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dc.contributor.authorAbel, Alan
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-30T19:33:12Z
dc.date.available2020-03-30T19:33:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/10942
dc.descriptionMaster's Project (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2019en_US
dc.description.abstractThe shape and behavior of IPR curves in waterflooded reservoirs has not previously been defined despite their common use for optimization activities in such systems. This work begins to define the behavior of IPR curves in both water flood and water‐alternating‐gas EOR systems using a fine scale model of the Alpine A‐sand. The behavior of IPRs is extended to 3 additional reservoir systems with differing mobility ratios. Traditionally derived (Vogel, Fetkovich) IPR curves are found to be poor representations of well performance and are shown to lead to non‐optimal gas lift allocations in compression limited production networks. Additionally, the seemingly trivial solution to gas lift optimization in an unconstrained system is shown to be more complex than simply minimizing the bottom hole pressure of the producing well; maximized economic value is achieved at FBHPs greater than zero psi.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of IPR curves in North Slope horizontal producers supported by waterflood and water alternating gas EOR processesen_US
dc.typeMaster's Projecten_US
dc.type.degreemsen_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Petroleum Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.chairAwoleke, Obadare
dc.contributor.committeeZhang, Yin
dc.contributor.committeeDandekar, Abhijit
refterms.dateFOA2020-03-30T19:33:12Z


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