Database, Spreadsheet, and Models for Polymer Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery
| dc.contributor.advisor | Balhoff, Matthew T. | |
| dc.creator | Jaffray, Jacob | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-14T14:30:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-12-14T14:30:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Polymer chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is a tertiary method of oil production that helps to improve the recovery of hydrocarbons in the late stages of a reservoir’ s life. This method of EOR increases the amount of unswept or residual oil produced by displacing and driving the fluids towards a producing well. Polymers are used in chemical EOR to improve the mobility ratio. The objectives of this research were to develop a predictive model to find the shear rate versus viscosity of a polymer sample without the need for lab input data, to create a program to model and validate the accuracy of large data sets simultaneously, and to combine common polymer calculations/programs into a Master Polymer Tool. This multi-faced work involved the use of lab work, numerous modeling techniques, and programming to achieve these outlined objectives. The predictive model was able to model the rheology of a polymer sample, while the program efficiently processed large amounts of polymer rheology data for modeling, quality validation, and to observe a macroscopic analysis of polymer behavior. Though there is a wide degree of variability in polymer data – in large part due to inconsistencies in preparation – current predictive modeling techniques were found to be accurate indicators of rheological behavior. Numerous other programs and spreadsheets related to polymer EOR were updated and combined into a Master Polymer Tool to provide researchers and engineers with a “ one stop shop” for commonly used calculations. | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2152/116981 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/43876 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Honors Theses | en_US |
| dc.rights.restriction | Open | en_US |
| dc.subject | Enhanced Oil Recovery | en_US |
| dc.subject | Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery | en_US |
| dc.subject | Carreau Model | en_US |
| dc.subject | Meter Model | en_US |
| dc.subject | Predictive Modeling | en_US |
| dc.subject | EOR Tools | en_US |
| dc.subject | Polymer Rheology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Viscosity Prediction | en_US |
| dc.title | Database, Spreadsheet, and Models for Polymer Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |