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Characterization And Oil Recovery Enhancement By A Polymeric Nanogel Combined With Surfactant For Sandstone Reservoirs, Mustafa Mohammed Almahfood, Baojun Bai

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The characterization and enhanced oil recovery mechanisms of a nanosized polymeric cross-linked gel are presented herein. A negatively charged nanogel was synthesized using a typical free radical suspension polymerization process by employing 2-acrylamido 2-methyl propane sulfonic acid monomer. The synthesized nanogel showed a narrow size distribution with one peak pointing to a predominant homogeneous droplet size. The charged nanogels were also able to adsorb at the oil-water interfaces to reduce interfacial tension and stabilize oil-in-water emulsions, which ultimately improved the recovered oil from hydrocarbon reservoirs. In addition, a fixed concentration of negatively charged surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate or SDS) was …

Modelling And Analysis Of Performance For Biogas Fuelled Gas Engine Using Matlab, Indran Kunusilin

Student Works (2020-2029)

A wide-ranging performance evaluation of a multi-cylinder gas engine operating wit biogas as a fuel were studied based on its performance parameters such as effective power, torque, SFC, MEP and Thermal Efficiency and its HRR analysis with the aid of modeling software, MATLAB. The analysis and performance study were used based on the thermodynamic model of an Otto cycle, which is based on the gas engines used. Parameters such as cylinder pressure with domain of crank angle and heat addition model (using Wiebe function ) were studied to model the and analyze the HRR .Besides that , the contributing factors …

Study On Engine Performance And Exhaust Pollutant Using Isobutanol - Calophyllum Inophyllum Biodiesel - Diesel Ternary Blends In A Diesel Engine, Mohd Azham Mohd Alwi

Student Works (2020-2029)

Renewable energy sources such as biodiesel and bio-alcohol are desirable and are alternative to meet energy demand and control emission, from renewable sources such as ethanol, methanol, butanol, and pentanol. Biodiesel has a notable interest in offering many advantages with few disadvantages and needs to be extended for comprehensive use. Applying greater alcohols such as butanol with biodiesel in fuel blends is a beneficial technic to enhance the fuel characteristics and use biodiesel and alcohol efficiently. Isobutanol is an organic compound that has very low volatility, higher-chain alcohols have energy densities close to gasoline. It is not as volatile or …

What Are The Dominant Flow Regimes During Carbon Dioxide Propagation In Shale Reservoirs’ Matrix, Natural Fractures And Hydraulic Fractures?, Sherif Fakher, Youssef Elgahawy, Hesham Abdelaal, Abdulmohsin Imqam

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) injection in low permeability shale reservoirs has recently gained much attention due to the claims that it has a large recovery factor and can also be used in CO₂ storage operations. This research investigates the different flow regimes that the CO₂ will exhibit during its propagation through the fractures, micropores, and the nanopores in unconventional shale reservoirs to accurately evaluate the mechanism by which CO₂ recovers oil from these reservoirs. One of the most widely used tools to distinguish between different flow regimes is the Knudsen Number. Initially, a mathematical analysis of …

Geochemical Study Of The Early Cretaceous Fahliyan Oil Reservoir In The Northwest Persian Gulf, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Reza Sedighi Pashaki, Jagar A. Ali, Stefan Iglauer, M. Memariani, Majid Akbari, Alireza Keshavarz

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Three crude oil samples from the Fahliyan Formation in ‘KG’ and ‘F’ fields in the northwest Persian Gulf, namely KG-031, F9A-3H and F15-3H for the geochemical study. In this study, the physicochemical properties, gas chromatography (GC, GC Mass) and (Detailed Hydrocarbon Analysis) DHA analyses for the collected Fahliyan oils were carried out. The API, Trace Element (Ni, V) and S% parameters indicated that the Fahliyan oil was generated from a source rock which deposited in reducing environment condition with a carbonate-shale compound lithology. Moreover, low pour point, higher S% and low viscosity parameters of “KG” sample confirmed the existence of …

Influence Of Rock Wettability On Thf Hydrate Saturation And Distribution In Sandstones, Ghazanfer Raza Abbasi, Ahmed Al-Yaseri, Abubakar Isah, Alireza Keshavarz, Sefan Iglauer

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Natural gas trapped in hydrate deposits is a potentially enormous source of energy which can in principle be extracted from the underground reservoir structures. These reserves can potentially also catastrophically release very large quantities of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. One key parameter which is well known to strongly influence fluid distribution, saturation, and production is rock wettability. However, the effect of wettability on gas hydrate in sediments has not been investigated yet. We thus used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry to measure relaxation times (T₂ and T₁) and the corresponding surface relaxivity of tetrahydrofuran hydrate …

Well Performance Analysis Of Mseel1 And Mseel2 Wellpads, Mohammad Faiq Adenan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

MSEEL1 and MSEEL2 are wellpads that were developed as a means of conducting research into how a gas well being developed in the Marcellus shale can be optimized from the reservoir identification stage to the completions and operational stage. This thesis provides a report of the workflow performed to use the generated data from different sources and analyze them for optimization.

