ROLE OF PERMEABILITY ON FOAM FLOW
by
SHAMEER BIN MUMTAZ ALI
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Dissertation
Submitted to the Petroleum & Geoscience Engineering Department in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Petroleum Engineering)
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar
31750 Tronoh Perak Darul Ridzuan
@Copyright 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL . 1
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
ABSTRACT. iv
LIST OF FIGURES & TABLES v
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of Study . 1
1.2 Problem Statement 2
l.3 Objectives of Study 2
1.4 Scope of Study 2
1.5 Relevance of the Project 2
1.6 Project Feasibility 3
CHAPTER2: LITERATURE REVIEW 4
2.1 Foam Assisted Water Alternating Gas (FA WAG) 4 2.2 Functions of Foam in Oil Production . 5 2.3 Effects of Formation Permeability on Foam Flow 6 2.3.1 Mobility Reduction Factor 6 2.4 Effects of Gas Permeability on Foam Flow 7
2.5 Resistance Factor 7
CHAPTER3: METHODOLOGY . 8
3.1 Research Methodology 8
3.2 Project Activities 9
3.3 Experimental Set -up 10
3.4 Description of Experimental Equipment 11
3.5 Experimental Conditions 13
3.6 Experimental Procedure 14
3.7 Coreflooding Procedure 15
3.8 Gantt Chart of Project Flow 16
CHAPTER4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.1 Results
4.1.1 PoroPerm Results
4.1.2 Results of FA WAG ou different cores 4.1.3 Resistance Factor
4.2 Discussion of Results .
CHAPTERS: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
5.1 Conclusions . 5.2 Recommendations REFERENCES
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CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
ROLE OF PERMEABILITY ON FOAM FLOW
by
SHAMEER BIN MUMTAZ ALI
Petroleum & Geoscience Engineering Department University Teknologi PETRONAS
in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
(Petroleum Engineering)
Saleem Qadir Tunio Project Supervisor
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS TRONOH, PERAK
MAY2011
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
This is to certify that I am responsible for the work submitted in this project. It is my original work except as specified in the references and acknowledgements. The original work contained herein have not been undertaken or done by unspecified sources or persons.
Shameer bin Mumtaz Ali
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, I would to express my deepest thanks to Mr Saleem Qadir Tunio, my supervisor for his never ending support throughout the duration of my Final Year Project. His support and assistance has been a vital component in helping me complete this project. He was always there to entertain my questions during the weekly meetings and had never pushed me away despite his busy schedule. His guidance truly proved to be important in enabling me to complete this project.
My heartfelt gratitude and appreciation are extended especially to Mr Shahrul, Lab Technician, Building 15, UTP as well as Mr Redzuan, Lab Technician, Building 15, UTP. They have greatly assisted me throughout the course of my project especially during the experimentation sessions. They have always been there to lend a helping hand which has proven to have a significant impact in ensuring that the project was completed within a short duration of time.
My acknowledgement is not complete without glVIng credit to Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), especially Department of Petroleum Engineering that allowed me to use their equipments as well as apparatus without any hassle or complications. It is also vital that I mention the hands on experience I have had with the equipments at the lab in UTP has certainly improved my knowledge and has exposed me to handling machines that I thought were really complicated prior to my Final Year Project. Last but not least, to everybody who has assisted me in completing this project, I am truly grateful.
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