laboratory techniques to determine ...
    • Reelwell drilling method - installation and cementation of 10 ¾’’ casing and 7" liner - method and case example 

      Uglebakken, Lars (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06)
      Current technology gives an opportunity to drill Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) wells with a tremendous length of horizontal departure. The Reelwell Drilling Method (RDM) is a drilling technology particularly suited for ...
    • Reliability Based Casing Design 

      Eleonu, Ositadinma Tochi (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)
      It is a well-known fact that wells are increasingly becoming extremely expensive and difficult to drill as well as develop due to increasing water depth, temperatures, and pressures. All these result in an increasing load ...
    • Reservoir characterization and conformance control from downhole temperature measurements 

      Ramos, Javier (Master thesis, 2015-07-15)
      Temperature plays an important role in reservoir development since it affects fluid and formation properties and it is especially important for EOR deployment. Downhole temperature measurements have been available for ...
    • Reservoir Characterization of the Skagerrak Formation 

      Byberg, Ingrid (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)
      A petrophyscial evaluation has been generated for three wells penetrating the Skagerrak Formation in the Sleip ner Øst field, the Gungne field, and the Loke field in the Central North Sea, Figure 5 - 1. ...
    • Reservoir characterization of the Snorre Field 

      Gjestvang, Jørgen (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)
      The fluvial sandstone in the Snorre field consists of braided to meander streams deposited in arid and in humid climate that show a clear differences in the sedimentology and reservoir properties, especially the silt content ...
    • Reservoir characterization through numerical models 

      Roscher, Hans Marius (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)
      Numerical models have been generated for two DST’s run in the Ile and Tilje formations in the exploration wells 6406/2-2 and 6406/2-4SR in the Lavrans field located in the mid-Norwegian sea at Haltenbanken. DST 2 in well ...
    • Reservoir potential in the Klappmyss Formation, Barents Sea 

      Bjørheim, Maren (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2012;, Master thesis, 2012-06)
      By May 2012 there are a total of 91 exploration and appraisal wells in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea, and more than 300 000 km of seismic reflection data. Moreover, estimation from Norwegian Petroleum Directorate ...
    • Reservoir wetting in sandstone reservoirs, adsorption of polar basic oil components onto quartz and feldspar minerals. 

      Abdullah, Noria (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)
      For more than a decade the mechanism behind flooding with low salinity water have been studied and well documented as increased oil recovery method (EOR) in sandstone reservoirs. Recently Austad et. al. proposed a new ...
    • Retention of polar oil components in low salinity water flooding 

      Sokama-Neuyam, Yen Adams (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-14)
      The influence of brine chemistry, salinity and composition on the retention of polar oil components onto reservoir rock mineral surface in relation to low salinity water flooding (LSWF) was studied and evaluated in this ...
    • Review of completion technologies 

      Løge, Snorre (Master thesis, 2015-06)
      It used to be that completion expenditures were a modest proportion of the total capital costs and field development time. Today the wells have become exponentially challenging along with new field development discoveries. ...
    • Rheological evaluation of a sodium silicate gel for water management in mature oilfields 

      Pham, Lieu Thuy (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)
      Excess water production is a common problem in mature and hydrocarbon rate declining oil and gas fields. Increased water production rates reduce oil and gas production, increase the cost related with fluid lifting, handling ...