Master's theses (TN-IPT 2007-2017): Recent submissions
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Life Cycle of deepwater oil and gas operational challenges/solutions and simulation studies
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-08-21)Deepwater is defined as water depths that are greater than 1 000 ft. The exploration and development activities in deepwater are the Oil and Gas industry’s biggest challenges, and they demand a huge investment. However, ... -
Offshore ledelse og endring: Hvordan støtte utvikling og implementering av ISSOW (integrated safe system of work)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-12)Som operatør av Ekofisk feltet har ConocoPhillips Norge kontinuerlig jobbet med å redusere sannsynligheten for hendelser med storulykkes potensial. Innen næringen har det vært fokus på å arbeide med å redusere storulykkesrisiko ... -
Application of Multilateral Wells as an alternative solution for costs optimization
(UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)Field completion techniques have progressed over the last twenty years. Today, different methods of well drilling can reduce total costs spent on single well construction. Multilateral wells is the primary example of ... -
MPD: Simulation and Control Systems
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2011;, Master thesis, 2011-06)Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) has solved many conventional drilling problems. It has given the access to the reservoirs where conventional drilling was facing difficulties. The tight pressure windows in depleted reservoirs, ... -
Adaptive Observer Design for Linear Hyperbolic System in Managed Pressure Drilling
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) is a drilling technology that has been developed to manage and control the downhole pressure in the well in order to minimize drilling-related problems. This technology uses a pressurized ... -
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 ... -
Micro- and nano-analyses of fracture-filling after flooding on-shore chalk with different IOR fluids
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-22)Water injection into the Ekofisk-reservoir was introduced in 1987 to enhance oil recovery (EOR) dissolution and precipitation by exposing chalk to various brines at reservoir conditions, which further increased deformation ... -
Automated MPD level in the oil and gas industry and development possibility
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)Automation is introduced to the industrial field long time ago, but still in its first steps in the oil and gas industry. There are many reasons led to this slow of automation in this industry. These reasons related to the ... -
MWCNT and SiO2 Nanoparticle Enhanced Drilling Fluid Formulation and Characterization: Experimental and Simulation studies
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2018-02-12)In recent years the application of nanotechnology has shown impressive results in improving the performance of drilling fluid, enhanced oil recovery and in cement. However, the research and development based on nanotechnology ... -
The Cook Formation Reservoir Architecture, Stratigraphy and Paleogeography in the Tampen Spur Area
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-12-19)This thesis describes the development of the prograding and aggrading, Lower Jurassic Cook Formation across Knarr Field and Garantiana discovery located in the Tampen Spur area in the Northern North Sea. 11 facies, 5 ... -
Subsurface investigation in the Gulf of Corinth (GoC), Greece
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-08-11)Corinth Rift is an excellent rift laboratory to study the rift processes occurring during the early and late stages of continental extension due to exposure of a series of half-graben structures at the southern margin. ... -
High-resolution heavy mineral studies on “black sands” from the Nama Group (Fish River Subgroup) in Namibia – Part II.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-07)“Black sands” from a presumed heavy mineral placer of the Nama Group in Namibia will be studied in detail. The samples for this thesis are collected from various outcrops belonging to the Fish River Subgroup in the Nababis ... -
A study of several proposed alluvial fan deposits in the Kerpini Fault Block, Greece
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-19)The rift in the Gulf of Corinth is one of the most active rifts in the world. Regional N-S extension has caused normal faulting from the Gulf of Corinth and southwards into the Peloponnese Peninsula. The normal faulting ... -
Dry well analysis of well 6407/10-5 at 793 area, Norwegian Sea.
(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. ... -
Bayesian Lithology and Fluid Prediction on the Mikkel Field using a geologically constrained prior model
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)The main objective of this project was to predict lithology and fluid classes from prestack seismic data at the Mikkel field in the Norwegian Sea. Segments 5 and 7 on the flank of the main field are of special interest ... -
Coupling of trishear fault-propagation folding and ground process modelling.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)This thesis couples two processes, tectonics and sedimentation, by simulating the kinematics of fault-propagation folding with sedimentary processes in the form of erosion, transport, and deposition, in a 3D numerical ... -
Converted wave imaging and velocity analysis using elastic reverse-time migration
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-22)Along the continuous evolution of exploration seismology, the main objective has been producing better subsurface seismic images that lead to lower risk exploration and enhanced production. The unique characteristics of ... -
Paleozoic-Holocene tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Sørvestlandet High and the Åsta Graben, Southern Norwegian North Sea
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)This study is presenting a three-dimensional seismic data set and published data from exploration wells which were used to reconstruct the tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Sørvestlandet High, Southern North Sea, Norway. ... -
Rift Segmentation: structural mapping of syn-rift successions between the Kerpini-Tsivlos and Mamoussia-Pirgaki Faults, Greece
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)The Corinth Rift of Central Greece is currently active in the Gulf of Corinth. A series of rotated fault blocks from the early rift stages are preserved onshore in the southern part of the rift. These are well-exposed in ... -
An Integrated Study of the Cretaceous Sequence Stratigraphic Development in the Northern Stord Basin, North Sea, Using 3D and 2D Seismic Data and Wells
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-21)The Cretaceous interval of the northern Stord Basin is under-studied stratigraphic successions due to its minor significance for the oil and gas industry. Therefore, the available subsurface data is limited, especially ...