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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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