ABSTRACT Drilling is a process that involves the procurement of natural resources such as oil and gas which holds prime importance in today’s world, Drilling practices abounds with a number of …
ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNICAL BENEFITS OF DUAL GRADIENT DRILLING
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION DGD is a technology that makes use of separate fluids with different densities in the wellbore. The lighter fluid floats on top of the heavy fluid in the riser. The lighter …
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GAS INJECTION FOR OIL RECOVERY: A SIMULATION STUDY
LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page Figure 3.1: Schematics of the Reservoir model 5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS API American Petroleum …
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PRODUCTION PREDICTION AND ANALYSIS IN DEPLETED OIL RESERVOIRS
ABSTRACT A production engineer is responsible for generating the production forecast for a well or a field. Once production drops from the peak or plateau rate, the engineer needs an estimate of …
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VOID FRACTION CORRELATIONS FOR HIGH VISCOSITY OIL DATA IN HORIZONTAL PIPELINE
1 INTRODUCTION The oil and gas industry is increasingly looking towards unconventional resources like heavy oil to help satisfy world energy demand as conventional reserves are continuously …
ADSORPTION OF COPPER (II) ION FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION ONTO THERMALLY TREATED EGGSHELL: KINETICS AND EQUILIBRIUM STUDY
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Water is an essential substance for the existence of mankind on earth because of its vital function to man and his environment. The sources of water …
PID CONTROL OF A FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER REACTIVE DISTILLATION PROCESS
ABSTRACT This work is based on the application of Cohen-Coon and Zeigler-Nichols tuning techniques using proportional (P), proportional-integral (PI) and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) …
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MODELLING, SIMULATION AND CONTROL OF THE REACTIVE DISTILLATION OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
ABSTRACT In this work, the production of biodiesel via reactive distillation process has been modelled and simulated with the aid of ChemCAD for both steady state and dynamics. Also, the control of …
DETERMINATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN SOIL SAMPLES AROUND SELECTED ABUAD POWER GENERATORS
ABSTRACT This work covers the determination of PAHs in soil samples around selected ABUAD power generators. The PAHs in the soil samples where extracted in the laboratory using Soxhlet extraction …
APPLICATION OF SURFACTANTS IN TREATING OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL
ABSTRACT The aim of this project is to remediate oil contaminated soil with the use of surfactants. During the process of remediation, the chemical/physical properties of the soil was determined …
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ESTIMATING SOME MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCK FROM IN-SITU REBOUND VALUES (A CASE STUDY OF OREKE OPEN PIT QUARRY)
ABSTRACT The research deals with estimating some mechanical properties of rock from in-situ rebound value in Oreke open pit quarry ,N-Type Schmidt rebound hammer data were collected from Oreke …
ANALYSIS OF PROPERTIES OF KAOLIN DEPOSITS IN NIGERIA (CASE OF STUDIES OF KPANKOROGI AND IJERO-EKITI)
ABSTRACT This study considered the mineralogical, elemental composition in form oxides and engineering properties such as particle size, specific gravity, bulk density; water content and atterberg …