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    Mathematical Modeling of Molecular Diffusion for Gas Injection of Fractured Gas Condensate Reservoir – Single Block Approach

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Kazemi Nia Korrani, Aboulghasem (Author) ; Ghotbi, Cyrus (Supervisor) ; Gerami, Shahab (Supervisor) ; Hashemi, Abdonabi (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Gas condensate reservoirs show very complex behavior as wellbore pressure falls below the reservoir fluid dew point pressure and consequently liquid phase appears near the wellbore. Since pressure drawdown is the largest near the wellbore, therefore, this region is the first that experience the liquid dropouts. With continuing the production, reservoir pressures at the other parts of the reservoir fall below the dew point pressure and as a result, condensate appears at these regions. The more the condensate accumulates near the wellbore the more decreasing the gas relative permeability occurs. Condensate accumulating does as a liquid barrier and causes not only decreasing the gas production;... 

    Numerical Simulation of two Phase Flow Around Gas- Condensate Wells With Compositional Model

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Heidary, Hadi (Author) ; Taghizadeh Manzari, Mehrdad (Supervisor) ; Seif, Mohammad Saeid (Supervisor) ; Kazemzade Hannani, Siamak (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    If the reservoir temperature lies between the critical temperature and cricondentherm of the reservoir fluid, the reservoir is classified as a retrograde gas-condensate reservoir. When the pressure is decreased on these mixtures, instead of expanding or vaporizing as might be expected, they vaporize instead of condensing. If the reservoir pressure is above the upper dew-point pressure, the hydrocarbon system exists as a single phase in the reservoir (region 3). As the reservoir pressure declines isothermally during production from the initial pressure to the upper dew-point pressure, the attraction between the molecules of the light and heavy components move further apart. As this occurs,... 

    Simulation of Retrograde Behavior of Hydrocarbons around the Production Wells in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Khani, Hojjat (Author) ; Pishvaie, Mahmmod Reza (Supervisor) ; Bozorgmehry, Ramin (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    The hydrocarbon reservoirs with temperature between critical temperature and cricondentherm are called gas condensate reservoirs. The hydrocarbon fluids of gas condensate reservoirs have retrograde behavior, i.e. when the pressure falls below the dewpoint, condensate liquid appears. This phenomenon usually occurs around the production wells, because pressure is typically the lowest in the near-well region.This so-called condensate blockage leads to reduced gas production because the condensate causes a decrease in gas relative permeability.
    This phenomenon is difficult to capture in the standard compositional simulators, because well blocks are typically too large. The condensate... 

    Numerical Simulation of Near-well Flow for Gas-condensate Reservoirs and Investigation of the Effect of Various Flow Parameters

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Amirifar, Leyla (Author) ; Taghizade Manzari, Mehrdad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    This thesis studies a gas condensate reservoir and considers the effect of different parameters. In this group of gas reservoirs, if the pressure drops below the dew point pressure, liquid phase appears. Appearing and disappearing of phases creates four regions in the reservoir. In the region far from the production well, pressure is still above the dew point pressure and vapor phase is present. By approaching production well, pressure drops below the dew point pressure and liquid phase starts to form but it is immobile. In closer regions to the well the liquid phase saturation grows and this phase becomes mobile. As a result, relative permeability of the vapor phase decreases sharply. In... 

    Simulation of the Effect of Acid Fracturing on the Production of a Well in a Gas Condensate Reservoir

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Kasiri Bidhendi, Mohammad Reza (Author) ; Masihi, Mohsen (Supervisor) ; Bazargan, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Many of gas condensate reservoirs, including rich gas and lean gas, face with fast well productivity decline. The origin of this problem is condense accumulation around the well bore which known as condensate blockage. There are different condensate blockage mitigation methods, one of which is acid fracturing that is suitable for tight carbonate reservoirs with low KH. Acid fracturing simulation is high difficult and have not been undertaken a study that can adopt with experimental and field test results, so researchers usually use practical method and many developed software in this area use correlation form laboratory data. However, the literature show that experimental results can just... 

