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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 10Babadagli, Tayfun (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Gül, Mustafa (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Kuru, Ergun (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Li, Huazhou (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Mitra, Sushanta K. (Mechanical Engineering)
- 1Okuno, Ryosuke (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Abdurrahman Thaika, Muhammad
- 1Al Kindi, Ilyas
- 1Er, Vahapcan
- 1Gunde, Akshay
- 1Hamedi Shokrlu, Yousef
- 1Hofmann, Hannes
- 1 cement contamination
- 1Alberta Canada
- 1Aquathermolysis
- 1Asphaltenes
- 1Bitumen Recovery Mechanisms
- 1CMG STARS
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2-D pore and core scale visualization and modeling of immiscible and miscible CO2 injection in fractured systems
DownloadFall 2009
Pore scale interaction between matrix and fracture during miscible and immiscible CO2 injection was studied experimentally using visual models. Initially, visualization experiments were conducted on 2-D glass bead packed models by injecting n-heptane (solvent) displacing different kinds of...
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Fall 2015
In the province of Alberta a huge amount of energy is needed for diverse applications. Specifically, the demand for heat is limited to a few locations such as the oil sands operation regions and metropolitan areas. Oil sands processing facilities near Fort McMurray and direct heat provision for...
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Spring 2014
Cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) and steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) are the most commonly applied techniques used for heavy oil (HO) and bitumen (B) recovery. However, these methods, especially CSS, suffer from low recovery factor and production of highly viscous oil that requires...
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Fall 2024
When a well reaches the end of its life cycle, it needs to be abandoned. Leakage issues are being reported in legacy wells and the literature blames cement shrinkage as the main culprit for these leakage issue. Instead of blaming the cement, the isolation capabilities of the entire system need to...
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Generation and Stability of Microemulsion to Improve Heavy Oil Recovery by Waterflooding with Chemical Additives at Cold Conditions
DownloadFall 2018
Thermal methods which are commonly applied to recover heavy oil have many limitations such as heat loss to thin or deep reservoirs due to temperature difference found in different parts of reservoirs, difficulty in recovering oil in low permeability deposits, high energy and water waste, and so...
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Fall 2011
This research was undertaken to study the performance of paraffinic solvents at higher temperatures for heavy oil/bitumen recovery. Heavy oil or bitumen saturated glass bead packs, Berea sandstone and carbonate cores were used in the experiments to represent different types of pore structures,...
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Mechanistic Simulation Study of Steam-Solvent Coinjection for Bitumen and Heavy-Oil Recovery
DownloadFall 2013
Solvent-steam coinjection has been proposed as an alternative to SAGD. Detailed oil recovery mechanisms of coinjection are little known due to complex interaction of phase behavior, and fluid and energy flow. This research conducts a detailed mechanistic study of phase behavior and its...
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Spring 2024
Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) has proved to be a technically and commercially successful methodology for recovering heavy-oil in Canada. At present, there are 22 commercial SAGD projects with over 300 pads and 2,700 well pairs, contributing to over 1.5 million bbl/day of production. The...
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Fall 2011
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) from naturally fractured reservoirs (NFR's) involves the injection of external agents into the fracture networks to extract the resident crude oil in the matrix. Characteristically, these agents displace the oil by diffusion (if miscible) or spontaneous imbibition (if...
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Spring 2021
This thesis experimentally investigates the phase-change behavior of hydrocarbons in various categories of the porous system. The experimental journey was initiated by studying the boiling behavior of single-component hydrocarbon liquids (heptane and decane) and water in silica-glass Hele-Shaw...