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1. AN INTEGRATED HYDRODYNAMIC / PVT VERTICAL WELLBORE MODEL FOR TWO-PHASE NATURAL GAS / LIQUID SYSTEMS

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Author:
Sadegh, Abdallah Ahmed
Title:
AN INTEGRATED HYDRODYNAMIC / PVT VERTICAL WELLBORE MODEL FOR TWO-PHASE NATURAL GAS / LIQUID SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Natural gas
Condensate
wells
Multiphase flow
Wellbore model
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Committee Member
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member

2. The Influnence of a Fracture Tip on Two-Phase Flow Displacement Process

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Open Access
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

3. MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF GEOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR TARMAT DURING THE DEPLETION OF GIANT OIL RESERVOIR-AQUIFER SYSTEMS

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Author:
Cirdi, Ayse Pamir
Title:
MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF GEOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR TARMAT DURING THE DEPLETION OF GIANT OIL RESERVOIR-AQUIFER SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
aquifer
reservoir
tarmat
File:
Download Ayse_Pamir_Cirdi_Master_of_Science_Thesis_PME.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Development of Artificial Expert Reservoir Characterization Tools for Unconventional Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Mohammad Nejad Gharehlo, Amir
Title:
Development of Artificial Expert Reservoir Characterization Tools for Unconventional Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
neural networks
ann
Reservoir Characterization
well logs
seismic
payzone identification
payzone
net pay
Wolfcamp
File:
Download _thesis_Amir_Nejad2.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Special Member

6. The computational modeling of supercritical carbon dioxide flow in solid wood materials

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Open Access
Author:
Gething, Brad Allen
Title:
The computational modeling of supercritical carbon dioxide flow in solid wood materials
Graduate Program:
Materials
Keywords:
supercritical carbon dioxide wood treatment
File:
Download Brad_Gething_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Jack Janowiak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jack Janowiak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member
Jeffery J Morrell, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member

7. ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED, HETEROGENEOUS SANDSTONE

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Author:
Basbug, Basar
Title:
ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED, HETEROGENEOUS SANDSTONE
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
CT scan
fractured sandstone
spontaneous imbibition
automated history matching
optimization
File:
Download B.Basbug_dissertation_2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

8. AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED TOOL-BOX FOR SCREENING AND DESIGNING IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY METHODS

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Author:
Parada Minakowski, Claudia Helena
Title:
AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED TOOL-BOX FOR SCREENING AND DESIGNING IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY METHODS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
IOR
reservoir simulation
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY
petroleum engineering
File:
Download Parada_PhD_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

9. Organizational, Operational, and Natural Hazards in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

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Open Access
Author:
Jablonowski, Christopher J.
Title:
Organizational, Operational, and Natural Hazards in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
Graduate Program:
Mineral Economics
Keywords:
value of information
detection controlled estimation
industrial organization
File:
Download eTD.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Gordon, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Timothy Considine, Committee Member
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

10. PARAMETRIC STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING CAPILLARY IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Chung-Hao
Title:
PARAMETRIC STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING CAPILLARY IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Imbibition
Computed Tomography
Fractures
Capillarity
File:
Download dissertation0208.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

11. A GENERALIZED 2-D HYPERBOLIC SOLVER WITH APPLICATION TO ORIFICE METERING

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Open Access
Author:
León, Daniel Eduardo
Title:
A GENERALIZED 2-D HYPERBOLIC SOLVER WITH APPLICATION TO ORIFICE METERING
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations
Essentially Non-Oscillatory Scheme
Large Eddy Simulation
Conservation Laws
Compressible Turbulent Flow
Natural Gas
Orifice-Meter
Orifice-Plate
Orifice Metering
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_Daniel_Leon_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member

12. Numerical Modeling of Natural Gas Two-Phase Flow Split at Branching T-Junctions with Closed-Loop Network Applications

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Open Access
Author:
Alp, Doruk
Title:
Numerical Modeling of Natural Gas Two-Phase Flow Split at Branching T-Junctions with Closed-Loop Network Applications
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
uneven phase separation
Branching
tee
T-Junction
Double Stream Model
Flow split
Staggered Grid
Finite Volume Method
Two-Phase Flow
Steady-State
File:
Download Alp_2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Dr Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member