    Bioremediation of Gas Condensate Contaminated Soil of Sarkhun Refinery

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Yusefnejad Kebriya, Mohammad Saleh (Author) ; Shaygan, Jalaloddin (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Goal of this project was study of local microorganism ability in remediation of hydrocarbon contamination exists in contaminated soil around Sarkhun refinery.In first phase of this study, evaluation of bioremediation performance was done. Using a standard method in a 20 days period, the ability of local microorganism exists in contaminated soil was studied. In this study, 3 different nutrient ratios for 7 samples, 21 experimental samples, were used. Nutrient ratios as C:N:P were: 100:0:0, 100:5:1, and 100:9:1. Results showed that in this remediation period, minimum remediation efficiency in all samples with nutrients is 50% and also the best nutrient ration is 100:5:1. An empirical model was... 

    Development of a One-Dimensional Compositional Simulator to Account for the Effects of Different Relative Permeability Models in Gas Condensate Reservoirs

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mae’soumi Gholghouchan, Ali (Author) ; Masihi, Mohsen (Supervisor) ; Gerami, Shahab (Co-Advisor)
    Abstract
    As the published statistics of prestigious international institutes show, the share of natural gas from the energy basket of the world is rising. This increase is due to some reasons such as decrease in oil reserves, discovery of new gas fields, lower environmental problems, etc. The Islamic Republic of Iran is not an exception of this rule; but also because of huge gas reservoirs that Iran has, it becomes very important for the Iranian government. Hence, research for predicting the behavior of such reservoirs is a necessary need of oil and gas industry.Both thermodynamic and flow behavior of gas condensate fluids are more complicated than other reservoir fluids. Its complex thermodynamic... 

    An Implicit Numerical Method for Simulation of Gas Production and Recycling in Gas-condensate Reservoirs Using a Two-phase Compositional Model

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Asgari, Milad (Author) ; Taghizadeh Manzari, Mehrdad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this project, a response of a single well in a gas condensate reservoir has been investigated by compositional modeling and implicit numerical method. The most significant goals of this paper are as follows: 1- Examination of the flow produced in a gas condensate reservoir in constant pressure or mass rate. 2- Investigation of variables affecting the productivity of reservoir. 3- The study of effect of injection and gas cycling to the well on the production. A three-zone model has been used in this study as if there is only gas phase in the third and second zones. Condensation occurs since the pressure drops below the dewpoint pressure in the second zone; however, gas phase is only... 

    Pressure Response Analysis of Naturally Fractured Condensate Reservoirs Regarding the Effect of Permeability Anisotropy

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Haji Seyedi, Hamed (Author) ; Jamshidi, Saied (Supervisor) ; Masihi, Mohsen (Co-Advisor)
    Abstract
    Producing from Gas Condensate Reservoirs under dew point pressure and at constant temperature may have a complex behavior because of existing two phase system and liquid around the well. Zones with different mobility generate as a zone away from the well containing only gas, a zone having liquid around the well and finally a zone with capillary effect. Existence of condensate around well reduces gas relative permeability and as a result productivity index of well decreases. In fact these condensate acts like an additional skin and because of some complex processes, investigating of these behaviors can be difficult.
    Well testing analysis in Natural Fractured reservoir is generally based... 

    Optimization of Gas Recycling in a Gas-condensate Reservoir Using Genetic Algorithm Based on Proxy Model

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Bagheri, Mohammad Amin (Author) ; Goodarznia, Iraj (Supervisor) ; Masihi, Mohsen (Co-Advisor)
    Abstract
    In gas-condensate reservoirs, when pressure reduces to less than dew point pressure, condensate will form out of the gas phase. Gas recycling is one of the most common methods to enhance the production of gas-condensate reservoirs.The purpose of this thesis is to optimize gas recycling process in a gas condensate reservoir in order to produce the accumulated condesate in the reservoir and maximize reservoir economic efficiency.The parameters that need optimization are:
    • Injection gas ratio
    • Injection gas allocation amongst injection wells
    • Bottomhole pressure of production wells
    Genetic algorithm was considered as optimization method and Proxy model is used in order to... 

