• An evaluation of inflow control technologies on the Neptune Energy Gjøa field 

      Al Furati, Beder Mohammad (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-07)
      Operators are constantly looking for new ways to increase production and recovery in oil and gas wells by application of Intelligent Well Completions and Inflow Control Technology (ICT). For the latter, one of the main ...
    • An Evaluation of Liner Deformation in the Valhall Field 

      Klepaker, Kristian Tande (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Valhall is one of the giant, high porosity chalk reservoir in the southern part of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The field has been in production since 1982 with pressure depletion and reservoir compaction as main drive ...
    • Analysis of pore pressure measurements in exploration wells in the Norwegian North Sea 

      Neset, Else-Karin (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-12)
      The aim of this thesis was to examine the pore pressure measurements in the Norwegian North Sea. To study the possibility of the overpressure being an indicator that can increase the probability of hydrocarbon discoveries ...
    • Drilling in karstified carbonates 

      Kuanyshbaeyv, Alibi (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)
      Karst cavities and depressions are collectors of various minerals, such as oil and gas, drinking and industrial waters, bauxite, various ores, phosphates, diamonds, gold and tin stone, refractory clay and many others. Of ...
    • Drilling Optimisation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf: Opportunities in Well Design Practice 

      Harris, Patrick James (Master thesis, 2018-04-17)
      The purpose of this thesis was to attempt to provide evidence that Norway’s drilling fraternity is long overdue for a re-think in the way it drills wells. In so doing, the author has chosen to focus on slim well drilling ...
    • Dynamic Acceptance Criteria for Periodic Testing of Downhole Safety Valves 

      Aas, Beate (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)
      Downhole Safety Valves (DHSVs) are periodically leak tested as part of the preventative maintenance program on an oil and gas producing facility. The last couple of years, the oil and gas industry on the Norwegian Continental ...
    • Evaluation of Casing Exit Setting Depth Criteria for Whipstock 

      Haarberg, Sindre (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)
      Baker Hughes GE has conducted several hundred whipstock operations over the last years on the NCS with a high success rate. This work will go into detail on some of the operations that were less successful, particularly ...
    • Experimental investigation of the high-pressure sealing capacity for three different LCM systems 

      Levang, Elise (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)
      As loss of circulation is still a major problem in the drilling industry, hundreds of lost circulation treatments are available on the market. The goal of this thesis is not to present a complete list of available products, ...
    • Experimental study on thermal effects on well components 

      Olafsson, Lilja Fure (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)
      The main objective of inflow control devices is to maintain a uniform inflow by providing an additional pressure loss between the formation and the wellbore. ICDs delay the production of water or gas, and thus increase the ...
    • Field Case Study of Drill Bit Performance Analysis in Valhall Flank West 

      Achmatukaev, Alan (Master thesis, 2021)
      This thesis will present relevant literature study, data quality assertion and performance evaluation and economic considerations based on field data from Valhall Flank West. The aim is to investigate, explain and suggest ...
    • Manufacturing Software Prototype for applying fuzzy MCDM in Well completion optimization 

      Riaz, Sarmad (Master thesis, 2021)
      Well completion is the important system to put the well into the production phase. This well completion engineering system is complex engineering which requires reservoir drilling, cementing of the well, installation of ...
    • Modern Casing Design Optimization 

      Aarnes, Christian (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)
      “Working Stress Design” is the most used casing design method and has been for many years, on the Norwegian continental shelf as well as all over the globe. It is a simple method which in essence comprises of calculating ...
    • Well Design With an Environmental Focus 

      Karlsen, Denise (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-08)
      The decisions made during well planning have mainly been focused on safety, cost efficiency and applicability of the design. As the climate have been getting more attention the past years, environment is now high up on the ...
    • Wellbore Collapse Failure Criteria and Drilling Optimization 

      Tranggono, Hadi (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)
      Design and planning in drilling a well are a key for successful before to execute drilling operation. A good understanding of wellbore stability, design mud, casing, cementing, BHA & drillstring, drilling bit, hole cleaning ...