Reliability Analysis on Thermal Equipment Operating Under Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Operations in Alberta

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dc.contributor.advisorMehta, Sudarshan A.
dc.contributor.advisorMoore, Robert Gordon Gord
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Heidy Patricia
dc.contributor.committeememberShor, Roman J.
dc.contributor.committeememberAguilera, Roberto F.
dc.date2019-06
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-10T14:28:35Z
dc.date.available2019-04-10T14:28:35Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-05
dc.description.abstractThe thermal industry needs to find ways of managing various financial risks and the high standards to account for the harsh conditions of the Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) operations, resulting from high temperatures, mechanical loads, geomechanical disturbance, exposure to caustic and corrosive environments and therefore the challenges to intermediate casing designs that lead to failures. An exploratory and a frequency analysis of 2,270 reported thermal failures from the Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada, together with a review of their evolution and the relationship between the failure modes, rates, field/well conditions and equipment specifications helped as foundation of the proposed step-by-step guidance to a high-robust reliability model called Reliability-Based Design Assessment (RBDA). To tackle uncertainty and variability, the model includes the identification of the top influential parameters that affect the structural adequacy of the intermediate casing applied to a case study that encompasses connection fatigue as a failure mechanism.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRodriguez, H. P. (2019). Reliability analysis on thermal equipment operating under steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) operations in Alberta (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36351
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110153
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultySchulich School of Engineeringen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectSAGDen_US
dc.subjectReliabilityen_US
dc.subjectRBDAen_US
dc.subjectThermalen_US
dc.subjectIntermediate Casingen_US
dc.subjectUncertaintyen_US
dc.subject.classificationStatisticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationEngineering--Petroleumen_US
dc.titleReliability Analysis on Thermal Equipment Operating Under Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Operations in Albertaen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering – Chemical & Petroleumen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Engineering (MEng)en_US
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