Fluid characterization and phase behavior studies of oil from the frozen reservoir of Umiat Oil Field, Alaska

• Main Author: Shukla, Chinmay
• Other Authors: Patil, Shirish, Dandekar, Abhijit, Hanks, Catherine, Mongrain, Joanna, Khataniar, Santanu
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Enhanced oil recovery; Umiat; Oil fields; Production methods; National Petroleum Reserve; Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering; Fairbanks; Pedersen; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12693

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2011 Umiat oil field is the largest oil accumulation in National Petroleum Reserve (NPRA) No. 4 of Alaska. Shallow reservoir depths, low reservoir pressures, and low temperatures with most of the oil-producing zone in a continuous layer of permafrost are...