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Author:: Alajmi, Abdullah Fahad Faleh
Title:: The Influnence of a Fracture Tip on Two-Phase Flow Displacement Process
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: experimental work.
Fracture
dispalcement
porous media
simulation
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member

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Author:: Lee, Dae Sung
Title:: DETERMINATION OF FLUID TRANSPORT PROPERTIES FROM CONE PENETROMETER SOUNDING DATA
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: Hydraulic conductivity
soil permeability
cone penetration test
File:: Download Final_dissertation_Dae_Sung_Lee.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Peter B Flemings, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member

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Author:: Alvarado, Freddy
Title:: DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR OF TENSILE FRACTURES UNDER MULTIPHASE FLOW USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: fracture aperture
Multiphase flow in fractures
confining stress
File:: Download Alvarado.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Gaoming
Title:: History Dependent Modeling of Counter-Current Flow in Porous Media
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: capillary pressure hysteresis
reservoir simulation
porous media
Counter-current flow
fluid bank
history matching
X-ray CT
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member

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Author:: Long, Hui
Title:: INTERPRETING PORE PRESSURE IN MARINE MUDSTONES WITH PORE PRESSURE PENTROMETERS, IN SITU DATA, AND LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: Overpressure
mudstones
penetrometer
IODP
consolidation
permeability
compression index
URSA
File:: Download Long_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter B Flemings, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
John T Germaine, Committee Member

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Author:: Petchsingto, Tawatchai
Title:: NUMERICAL STUDY OF FRACTURE APERTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SINGLE-PHASE FLOW AND CAPILLARY-DOMINATED DISPLACEMENT
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Young-Laplace equation
aperture distribution
geostatistical parameter
fractured rock
invasion percolation theory
File:: Download TPetchsingto.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maira Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member

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Author:: Karpyn, Zuleima Tharays
Title:: Capillary-Driven Flow in Fractured Sandstone
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Capillarity
flow in fractures
imbibition
experiment
fracture aperture
File:: Download eTD_KARPYN_May2005.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

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