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Author:: Izadi, Ghazal
Title:: Evolution of Permeability and Induced Seismicity within Fractured Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: permeability Evolution
Induced Seismicity
File:: Download Ghazal_Izadi_PhD_Dissertation_Final5.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Nago, Annick Blanche Christelle Logbochy
Title:: Application of numerical, experimental and life cycle assessment methods to the investigation of natural gas production from methane hydrate deposits using carbon dioxide clathrate sequestration
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Natural gas hydrates
CO2-CH4 exchange in hydrates
numerical modeling
life cycle assessment
CO2 emissions
natural gas production
File:: Download ANNICKNAGO_PHDTHESIS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Dr Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member

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Author:: Aslan, Erhan
Title:: Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coalbed methane
local grid refinement
coalbed methane simulator
shrinkage and swelling
parallel processing
File:: Download Erhan_Aslan_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

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Author:: Kumar, Hemant
Title:: Poromechanical Response of Naturally Fractured Sorbing Media
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coal
Shale
Permeability
Proppant
Modeling
Simulation
File:: Download PhD_Thesis_Kumar.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Denis Pone, Special Member

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Author:: Landry, Christopher James
Title:: Pore-scale imaging and lattice Boltzmann modeling of single- and multi-phase flow in fractured and mixed-wet permeable media
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Pore-scale
lattice Boltzmann
fluid flow
porous media
fractured porous media
permeability
fracture-matrix fluid transfer
File:: Download Dissertation_CJLandry.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Li Li, Committee Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member

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Author:: Odumabo, Sijuola M
Title:: Investigation of Gas Flow Hindrance due to Fracturing Fluid Leak Off in Low Permeability Sandstones
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: hydraulic fracturing
low permeability formation
saturation
leak off
File:: Download M.S._Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Wang, Zhenzhen
Title:: A parametric study on reservoir cooling for enhanced oil recovery from CO2 injection
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: reservoir cooling
CO2 flooding
MMP reduction
File:: Download Thesis_-_Zhenzhen_Wang.pdf
Committee Members:: Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Li, Xinqian
Title:: Experimental investigation of carbon dioxide trapping due to capillary retention in deep saline aquifers
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Supercritical CO2
carbon sequestration
capillary trapping
initial-residual CO2 saturation
X-ray micro-computed tomography
File:: Download Li_Dissertation_document.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member

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Author:: Alexis, Dennis Arun
Title:: Evaluation of Fluid Transport Properties of Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coal bed methane
permeability
relative permeability
effective stress
File:: Download Dissertation_Alexis_2013.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Yan, Qiyan
Title:: Experimental Investigation of Shale Gas Production Impairment Due to Fracturing Fluid Migration During Shut-in Time
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: fracturing fluid
permeability
shut-in time
leak-off
low-permeability formations
File:: Download M.S._Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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