    Investigation on Aplicability of Decline Curve Analysis for Gas Condensate Reservoirs

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Sadeghi Boogar, Asghar (Author) ; Masihi, Mohsen (Supervisor) ; Gerami, Shahab (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Part 1: Techniques of production data analysis for single-phase oil and gas reservoirs have advanced significantly over the past few years. These techniques range from traditional (Arps and Fetkovich) to modern (they account for the variation of operating conditions at the wellbore). Although the production data analysis methods are used generally for single phase reservoirs, the application of these techniques for analysis of production data of a gas condensate reservoir may not yield the reliable answer due to the fact that the flow of fluid in gas condensate reservoirs is not single-phase. This study presents the treatment of the modern methods of production data analysis (single phase... 

    Effect of Carrier Gas Pressure on the Size of Cu Nanoparticles Prepared by ELM Method

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Shahbazi, Bahador (Author) ; Halali, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this report the important factors affecting the levitation melting of copper are discussed. Pure copper nanoparticles were synthesized by utilizing an Electromagnetic Levitation Melting Gas Condensation (ELM-GC) method. Pure bulk copper samples were melted and evaporated by electromagnetic levitation technique in an inert gas atmosphere in a silica tube. Copper nanoparticles were formed from ascending vapor by employing high purity argon and helium as carrier gases and cooling agents. The pressure of inert gas was changed in both helium and argon atmospheres to investigate on pressure’s effect. Particle size and morphology of the produced nanoparticles were studied by Field Emission... 

    Production of Zinc Nanoparticles by Electromagnetic Levitation Melting Method

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Kazembeyki , Maryam (Author) ; Halali, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In This project high purity Zinc (Zn) Nanoparticles were synthesized using Electromagnetic Levitation Melting Gas Condensation method. In this method the designed coil plays an important role on melting and suspension of the material and our design was costumed specifically for zinc nanoparticles. For each batch of synthesized Zn nanoparticles, 1.5 gr zinc platelet was levitated in the costumed coil and the effect of different parameters on the size and distribution of nanoparticles, was investigated including in- different cooling gas (He, N2 and Argon), gas flow rate, and the pressure inside the chamber. Inert gas was used to cool supersaturated vapor above the molten droplet and eliminate... 

    Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Wettability Alteration to Gas Wetting Condition in Gas Condensate Reservoirs

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Erfani Gahrooei, Hamid Reza (Author) ; Ghazanfari, Mohammad Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    During production from gas condensate reservoirs, reservoir pressure decreses to lower than dew point pressure of the reservoir fluid. Consequently, condensates will form in near wellbore regions, which significantly decrease well productivity. One of the remediations that is recently proposed for solving this problem is wettability alteration of near wellbore region to gas wetting condition. In comparison to other methods, it provides a better permanency, which is its key advantage. The main purpose of this thesis is, quantitative, qualitative and modeling study of wettability alteration of rock to gas wetting condition and verification of modeling rsults for a reservoir rock sample. Also,... 

    Simultaneous Carbon Dioxide Storage and Enhanced Gas Recovery in Gas Condensate Reservoirs

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Moravveji, Mohammad Javad (Author) ; Jamshidi, Saeid (Supervisor) ; Soltanieh, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    The consumption of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause increase of earth atmosphere temperature and lots of environmental problems. Using appropriate alternative energy sources is one way to control this emission, while considering energy infrastructures shows this is a far solution. An early way for decreasing the emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is injection of CO2 in geological formations. Since approximately 50 years ago some researches in this area have been developing. The most important limit of these projects is its costs so it is wise to combine them with gas injection projects in gas and oil... 

    Wettability alteration of reservoir rocks to gas wetting condition: a comparative study

    , Article Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering ; Volume 96, Issue 4 , April , 2018 , Pages 997-1004 ; 00084034 (ISSN) Erfani Gahrooei, H. R ; Ghazanfari, M. H ; Karimi Malekabadi, F ; Sharif University of Technology
    Wiley-Liss Inc  2018
    Abstract
    Productivity of gas condensate reservoirs reduces significantly due to the near wellbore condensate/water blockage phenomenon. A novel, permanent solution to alleviate this problem is near wellbore wettability alteration of reservoir rocks to preferentially gas wetting conditions; industrial chemical materials are good candidates for this purpose, because of their eco-friendly characteristics, economical price, and mass production. In this paper, a comparative study is conducted on two industrial fluorinated chemicals, MariSeal 800 and SurfaPore M. Static and dynamic contact angle measurements, spontaneous imbibition, and core flooding tests were conducted to investigate the effect of... 

    Toward a predictive model for estimating dew point pressure in gas condensate systems

    , Article Fuel Processing Technology ; Volume 116 , 2013 , Pages 317-324 ; 03783820 (ISSN) Arabloo, M ; Shokrollahi, A ; Gharagheizi, F ; Mohammadi, A. H ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    Dew-point pressure is one of the most important quantities for characterizing and successful prediction of the future performance of gas condensate reservoirs. The objective of this study is to present a reliable, computer-based predictive model for prediction of dew-point pressure in gas condensate reservoirs. An intelligent approach based on least square support vector machine (LSSVM) modeling was developed for this purpose. To this end, the model was developed and tested using a total set of 562 experimental data points from different retrograde gas condensate fluids covering a wide range of variables. Coupled simulated annealing (CSA) was employed for optimization of hyper-parameters of... 

    Toward a hydrocarbon-based chemical for wettability alteration of reservoir rocks to gas wetting condition: implications to gas condensate reservoirs

    , Article Journal of Molecular Liquids ; Volume 248 , 2017 , Pages 100-111 ; 01677322 (ISSN) Erfani Gahrooei, H. R ; Ghazanfari, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Recently, wettability alteration has been much attended by researchers for studying well productivity improvement in gas condensate reservoirs. Previous studies in this area only utilized water/alcohol based chemicals for this purpose. While, hydrocarbon nature of the blocked condensate in retrograde gas reservoirs, may motivate application of hydrocarbon based chemical agents. In this study, a new hydrocarbon based wettability modifier is introduced to alter wettability of carbonate and sandstone rocks to preferentially gas wetting condition. Static and dynamic contact angle measurements, spontaneous imbibition and core flooding tests were conducted to investigate the effect of proposed... 

    The impact of gas compositions on the intensity of positive coupling effect in gas condensate reservoirs

    , Article 1st International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition ; 4-6 May , 2009 Gholami, A ; Hashemi, A ; Vaziri, S. M ; Sharif University of Technology
    European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE  2009
    Abstract
    The positive coupling effect decreases the condensate saturation as a result of very high flow rates in vicinity of the wellbore. The current work challenges the notion that the positive rate effect does not lead in falling trend of condensate saturation around the wellbore in the case of rich gas composition. According to the results obtained from this parameter case study, four distinct trends would appear in the condensate saturation profile of both lean and rich gas compositions. These quadruplet trends are consistent and their occurrence is mainly related to the considered base capillary number (Ncb) which is likely dependent to the composition of the fluid  

    Super gas wet and gas wet rock surface: state-of- the art evaluation through contact angle analysis

    , Article Petroleum ; 2021 ; 24056561 (ISSN) Azadi Tabar, M ; Dehghan Monfared, A ; Shayegh, F ; Barzegar, F ; Ghazanfari, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology
    KeAi Communications Co  2021
    Abstract
    Recently, super gas wet and gas wet surfaces have been extensively attended in petroleum industry, as supported by the increasing number of publications in the last decade related to wettability alteration in gas condensate reservoirs. In many cases, contact angle measurement has been employed to assess the wettability alteration. Even though contact angle measurement seems to be a straightforward approach, there exist many misuses of this technique and consequently misinterpretation of the corresponding results. In this regard, a critical inspection of the most recent updated concepts and the intervening parameters in the contact angle based wettability evaluation of liquid-solid-gas...