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Provenance of Lower Cambrian rocks in Northern Spain – U-Pb isotope ages on detrital zircons in different lithofacies
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)The Herrería Formation with a Lower Cambrian depositional age exposed in the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain is the focus of this study. The motivation of this study is related to recognized significant provenance ... -
En gjennomgang av energi produserer og lagring i geotermisk energi, og geotermiske brønner og boring
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)Geotermisk energi er en av de raskest voksende fornybare energikildene i dag. Det er en grunnleggende fornybar ressurs siden varme genereres kontinuerlig over hele jorden og fortsatt er tilgjengelig gjennom hele året. Det ... -
Petrophysical Evaluation of the Thinly Bedded Nordmela Formation in the Johan Castberg Field, Barents Sea
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07)This study demonstrates how contrasting different distributions of shale in a reservoir determines the petrophysical properties. The Skrugard prospect (Well 7220/8-1), drilled in 2011, confirmed that the western Barents ... -
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 ... -
Enhancing regional scientific knowledge for the Ritland Impact Crater: Meteorite classification, mineralogical and impact shock characteristics
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-08-14)Impactites from the Cambrian aged 2,7 km diameter Ritland impact crater in southwestern Norway were studied in detail using methods such as SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), ICP-MS geochemistry, PGE (Platinum Group ... -
Systematic atomic force microscopy and constraints for the determination of wettability and EOR research
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07)A highly attractive strategy within the hydrocarbon industry is improving the percentage of recovery from the reservoirs, called Improved Oil Recovery/Enhanced Oil Recovery (IOR/EOR). The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) is ... -
A study of Machine Learning application on net-to-gross prediction using seismic horizons. Case Study: The Brent Group - Statfjord Field
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-15)As petroleum geosciences enter the era of big data, this field of study encompass difficult optimization and decision-making in real-world problems. The increasing number, difficulty, and scale of such specific problems ... -
Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Data in Aidonia, Greece
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020)The Mycenaean Cemetery of Aidonia, Greece, is located about 10 km west of the town of New Nemea on the Peloponnese peninsula. In this cemetery, a number of chamber tombs dating from 1600-1100 B.C. was discovered in the ... -
Predictive Dynamic Models of the Upper Jurassic Ula Fm Aquifer Between the Ula and Oda Fields, Norwegian Central Graben, North Sea
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-15)The Ula and Oda oil fields in the southern part of the Norwegian Central Graben have high quality Upper Jurassic sandstone reservoirs from the shallow marine Ula Fm. Pressure data from the Oda field indicates communication ... -
(Sub)regional Hydrocarbon Potential in the Valanginian Mulichinco Formation in the North-Eastern Part of the Neuquén Basin
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-13)Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Neuquén Basin has been the most important hydrocarbon producer in Argentina. Many different conventional plays have been explored and exploited, while, the unconventional ... -
Provenance Evaluation of Lower Cretaceous in the Stappen High Area and Implications for Reservoir Development
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-28)Southeast directed fluvio-deltaic systems transported across Svalbard during Early Cretaceous are age correlated to southeast progradation deposits in the in Fingerdjupet Subbasin. Both local (few km) and distal (>300 km) ... -
Comparison of facies models based on stochastic versus deterministic AVO inversion
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020)This thesis compares facies models based on deterministic AVO inversion – which is a standard approach in the industry, and stochastic AVO inversion – which is a newer, less popular approach, but according to literature, ... -
High resolution heavy mineral studies from Silurian to Triassic successions exposed in the Altiplano of Bolivia (Central Andes)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2020;, Master thesis, 2020)Heavy mineral studies play an important role in the understanding of a clastic sediment or sedimentary rock. The mineral composition of a clastic rock may reflect the provenance and sedimentological processes such as sorting ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ...