Blar i Studentoppgaver (TN-IER) på emneord "petroleumsteknologi"
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Analytical solutions for forced and spontaneous imbibition accounting for viscous coupling
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Theoretical and experimental work has shown that fluid mobilities can depend on flow configuration, and are typically lower when fluids flow in opposite directions as compared to when they flow in the same direction. Such ... -
Characterization of Nannofacies in Upper Cretaceous Chalks used in IOR Research
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-07)The aim of this thesis is to contribute to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) research by characterizing nannofacies in chalk samples used in increased oil recovery (IOR) flooding experiments with a MgCl2 brine at reservoir ... -
Decision-Driven Data Analytics for Well Placement Optimization in Field Development Scenario - Powered by Machine Learning
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Application of Data Analytics and Machine Learning (ML) in petroleum reservoir management have received a lot of attention in recent years, mainly due to the availability of sheer computational resources and recorded big ... -
Effect of Wettability on Waterflooding and Relative Permeability at Slightly Water-Wet Conditions
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)The wettability of a porous system is of high importance when waterflood behavior and relative permeability are investigated, because both will be strongly affected. Adsorption of polar organic components (POC) are responsible ... -
Effect of Wettability on Waterflooding and Relative Rermeability at Medium Water-Wet Conditions.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)This project contributes with experimental measurement that could increase our understanding on how relative permeability is affected by wettability during an oil recovery process. Wettability has significant attention ... -
Experimental Investigation of Material Functions of EOR Polymer Solutions
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)The material functions of multiple EOR polymers were measured and analyzed. Investigating the start-up and relaxation behaviour of multiple polymeric solutions were the main focus of this thesis work. The experimented data ... -
Hybridization of gradient-based and gradient-free optimization techniques for simultaneous optimization of number of wells, their location and drilling time in a 2-dimensional reservoir
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Optimization has always been a challenging scope in any field of science, and reservoir management is no exception. By the advent of computational power, the use of mathematical algorithms in conjunction with reservoir ... -
An Improved Approach in Estimating Gas Permeability for Tight Reservoir Rocks.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-12-15)The impact of the permeability on ultra-tight porous media influences flow behaviour inside the media. The unconventional reservoir gas permeability significantly impacts rock property estimation crucial to unconventional ... -
MICP-Based Rock Typing of Complex, Multi-Modal Formations in Edvard Grieg Field
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Rock/pore typing is a process of classifying reservoir rocks into units with similar petrophysical properties. When properly classified, each unit possesses a unique porosity-permeability relationship. This leads to improved ... -
Origin of anticline structure in the southern Hammerfest Basin and their impact in sedimentation and coarse-grained distribution
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)This thesis shows how extensional fault-related folding holds a fundamental control on basin physiography and syn-kinematic sediments. The study has used two- and three-dimensional seismic data in combination with a ... -
Preparation and characterization of Nanocomposite gels for fracture plugging in chalks
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Excessive water production is a common challenge the oil industry is faced with. The lifting, treatment and disposal of produced water can cause a financial strain on the profitability of a hydrocarbon asset or even shorten ... -
Principle Component Analysis as a Method For Error Covariance Matrix Inflation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-13)An oil and gas discovery goes through a multiple-stage process to increase the understanding of the asset in hand. By increasing the understanding of the field, production plan gains extra credibility and the uncertainty ... -
Production of Smart Water by Acid Flooding in Chalk Cores: Oil Recovery Effects at Intermediate Temperature
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)Considering that most carbonates are of low water wetness, it is of great interest to inject a brine that can alter the wettability to enhance oil production. Smart Water injection has therefore become the most meaningful ... -
Reactive Flow Simulation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Sea water-injection in carbonate formations leads to reactive processes that are linked to affecting oil recovery via wettability alteration and chemical compaction. The concentrations of divalent ions, such as Ca2+, Mg2+, ... -
Reservoir Simulation of Chemical Inflow Tracers in Horizontal Wells
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)Conventional production logging tools can be challenging to deploy and interpret in long horizontal wells. Inflow tracer technology can address these challenges, by allowing continuous monitoring of the horizontal section. ... -
Simulation of Water Management Processes
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Conformance control practices are commonly used to tackle issues related with injected fluids bypassing potentially oil-bearing formations, due to the presence of conductive fractures. To improve the prospect of such a ... -
Smart Water EOR potential in Brazilian oilfields
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)The fact that the petroleum industry still invest a lot of money on different oil recovery techniques indicates that there is an increasing demand for oil that needs to be met. Water flooding is a common secondary oil ... -
The effect of wettability on waterflooding and relative permeability at quite water-wet conditions in chalk core
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)The effect of performing waterflooding in chalk has been previously tested with a purpose of Enhanced Oil recovery. Regarding oil recovery processes, rock wettability is the key parameter determining transport of fluid ... -
The Impact of Permeability on Density-Driven Convection During CO2 Storage in Underground Reservoirs
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)Within the context of global warming, CO2 storage in geological reservoirs is seen as one of many strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. In CO2 storage, the water density increases upon ... -
Water shut-off with polymer - core study application for the Alvheim Field
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)This thesis is an experimental study where different polymers have been evaluated for disproportionate permeability reduction (DPR) effects. The laboratory work was performed at Norce, for Aker BP, as a part of the Master’s ...