• Dry well analysis of well 6407/10-5 at 793 area, Norwegian Sea. 

      Qamar, Javeria (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)
      The region of investigation is located in the Norwegian Sea, which is an area of high hydrocarbon activity. Many reservoirs have been successfully identified, drilled, and now they are producing in large oil & gas fields. ...
    • Dual gradient drilling - simulations during connection operations 

      Time, André (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 

      Haj, Ali Mohammed (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 ...
    • Dynamic Simulation Study on Alternative Marine Drilling Riser Materials in the Deep-Waters of the Norwegian Sea 

      Wareberg, Kristoffer (Master thesis, 2017-06-15)
      In the pursuit of more oil and gas to meet the growing demand and replace the declining production, the offshore industry is pushed to invest, explore and drill new wells in deeper waters with harsh environments and with ...
    • Dynamics of multiphase dispersed systems in rotating annulus 

      Shchekotov, Dmitry (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)
      An investigation of multiphase dispersed system dynamics in rotating annulus is described. The investigation was based on measuring rheological constant (viscosity) of two-phase flowing system. The flow was obtained between ...
    • Effect of barium and strontium on low salinity waterflooding 

      Halvorsen, Cathrine (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 

      Ginting, Pahmi (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 core cleaning solvents on wettability restoration and oil recovery by spontaneous imbibition in surface reactive, low permeable limestone reservoir cores 

      Aksulu, Hakan (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)
      The success of oil recovery, by water flooding, in naturally fractured, low permeable limestone reservoirs strictly depends on imbibition of injected water into the reservoir matrix block. Prerequisite of imbibition process ...
    • Effect of IFT on gravity segregation in mixed wet reservoir 

      Purwanto, Eko (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 

      Forthun, Shirin Charlotte (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 

      Ågotnes, Mona Fosseli (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 

      Fiveland, Annbjørg (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 

      Reza, Mirzai (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 

      Fateev, Gleb (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 flow in gravel pack with regards to heavy oil production 

      Ramstad, Barbro (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)
      The objective of the thesis is to see how the effect of water is displacing the oil through gravel pack. Experimental solutions have been developed for displacement performance of two vertical displacements and one horizontal. ...
    • Effect Screen Erosion on Reservoir Performance 

      Gjedrem, Christian (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 

      Hesland, Bjørnar (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 

      Timilsina, Bikram (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 ...
    • Effects of ions on oil recovery by low salinity water flooding on chalk reservoir 

      Gupta, Sachin (Master thesis, 2016-06-15)
      Low salinity water flooding has shown its potential for incremental oil recovery. It has been widely researched Oil Recovery method. However, the mechanism of the method has not fully understood. This is mainly due to ...
    • Effects of Lost Circulation Material on Cement Properties 

      Erlbeck, Fredrik (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)
      This study aims to find the effect lost circulation materials has on cement slurries through testing in viscometer, pressurised consistometer and static gel strength analyser at selected concentrations. A worksheet containing ...