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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

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

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

Author:

Miller, Peter Kent

Title:

Experimental investigation of permeability and mechanical evolution of cataclastic deformation bands

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rock mechanics
deformation bands
sandstone
permeability
reservoir mechanics

File:

Download Miller_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Konya, Samet

Title:

Microtomography Imaging of Fluid Distribution and Interfacial Area in Bead Packs under Variable Axial Loading

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

compaction
porosity
permeability
relative permeability
residual saturation
surface area
interfacial area

File:

Download 1-Samet_Konya_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lapinskas, Siga Laura

Title:

WHOLE OAT INCLUSION TO OPTIMIZE DIETARY PARTICLE SIZE, STARCH, AND GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH IN HORSES

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

whole oats
particle size
ESGD
permeability

File:

Download Lapinskas_Thesis_041017.pdf

Committee Members:

William B. Staniar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Harvatine, Committee Member
Joshua Lambert, Committee Member

Author:

Madara, Benjamin James

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Permeability Evolution: Roles of Fracture, Shear, Dynamic Stressing, and Reservoir Rock Properties

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

permeability evolution
permeability
dynamic stressing
fracture
shear
permeability enhancement

File:

Download Dissertation_Madara.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Xuanchi

Title:

Evolution of Permeability and Acoustic Velocity through Radio-Frequency Heating of Shale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Shale
permeability
radio-frequency heating
p-wave velocity
Green River Shale
Marcellus Shale

File:

Download Final_Version_Xuanchi_Li_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member

Author:

Kenigsberg, Abby

Title:

Elastodynamic and Mechanical Properties of Smectite-Rich Fault Gouge

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

smectite
fault gouge
velocities
fabric
permeability

File:

Download kenigsberg_dissertation_091619.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member
Jacques Riviere, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair