Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Falcone, Gioia"
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Awoleke, Obadare O. (2011-02-22)Water production is a challenge in production operations because it is generally costly to produce, treat, and it can hamper hydrocarbon production. This is especially true for gas wells in unconventional reservoirs like ...
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Valbuena Olivares, Ernesto (2012-02-14)Numerical simulation has been used, as common practice, to estimate the CO2 storage capacity of depleted reservoirs. However, this method is time consuming, expensive and requires detailed input data. This investigation ...
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Limpasurat, Akkharachai (2011-10-21)This study presents an investigation of the concept of harvesting geothermal energy that remains in heavy oil reservoirs after abandonment when steamflooding is no longer economics. Substantial heat that has accumulated ...
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Bourne, Dwayne (2010-01-14)The modern oil and gas industry of America has seen most of the high quality, easily obtainable resources, already produced, thus causing wells to be drilled deeper in search for unconventional resources. This means Oil ...
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Limpasurat, Akkharachai (2013-10-23)Liquid loading in a gas well occurs when the upward gas flow rate is insufficient to lift the coproduced liquid to the surface, which results in an accumulation of liquid at the bottom of the well. The liquid column in the ...
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Park, Han-Young (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Field-proven solutions already exist to reduce the loss of gas production when liquid loading begins to occur. However, the choice of remedial technique, its feasibility, and its cost, vary considerably depending on a ...
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Soponsakulkaew, Nitsupon (2010-10-12)Liquid loading is a serious problem in gas wells. Many proven artificial lift methods have been used to alleviate this problem. However, a complete workflow to determine the most suitable artificial lift method for given ...
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Fernandez Alvarez, Juan Jose (2009-05-15)Liquid loading in producing gas wells is the inability of the produced gas to remove produced liquids from the wellbore. A review of existing flow loops worldwide revealed that specialized areas of research such as liquid ...
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Nelson, Brent (2010-01-15)For an effective Doppler Global Velocimeter (DGV), there is a requirement to accurately record and tune the frequency content of the laser used. The laser used for this experiment was an ND:YAG. Adjusting the mean frequency ...
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Khabibullin, Tagir R. (2010-10-12)As hydrocarbon exploration and development moves into deeper water and onshore arctic environments, it becomes increasingly important to quantify the drilling hazards posed by gas hydrates. To address these concerns, a 1D ...
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Amodu, Afolabi Ayoola (2009-05-15)Gas hydrate research in the last two decades has taken various directions ranging from ways to understand the safe and economical production of this enormous resource to drilling problems. as more rigs and production ...
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Ruiz Vasquez, Karla Liliana (2009-05-15)Natural gas and petroleum are non-renewable and scarce energy sources. Although, it is well known that hydrocarbon reserves are depleting through the years, oil and gas remain the principal source of energy upon which our ...
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Bataweel, Mohammed Abdullah (2012-02-14)Studying chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in a high-temperature/high-salinity (HT/HS) reservoir will help expand the application of chemical EOR to more challenging environments. Until recently, chemical EOR was not ...
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Aksoy, Gamze (2012-10-19)A solid breaker is used to reduce the viscosity of the gel at pH range of 4-5 for in-situ gelled acids with Zr4 cross-linkers utilize. However, the literature survey confirmed that solid breakers caused a premature reduction ...
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Yalavarthi, Ramakrishna (2009-05-15)Every tight gas well needs to be stimulated with a hydraulic fracture treatment to produce natural gas at economic flow rates and recover a volume of gas that provides an acceptable return on investment. Over the past few ...
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An Experimental Examination of a Progressing Cavity Pump Operating at Very High Gas Volume Fractions Glier, Michael W. (2012-07-16)The progressing cavity pump is a type of positive displacement pump that is capable of moving nearly any fluid. This type of pump transports fluids in a series of discrete cavities formed by the helical geometries of its ...
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Davani, Ehsan (2012-02-14)Modeling the performance of high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) natural gas reservoirs requires the understanding of gas behavior at such conditions. In particular, gas viscosity is an important fluid property that ...
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Narayanan, Shankar Bhaskaran (2012-10-19)It is common for an oil well to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons that flash when exposed to atmospheric pressure. The separation of oil and gas mixtures on site may prove expensive and lead to higher infrastructure and ...
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Mohamed, Ibrahim Mohamed 1984- (2012-10-25)Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration is defined as the removal of gas that would be emitted into the atmosphere and its subsequent storage in a safe, sound place. CO2 sequestration in underground formations is currently being ...
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Ling, Kegang (2012-02-14)Gas viscosity is one of the gas properties that is vital to petroleum engineering. Its role in the oil and gas production and transportation is indicated by its contribution in the resistance to the flow of a fluid both ...