Petroleum Education and Research at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway http://www.petroleum.ntnu.no

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Outline • General overview on IPT/NTNU • Laboratory sections and facilities • Active research projects

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•FACTS

•NTNU

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in Trondheim

•Brief

statistics of petroleum education •at Norwegian University of Science and Technology

•Established •First •More

class graduated in 1974 than 2000 graduated sivilingeniørs and M.Sc.’s during 1974-2010

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80 M.Sc.’s graduate per year

•Around

10 Ph.D.´s graduate per year

•Currently •Around

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in 1973

around 100 full-time teachers, staff, researchers

350 students enrolled at B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels

Upstream part of the petroleum activities

Petroleum Geology Petroleum Geophysics Drilling Engineering Reservoir Engineering Production Engineering

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•Professors

•Petroleum Engineering •Drilling

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Fjær1 •J. M. Godhavn1 •R. Holt •A. Rødland •S. Sangesland •P. Skalle •E.

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•Production

•H.

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Asheim •M. Golan • •J.Gudmundsson •H. Herfjord 2

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Adjunct (20%) emeritus

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•Petroleum Geoscience •Reservoir

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Dale1 •T. van Golf-Racht2 •O. S. Hustad1 •L. Høier1 •T. Aa. Jelmert •J. Kleppe •J. Å. Stensen1 •O. Torsæter •C. H. Whitson •S.

•Applied

Amundsen1 •B. Arntsen •P. Avseth1 •J. Ebbing1 •K. Hokstad1 •C. Kenter1 •H. Langeland •M. Landrø •O. B. Lile2 •C. Puigdefabregas1 •J. S. Rønning1 •A. Stovas •E. Tjåland •B. Ursin •L.

•Geology*

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•S.

O. Johnsen •S. Lippard •M. B. E. Mørk •R. Sinding-Larsen •A. Mørk1

PhD students within exploration and production of oil and gas •*At

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Geophysics (14)

Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering

International M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programs

• English Language Instruction • 40% non-Norwegian Students in M.Sc. Program • 50% non-Norwegians in Ph.D. Program • Currently, around 70 Ph.D candidates are enrolled in the areas of petroleum exploration and production

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Educational Projects Abroad • Russia – Continued education in Petroleum Engineering 1996-2004 – Master of Petroleum Management, 2005Supported by Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Angola – Development of petroleum curricula at Universidade Agosthino Neto in Luanda. – Supported by Sonangol, MinPet, StatoilHydro and NORAD

• Venezuela – Curricula development at Simon Bolivar University, supported by StatoilHydro

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Existing Laboratory Facilities at IPT

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X-ray Computer Tomograph (CT-Scan)

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Saturation data versus position

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Micro CT

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Interfacial Tension and Contact angle Measurement

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Contact Angle

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Interfacial Tension (IFT)

σ= 14

∆ρ .g.Ro

β

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•Micro

model study

(Flow Visualization)

•Micromodel

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•Designed

pattern

•Etched

pattern

Core Flood Apparatus

• Reservoir and ambient condition core flood apparatus with presure and temperature up to 400 bar and 250 0C 16

Special Core Analysis (SCAL)

•Centrifuge 17

(fully automated with CENTAS) •Relative Permeability Analyses

Research Activities at IPT

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•International

• USA – – – – – –

Carnegie-Mellon University Colorado School of Mines Stanford University Texas A&M University University of Oklahoma University of Texas, Austin

• Netherlands – TU Delft

• Venezuela – Simon Bolivar Universidad

• Brazil 19

– PUC – Unicamp – Salvador

Research Partners

Research collaboration with industry Statoil, Schlumberger, Shell, TOTAL, Aker Solutions, BG Norge, Bridge Energy, BP, CGG, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Det norske, DnV, Enterprise Oil (Shell), ExxonMobil, ENI, FMC, Fugro-Jason, GdF Suez, IBM, Kongsberg, Lundin, Petrobras, PGS Geophysical, Revus Energy, RockSource

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Reservoir Engineering Research at IPT • Heavy Oil Recovery Methods (2 PhD’s on SAGD, 1 PhD on fluid characterisation)

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MIOR What is a MIOR Process?

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Microbial Improved Oil Recovery processes are the processes that use bacteria or their product to increase oil recovery from a reservoir. The MIOR project has been started at NTNU in November 2004. It is a cooperative project between two departments.

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Biotechnolgy Dep.

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Pertoleum Department

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Injection

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Result

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Core plug •

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Bacteria Cultivation

Reason

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Core Flooding

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Oil

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Why? How?

Mechanisms

BIGCCS (3 PhD’s and 1 postdocs)

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Numerical and theoretical studies of effective behavior of dissolution of CO2 for in geological aquifers.

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Modeling and simulation of CO2 storage and convection mixing based on available data.

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Experimental analysis of diffusion and convection mixing using bulk and porous systems in high pressure and temperature conditions.

Low Salinity Water Injection (1 Postdoc)  Low salinity waterflooding (LSW) is injection of brine with reduced salt concentration.  Recent laboratory studies on reservoir rocks from BP North Sea (McGuire et al., 2005) showed 10 to 40 % increase in oil recovery by LSW flooding.  Objectives of the Project  To perform low salinity flooding experiments to examine the effect of salinity of injection brine on oil recovery.  Measurement of in-situ saturations during low salinity waterflooding using CT scan.

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Recovery Mechanisms in Fractured Reservoirs • HPHT experiments using a novel set-up • Hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gas injection • Secondary and tertiary cases. Matrix Invaded Zone Water or Gas

Oil

Fracture

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Geophysics Research at IPT, NTNU • ROSE (Rock physics and seismics; NFR + 23 sponsors) • Seismic imaging • BIGCCS (3 PhD’s and 2 post docs) FME • LOSEM (LOngterm SEismic Monitoring) -2/4-14 well => from 1989 to 2009, sponsored by Statoil, BP, Lundin, Det Norske and BayernGas • 6 PhD postions sponsored directly from Statoil 26