13. Prediction of Frictional Pressure Drop in Flowing Deviated Gas Condensate Wells through Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks

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Open Access
Author:
Seren, Doruk
Title:
Prediction of Frictional Pressure Drop in Flowing Deviated Gas Condensate Wells through Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Production Engineering
Reservoir Engineering
Artificial Neural Networks
ANN
File:
Download MScThesisDS_4-21-08.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL DESCRIBING TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR IN HORIZONTAL WELLS: INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF USING A DOWNHOLE DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

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Open Access
Author:
Radespiel, Eduardo
Title:
A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL DESCRIBING TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR IN HORIZONTAL WELLS: INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF USING A DOWNHOLE DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
wellbore temperature
flux vector splitting
wellbore-reservoir coupling
black-oil
reservoir simulation
non-isothermal
horizontal well
File:
Download 2010_PhD_Radespiel.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin / Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Ronaldo Vicente, Committee Member

15. Feasibility Study through Numerical Simulation of Waterflooding and Gas Injection for a Carbonate Oil Field

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Open Access
Author:
Ojeifo, Eghonghon
Title:
Feasibility Study through Numerical Simulation of Waterflooding and Gas Injection for a Carbonate Oil Field
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
simulation
waterflood
gas injection
File:
Download thesis_April2015a_Update.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR OF TENSILE FRACTURES UNDER MULTIPHASE FLOW USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

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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

17. Optimized Design of Cyclic Pressure Pulsing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Neural-Network Based Proxy Models

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Open Access
Author:
Artun, Fazil Emre
Title:
Optimized Design of Cyclic Pressure Pulsing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Neural-Network Based Proxy Models
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
cyclic pressure pulsing
improved oil recovery
optimization
screening
CO2
N2
neural networks
genetic algorithms
artificial intelligence
File:
Download Artun.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
Majid Al Wadhahi, Committee Member

18. DEVELOPMENT OF UNCERTAINTY METHODOLOGY FOR COBRA-TF VOID DISTRIBUTION AND CRITICAL POWER PREDICTIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Aydogan, Fatih
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF UNCERTAINTY METHODOLOGY FOR COBRA-TF VOID DISTRIBUTION AND CRITICAL POWER PREDICTIONS
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
dry-out elevation
uncertainty analysis
bwr
cobra-tf
fatih aydogan
pennstate uncertainty methodology
void distribution
critical power
bwr bundle
File:
Download PHD_whole_document_version1.pdf
Committee Members:
Lawrence Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Kurshad Muftuoglu, Committee Member

19. History Dependent Modeling of Counter-Current Flow in Porous Media

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Open Access
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

20. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN TIGHT GAS SANDS

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Open Access
Author:
Kulga, Ihsan Burak
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN TIGHT GAS SANDS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
HORIZONTAL WELLS
TIGHT GAS SAND RESERVOIRS
File:
Download Ihsan_Burak_Kulga-Masters_PME.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. NUMERICAL STUDY OF CO-CURRENT WATER-DRY GAS FLOW IN GAS GATHERING SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Fernandez Luengo, Juan Emilio
Title:
NUMERICAL STUDY OF CO-CURRENT WATER-DRY GAS FLOW IN GAS GATHERING SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
NUMERICAL
GAS
GATHERING SYSTEMS
File:
Download FernandezLuengo_PhDThesis_May2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

22. DESIGN OF AN EFFECTIVE WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS(WAG) INJECTION PROCESS USING ARTIFICIAL EXPERT SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Ma, Jaehyun
Title:
DESIGN OF AN EFFECTIVE WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS(WAG) INJECTION PROCESS USING ARTIFICIAL EXPERT SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
artificial neural network
WAG
inverse network
File:
Download Design_of_an_Effective_WAG_Process_using_ANN.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. Multiphase Analysis of Three-Phase Flow (Gas-Condensate-Water) Flow in Pipes

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Open Access
Author:
Zaghloul, Jose
Title:
Multiphase Analysis of Three-Phase Flow (Gas-Condensate-Water) Flow in Pipes
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Three-Phase Flow
Multiphase Flow
Flow in pipes
File:
Download Thesis-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Osama O Awadelkarim, Committee Member

25. Numerical Model Representation Of Multi-stage Hydrualically Fractured Horizontal Wells Located In Shale Gas Reservoirs Using Neural Networks

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Open Access
Author:
Bodipat, Kanin
Title:
Numerical Model Representation Of Multi-stage Hydrualically Fractured Horizontal Wells Located In Shale Gas Reservoirs Using Neural Networks
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
numerical model
simulation
hydraulic fracturing
horizontal well
shale gas
neural networks
ANN
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Bodipat_Kanin.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. Development and Testing of an Expert System for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs using Artificial Neural Networks

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Open Access
Author:
SRINIVASAN, KARTHIK
Title:
Development and Testing of an Expert System for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs using Artificial Neural Networks
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Expert Systems
Coalbed Methane Reservoirs
Artificial Intelligence in Reservoir Engineering
Artificial Neural Networks
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Srinivasan.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

28. APPLICATION OF A LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT PROTOCOL TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE OF RESERVOIR SYSTEMS WITH COMPLEX WELL ARCHITECTURES

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Open Access
Author:
Hu, Li-Wei
Title:
APPLICATION OF A LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT PROTOCOL TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE OF RESERVOIR SYSTEMS WITH COMPLEX WELL ARCHITECTURES
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
reservoir simulation
complex well structure
local grid refinement
File:
Download Thesis_Li-Wei_Hu.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

29. A Study on the Analysis of the Formation of High Water Saturation zones around Well perforations

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Open Access
Author:
Alrumah, Muhammad
Title:
A Study on the Analysis of the Formation of High Water Saturation zones around Well perforations
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
composite reservoir
water coning
water saturation
File:
Download M_Alrumah-Dissertation_15-August.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

30. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR MODELING OF WATER AND THERMAL TRANSPORT IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND STACK

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Open Access
Author:
Khandelwal, Manish
Title:
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR MODELING OF WATER AND THERMAL TRANSPORT IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND STACK
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Fuel Cell
Modeling
Stack
two-phase
Thermo-osmosis
File:
Download khandelwal_PhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

31. Alternate Representations for Numerical Modeling of Multi-Stage Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Shale Gas Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Siripatrachai, Nithiwat
Title:
Alternate Representations for Numerical Modeling of Multi-Stage Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Shale Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Multi Stage
Shale
Hydraulic Fracture
Horizontal Well
Artificial Neural Network
ANN
Expert System
Gas
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Siripatrachai.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

32. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF CYCLIC STEAM INJECTION IN NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS – AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATION

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Open Access
Author:
Chintalapati, Santosh Phani Bhushan
Title:
EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF CYCLIC STEAM INJECTION IN NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS – AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATION
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
ANN
sensitive analysis
Artificial Neural Networks
Cyclic steam injection
Naturally fractured reservoirs
GUI
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

33. DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED HISTORY MATCHING PROTOCOL TO CHARACTERIZE RESERVOIR PROPERTIES

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Open Access
Author:
Chidambaram, Prasanna
Title:
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED HISTORY MATCHING PROTOCOL TO CHARACTERIZE RESERVOIR PROPERTIES
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial neural network
History matching
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_PChidambaram.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

34. Development of a Multi-mechanistic, Dual-porosity, Dual-permeability Numerical Flow Model for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs accounting for Coal Shrinkage and Swelling Effects

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Open Access
Author:
Thararoop, Prob
Title:
Development of a Multi-mechanistic, Dual-porosity, Dual-permeability Numerical Flow Model for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs accounting for Coal Shrinkage and Swelling Effects
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Coalbed Methane Reservoir Simulation
Coal Shrinkage and Swelling Effects
File:
Download Thesis_Prob_Thararoop_Final_new.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Turgay Ertekin / Dr Zuleima Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Dr Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Ljubisa R Radovic, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

35. DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR A FORWARD IN-SITU COMBUSTION PROCESS

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Open Access
Author:
Shihab, Rizvi
Title:
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR A FORWARD IN-SITU COMBUSTION PROCESS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
in-situ combustion neural networks
File:
Download Rizvi_Thesis_July_27_.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert W Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry Grayson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