MIP-3H and Boggess 17H were designated as science wells, for which the majority of the well logging and coring experiments were conducted on. The data obtained from the experiments were used as a basis for petrophysical analysis, the results …

An Experimental Study Investigating The Impact Of Miscible And Immiscible Nitrogen Injection On Asphaltene Instability In Nano Shale Pore Structure, Mukhtar Elturki, Abdulmohsin Imqam

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Miscible gas injection has become the most used enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method in the oil and gas industry. The deposition and precipitation of asphaltene during the gas injection process is one of the problems during the oil production process. The asphaltene can deposit and plug the pores, which reduces the permeability in a reservoir; thus, decreasing the oil recovery and increasing the production costs. This research investigates the nitrogen (N2) miscible and immiscible pressure injections on asphaltene instability in shale pore structures. First, a slim tube was used to determine the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) of N2 to ensure …

Prediction Of Equivalent Liquid Permeability From Gas Permeability Measurements: A Recurrent Neural Network Approach, Husam Alkinani, Abo Taleb Al-Hameedi, Shari Dunn-Norman

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

One of the most vital reservoir properties is permeability. It is usually measured using core samples with two major measurement methods: using gas or using liquid. The purpose of this work is to use a data-driven recurrent neural network model to estimate the equivalent liquid permeability based on gas permeability. By using this model, the equivalent liquid permeability can be predicted for the permeability of core samples with rich clay minerals measured using gas (or any core sample that is measured using gas). This will give an alternative way to the currently used method (Klinkenberg method). Core sample data measurements …

Will Carbon Dioxide Injection In Shale Reservoirs Produce From The Shale Matrix, Natural Fractures, Or Hydraulic Fractures?, Sherif Fakher, Youssef Elgahawy, Hesham Abdelaal, Abdulmohsin Imqam

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in shale reservoirs has been recently shown to increase oil recovery significantly from this unconventional oil and gas source. One of the most studied EOR methods in shale reservoirs is gas injection, with a focus on carbon Dioxide (CO₂) mainly due to the ability to both enhance oil recovery and store the CO₂ in the formation. Even though several shale plays have reported an increase in oil recovery using CO₂ injection, in some cases this method failed severely. This research attempts to investigate the ability of the CO₂ to mobilize crude …

Downhole Water Drainage From A Gas Reservoir For Water Dumpflood In An Underlying Oil Reservoir, Htet Myet Zin Naing

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

For wells drilled in a bottom water-drive gas reservoir, water coning may lead to a considerable amount of water production which diminishes the gas recovery. If the gas reservoir has an oil reservoir underneath, a method called “Downhole Water Drain for Water Dumpflood” (DWDDF) can be performed to drain water from the aquifer underneath the gas reservoir and dump it into the oil reservoir to perform waterflooding. DWDDF technique can help increase gas production from the upper gas reservoir and oil production from the lower reservoir at the same time. In this study, a simple reservoir model having common rock …

Quality Control Of Chemical Grade Calcium Carbonate From Lopburi Limestone Deposit In Thailand, Pimpichcha Teawpanich

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is naturally produced from calcite, limestone, chalk, and marble. It is being used as raw material in various industries (e.g., cement, plastic, paint, paper, and pharmaceutical industries). The low-grade CaCO3 samples obtained from a calcite plant at Khoktum Sub-district, Muang Lopburi District, Lopburi Province, Thailand were used in this study. These samples contain more than 98% of CaCO3 while Fe2O3 contents are higher than 0.1% and increased after finished the process. Because of this problem, the products could not be sold since lower Fe2O3 contents are required (e.g., ≤0.05% for filler grade and ≤ 0.1% for animal …

Effects Of Clay Minerals On Oil Recovery Mechanism In Low Salinity Waterflooding In Shaly-Sandstone Formation, Tri Yudha Putra

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Low Salinity Waterflooding (LSWF) is one of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques that are often mentioned nowadays. Several studies showed that injecting low salinity water leads to Multi-component Ion Exchange (MIE) which is one of oil recovery mechanisms provided by this technique. This study was performed to investigate the effects of specific clay mineral in rock and ion in injected water. First, representative clays were analytically tested to ensure their mineral compositions and the selected representative clays were tested by filtration with different water formulations to identify ionic capacities in MIE for each clay. Results obtained from filtration test and …

ไฮโดรทรีตติงของน้ำมันปรุงอาหารใช้แล้วเป็นเชื้อเพลิงชีวภาพบนตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา Ni-Mo แบบไม่มีตัวรองรับและมีตัวรองรับ, เดชพล แปรงกลาง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจันนี้มุ่งเน้นการศึกษาไฮโดรทรีตติง (hydrotreating) ของน้ำมันปรุงอาหารใช้แล้วบนตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาซัลไฟด์ของนิกเกิลโมลิบดินัม (NiMoS2) แบบไม่มีตัวรองรับและมีตัวรองรับเตรียมโดยวิธีการสลายตัวต้วยความร้อน (hydrothermal) ตัวแปรของการศึกษานี้คือ ความเข้มข้นของสารตั้งต้น เวลาและอัตราส่วนอะตอม Ni/(Ni+Mo) ที่มีผลต่อผลได้และการเลือกเกิดอัลเคน จากผลการวิจัยพบว่า ผลิตภัณฑ์หลักที่ได้จากไฮโดรทรีตติงคือสารประกอบนอร์มัลอัลเคน n-C15, n-C16, n-C17 และn-C18 การเพิ่มความเข้มข้นของน้ำมันปรุงอาหารใช้แล้วมีผลทำให้ปฏิกิริยาเกิดไปทางดีคาร์บอกซิเลชันและดีคาร์บอนิลเลชันได้มากกว่าไฮโดรดีออกซีจีเนชัน ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาที่มีประสิทธิภาพสูงสุดให้ร้อยละผลได้ของ n-C15-18 คือ 0.2-NiMoS2/γ-Al2O3 ที่เตรียมด้วยวิธีการสลายตัวด้วยความร้อนสำหรับไฮโดรดีออกซิจีเนชัน ภายใต้สภาวะที่เหมาะสม คือที่อุณหภูมิ 300 องศาเซลเซียส ความดันไฮโดรเจนเริ่มต้น 40 บาร์ เวลาของปฏิกิริยา 3 ชั่วโมง ความเข้มข้นของสารตั้งต้นร้อยละ 5 โดยน้ำหนัก อัตราส่วนของตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาต่อสารตั้งต้นคือ 0.15 (w/w) สำหรับไฮโดรทรีตติงของน้ำมันปาล์มใช้แล้วให้ร้อยละผลได้ของ n-C15-18 คือ ร้อยละ 55.1 โดยมวล (n-C15 = 6.7% n-C16 = 14.5% n-C17 = 11.8% และn-C18 = 22.1%) สำหรับไฮโดรทรีตติงน้ำมันถั่วเหลืองใช้แล้วให้ร้อยละผลได้ของ n-C15-18 คือ ร้อยละ 56.9 โดยมวล (n-C15 = 3.8% n-C16 = 6.7% n-C17 = 17.2% และn-C18 = 29.2%)

การขจัดพอลิไซคลิกแอโรมาติกไฮโดรคาร์บอนในน้ำมันไพโรไลซิสที่ได้จากขยะพลาสติกผ่านกระบวนการไฮโดรจิเนชัน, ปวริศา นาคศรี

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

สารประกอบพอลิไซคลิกแอโรมาติกไฮโดรคาร์บอน (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs) เกิดจากปฏิกิริยาไดเอลส์-แอลเดอร์แอโรมาไทเซชัน (Diels- Alder aromatization) ในขั้นตอนการไพโรไลซิสของขยะพลาสติก ทำให้น้ำมันไพโรไลซิสจากขยะพลาสติก (waste plastic pyrolysis oil, WPPO) มีความเป็นพิษต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมในด้านการเกิด PM2.5 และเป็นอันตรายต่อร่างกายของสิ่งมีชีวิต ดังนั้นงานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาผลของตัวแปรต่างๆ เพื่อลดปริมาณ PAHs ใน WPPO ผ่านกระบวนการไฮโดรทรีตเชิงเร่งปฏิกิริยา และศึกษาสมบัติทางกายภาพและความร้อนของ WPPO ก่อนและหลังการกำจัด PAHs ด้วยเครื่องปฏิกรณ์แบบแบตช์โดยใช้ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยานิกเกิลบนตัวรองรับเอสบีเอ 15 (Ni/SBA-15) และอะลูมินัมเอสบีเอ 15 (Ni/AlSBA-15) ที่อัตราส่วนโดยโมลของซิลิกาต่ออะลูมินัมเป็น 30 และ 50 ที่มีการเติมและไม่เติมกรดเอทิลีนไดอามีนเตตราอาเซติก (EDTA) สำหรับภาวะที่ศึกษาในการไฮโดรจิเนชัน ได้แก่ ระยะเวลาในการทำปฏิกิริยา (1-4 ชั่วโมง) อุณหภูมิ (250-325 องศาเซลเซียส) ความดันไฮโดรเจนเริ่มต้น (20-50 บาร์) และปริมาณตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา (5-20 %โดยน้ำหนัก) ก่อนทำปฏิกิริยาตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาถูกรีดักชัน (reduction) แบบเอ็กซ์-ซิทู (ex-situ) ที่ 550 องศาเซลเซียส เป็นเวลา 2 ชั่วโมง พบว่าเมื่อทำปฏิกิริยาไฮโดรทรีตติ้งในเครื่องปฏิกรณ์แบบแบตช์ที่อุณหภูมิ 300 องศาเซลเซียส ภายใต้ความดันไฮโดรเจนเริ่มต้นที่ 40 บาร์ เป็นเวลา 2 ชั่วโมง ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา Ni/SBA-15 สามารถลดปริมาณ PAHs ลงได้ถึง 84.6% ขณะที่ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาอื่นสามารถลดปริมาณ PAHs ได้น้อยกว่า จึงถูกเลือกมาใช้ในการไฮโดรทรีตติ้งเพื่อหาภาวะที่ดีที่สุด พบว่าภาวะที่ดีที่สุดในการลดปริมาณ PAHS โดยใช้ไฮโดรเจนเริ่มต้นที่ 40 บาร์ 300 องศาเซลเซียส เป็นเวลา 3 ชั่วโมง การใช้ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา Ni/SBA-15 สามารถลดปริมาณ PAHs ใน WPPO …

Analysis Of Refracturing Activities In The Major Shale Plays In The United States, Faisal Shammam

Masters Theses

"Refracturing of existing horizontal multistage wells has increased over the past decade in the oil industry. This work aims to investigate all the refracturing operations in the most active shale plays in the united states (Bakken, Niobrara, Marcellus, Permian, Eagle Ford, Barnett, and Haynesville) in terms of completion technique, candidate selection, treatment types, and refracturing production efficiency. To collect the data of the refractured wells, an advanced data analytics approach was applied to separate the refractured wells from 170,000 wells reported in FracFocus, a public chemical registry for hydraulic fracturing in the United States, and combine it with DrillingInfo database, …

Relationships Among Mineralogy, Geochemistry, And Oil And Gas Production In The Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, Hayley Roxana Beitel

Masters Theses

"The Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) is an unconventional shale reservoir located in southeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi. Limited mineralogical and geochemical data for the TMS have been published. The data that do exist indicate that the formation is heterogeneous. Consequently, previous investigators and oil and gas companies have not managed to effectively link mineralogical and chemical changes to oil and gas production in the TMS. These linkages are critical to establish for future exploration efforts. In this study, we attempt to establish these relationships by gathering all existing mineralogical and chemical data in the TMS, including newly acquired data from …

Physicochemical Characterisation Of Zirconia Nanoparticles Based Sodium Alginate Polymer Suspension For Enhanced Oil Recovery, Udit S. Mohanty, Faisal Ur Rahman Awan, Muhammad Ali, Adnan Aftab, Alireza Keshavarz, Sefan Iglauer

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Biopolymers have been employed in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) due to their high viscosity and significant effects on waterflooding performance. Sodium alginate (NaAlg) is an excellent biopolymer that is extracted primarily from brown algae. It has been used in the biotechnology industry as a thickening agent, colloidal stabilizer, and oil recovery application. In the present study, a series of sodium alginate/zirconium oxide nanoparticle suspensions were prepared via solution mixing, and the effect of nanoparticle content, polymer concentration, temperature, salinity was investigated on the rheological behavior using a concentric cylinder dynamic rheometer. The rheology results revealed that the lower concentration of …

Investigation Of Post-Acid Stimulation Impacts On Well Performance Using Fracture Modeling And Reservoir Simulation In A Jurassic Carbonate Reservoir, Muaath Alansari

Masters Theses

"Well stimulation (well fracturing) became an essential tool in the Oil and Gas industry to unlock the potential of unconventional reservoirs all over the world and especially in the Middle East. In Kuwait, well stimulation is obligatory when dealing with deep Jurassic carbonate reservoirs. Thus, the well fracture designing process plays a very critical role in determining the success of the stimulation job and the improvement of the recovery.

Several wells stimulated with 20% HCL have shown wide variations in both short and long term well production performance. The research aims to investigate and identify the possible reasons causing these …

Power Generation From Waste Heat During Oil Production, Subrahmanya Chandra Bhamidipati

Masters Theses

"The increase in the world population is causing a significant increase in the global demand for energy. This rise in demand is generally met with the use of fossil fuels. But there is considerable pressure to lessen the release of carbon through the combustion of fossil fuels. One way that the oil and gas industry can provide increased energy without carbon combustion is by extracting the latent heat energy contained in produced oil, gas and water from producing reservoirs, and from water which is cycled through depleted, end-of-life or abandoned reservoirs. Extracting this energy and using it to provide direct …