Browsing by Author "Nygaard, Runar"
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Buoyancy Driven Flow and Methane Hydrate Systems
Terry, Darrell Andrew (2019-05-01)Marine gas hydrates have been studied intensely for more than five decades under the assumption that deep ocean basins lack the methane necessary to generate significant volumes of gas hydrates. Contrary to this, the deep ... -
Constitutive Behavior of Wellbore Cement
Cedola, Alexandra (2023-05)Cement is one of the most integral components of a wellbore, yet minimal experimental research has been done to understand the basic processes as to what ensures a cement sheaths’ success. Globally, minimizing greenhouse ... -
Depositional controls and stratigraphic architecture of a mixed carbonate-siliclastic depositional system in the Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous) of the Southern Midcontinent, Oklahoma, USA
Bynum, Jamar (2022-12)The Anadarko Basin of the North American Midcontinent has been explored by the hydrocarbon industry for decades, and recent efforts have created an opportunity to analyze robust modern geologic datasets for investigating ... -
Design And Construction of A Novel Drilling Rig For The Investigation of Hard Rock Drilling for Super-Hot Enhanced Geothermal System Development
Khankishiyev, Orkhan (2024-05-11)The pursuit of sustainable energy solutions in the face of increasing global demand has fueled interest in super-hot Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). These systems tap into vast, recoverable geothermal energy potential ... -
Evaluation of Conventional LCM Treatments in Fractured and Vuggy Formations
Alshubbar, Ghassan Dhiya (2017-12-01)Lost circulation (LC) is an unfavorable event encountered during drilling operations that at extreme situation can jeopardize the whole drilling process. Millions of dollars can be easily accumulated impacting both the ... -
Experimental Investigation of Molecular Hydrogen Effect on Cement Related to Well Integrity for Underground Hydrogen Storage
Ugarte Daza, Esteban Rolando (2022)Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) in the subsurface is an alternative to overcome limitations associated with a fluctuating production of renewable energy sources. The excess energy produced can be converted to hydrogen ... -
Geological and geomechanical characteristics of prospective CO₂ sinks and seals in the Desoto Canyon Salt Basin, east-central Gulf of Mexico
Meng, Jingyao (2019-05)Subsurface geologic storage of CO₂ can play a major role in offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, and offshore storage in the DeSoto Canyon Salt Basin in the east-central Gulf of Mexico may be a viable solution due to large ... -
Hydraulic Stimulation Optimization of the Permian Basin’s Lower San Andres Residual Oil Zone
Cunningham, Clark M. (2017-12-01)The Permian Basin is a legacy field within North America that has over 85 years of production. When operating in a legacy field, it is not uncommon to operate near a well that could be fifty years old or older. Many of ... -
Incorporating the interfacial friction angle concept into the PDC single cutter and full bit modeling
Atashnezhad, Amin (2019-12)Over the past century, oil and gas served an important role in the US energy sector. The oil industry continually has worked to reduce the drilling cost by increasing drilling efficiency. Drilling is a time-consuming and ... -
IntraCONtinental Sags (ICONS) formation, exhumation and landscape evolution: The Ethiopian testimony
Alemu, Tadesse B. (2019-07)The study of the Mekele Sedimentary Basin (MSB) in Ethiopia revealed geological and geophysical features that can be interpreted as resembling an ICONS (IntraCONtinental Sag). ICONS are groups of sedimentary basins that ... -
Laboratory evaluations on the mechanical impact of nanoparticle additives in a heavy wellbore cement
Ritchie, Mark Colten (2019-12)Ever since its inception, the oil and gas industry has taken a short term approach to maintaining zonal isolation and permeant plugging using wellbore cements. Continuous changes to their environment over the life of a ... -
A mechanistic analysis of particle flow in a multiphase chemical looping reactor with theories of contact mechanics
Chopra, Sayyam (2023-05-12)Understanding particle dynamics and their characteristics is essential to the operation, design, and optimization of chemical looping reactors. The chemical looping dry reforming (CLDR) process is a novel hydrogen production ... -
Modified High Pressure Approach to Investigate the Sealing Integrity of Lost Circulation Materials in Combination with Nanoparticles
Loggins, Seth Michael James (2017-12-01)This research investigates the sealing integrity of various lost circulation material (LCM) in conjunction with barite and silica fumed nanoparticles (NPs). Experimental testing in a water based mud (WBM) at different ... -
Numerical simulations of wellbore cement sheath microannuli leakage in Gulf of Mexico wells
Wise, Jarrett (2021-02-25)The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is home to more than 50,000 oil and gas wells with approximately 30,000 wells that are plugged and abandoned leading to concerns of oil and gas leakage where currently, little to no monitoring is ... -
PDC cutter wear and temperature modeling
Bridges, Douglas (2020-05)Since Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) drill bits have been developed, they have made a strong introduction into the drilling industry due to their tendency to produce a higher rate of penetration (ROP) than that of ... -
PDC drill bit modeling in hard rock
Sleeper, Seth (2020-05)The objective of thesis is to develop a detailed PDC drill bit ROP model that can be implemented in a real time drilling optimization system for hard rock application. Within the drilling industry, often times operational ... -
Preparation of Field Validation for an All-Digital, Permanent Downhole Pressure Sensor Design
Braught, Jackson (2023-12-15)Downhole pressure sensing has become increasingly important in oil and gas operations. Some of the many advancements provided by an improvement in downhole sensing is seen in drilling, stimulation, production forecasting, ... -
Sequence stratigraphy, fracture characterization, and rebound hardness analysis of the unconventional "Mississippian Limestone"/STACK play, north-central Oklahoma, USA
Wang, Yulun (2019-12)The "Mississippian Limestone"/STACK play in Oklahoma has been a prolific hydrocarbon play for decades. However, several critical aspects, all of which are valuable for reservoir characterization, such as core-based sequence ... -
Using Drilling Data to Calculate Porosity & Permeability
Cedola, Alexandra Elizabeth (2017-05-01)Porosity and permeability are two important parameters for reservoir characterization, formation evaluation, and stimulation design. Typically, the methods for obtaining these two parameters are not only costly and time ... -
Utilizing Surface Drilling Data to Generate Geomechanical Values for Use in Drilling and Stimulation Design
Love, Joshua Michael (2017-05-01)Geomechanical properties are important for reservoir characterization, drilling operationsand optimal stimulation design in the oil and gas industry. The conventional techniques to obtain rock mechanical data involve core ...