MSc papers from students studying at the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University (RGU) were pitted against each other at the Aberdeen branch of the UK’s Energy Institute’s annual MSc Energy Student Best Paper prize.
The winner of was Christoph Knedel of RGU (MSc Oil and Gas Engineering with Distinction) with his thesis Well Plug & Abandonment: Critical Analysis of Conventional and Unconventional High Temperature Deep Sour Gas Well. A Case Study of the Lacq Field in France.
The runner up was Loli Anggraini, of the University of Aberdeen (MSc Oil & Gas Engineering), with thesis title: Buckley - Leverett Analysis of Waterflood Oil Recovery from Mixed-Wet Rock.”
In third place was Toochukwu Onwuliri of RGU (MSc Petroleum Production Engineering with Distinction) with thesis: Dynamic Reservoir Modelling of a Mature North Sea Field.