36. OPTIMIZATION OF THE DESIGN OF TRANSVERSE HYDRAULIC FRACTURES IN HORIZONTAL WELLS PLACED IN DUAL POROSITY TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Gorucu, Seyhan Emre
Title:
OPTIMIZATION OF THE DESIGN OF TRANSVERSE HYDRAULIC FRACTURES IN HORIZONTAL WELLS PLACED IN DUAL POROSITY TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Horizontal Wells
Tight Gas
Dual Porosity
ANN
Transverse Fractures
File:
Download Gorucu2010M.Sc..pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

40. Numerical Modeling of Gas Recovery from Methane Hydrate Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Silpngarmlert, Suntichai
Title:
Numerical Modeling of Gas Recovery from Methane Hydrate Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
reservoir simulation
production characteristics
methane hydrate
Numerical model
production strategy
File:
Download Silpngarmlert_Suntichai__Final_.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

41. FACTORS AFFECTING HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED WELL PERFORMANCE IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Osholake, Tunde A
Title:
FACTORS AFFECTING HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED WELL PERFORMANCE IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
MARCELLUS SHALE
FACTORS AFFECTING
File:
Download Masters_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

42. Improving Natural Gas Network Performance by Quantifying The Effects of Braess' Paradox

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Open Access
Author:
Phillips, Temitope
Title:
Improving Natural Gas Network Performance by Quantifying The Effects of Braess' Paradox
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Improving Gas Network Performance
Braess' Paradox
File:
Download Final_Dissertation_tp_submit.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Luis Ayala, Dr Seth Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Special Member

43. NUMERICAL STUDY OF FRACTURE APERTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SINGLE-PHASE FLOW AND CAPILLARY-DOMINATED DISPLACEMENT

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Open Access
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

44. DETERMINATION OF CRICONDENTHERM, CRICONDENBAR AND CRITICAL POINTS USING ANN

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Open Access
Author:
Abass, Yunusa Adewale
Title:
DETERMINATION OF CRICONDENTHERM, CRICONDENBAR AND CRITICAL POINTS USING ANN
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
CRICONDENTHERM and CRITICAL POINTS
CRICONDENBAR
File:
Download Abass_1_.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

45. CONDUCTING IN-SITU COMBUSTION TUBE EXPERIMENTS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

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Open Access
Author:
Bansal, Yogesh
Title:
CONDUCTING IN-SITU COMBUSTION TUBE EXPERIMENTS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
In-situ combustion experiment
heavy oil recovery
ANN
File:
Download MS-Thesis-YogeshBansal.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Majid Al Wadhahi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

46. Capillary-Driven Flow in Fractured Sandstone

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Open Access
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

47. Analysis of Production Decline Characteristics of a Multistage Hydraulically Fractured Well in a Naturally Fractured Reservoir.

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Open Access
Author:
Ketineni, Sarath Pavan
Title:
Analysis of Production Decline Characteristics of a Multistage Hydraulically Fractured Well in a Naturally Fractured Reservoir.
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Unconventional Reservoir
Type curve
Rate Transient Analysis
Mathieu Functions
Laplace Transform
Stehfest Algorithm
File:
Download Thesis_-_Sarath_Ketineni.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

48. Characterization of Sealing and Partially Communicating Faults in Dual-Porosity Gas Reservoirs Using Artificial Neural Network

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Open Access
Author:
Toktabolat, Zhazar
Title:
Characterization of Sealing and Partially Communicating Faults in Dual-Porosity Gas Reservoirs Using Artificial Neural Network
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Sealing and Partially Communicating Faults
Dual-Porosity Gas Reservoir
Artificial Neural Network
File:
Download Zhazar_Toktabolat_masters_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

49. Interaction of Fracture Fluid With Formation Rock and Proppant on Fracture Fluid Clean-up and Long-term Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Yue, Wenting
Title:
Interaction of Fracture Fluid With Formation Rock and Proppant on Fracture Fluid Clean-up and Long-term Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
fracture damage
formation damage
clay swell
proppant scaling
proppant diagenesis.
File:
Download Wentings_Master_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor