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Author:

ADELEKE, NAJEEM A.

Title:

Pneumatic Transport Modeling of Air/Gas Drilling Hydraulics in Horizontal and Deviated Wellbores

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Air Drilling
Drilling Hydraulics
Hole Cleaning
Optimum Rate
Circulation Time
Pneumatic Transport
Modeling
Deviated Wells

File:

Download Najeem_Adeleke-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Adebola Adewumi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Robello Samuel, Special Member

Author:

Nwankwo, Princess Christiana

Title:

A New Equation of State of State for Better Liquid Density Prediction of Natural Gas Systems.

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Equation-of-State
Thermodynamic properties
Phase behavior
Natural Gas
Gas Compressibility Factor
Liquid Densities

File:

Download Report_on_PhD_Dissertation__1_-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Adebola Adewumi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member

Author:

Heidari, Peyman

Title:

Effects of physical and chemical heterogeneities on transport and reaction processes in porous media

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Mineral Dissolution
Chemical Heterogeneity
Fluid Flow in Porous Media
Solute Transport
Non-Fickian Transport

File:

Download PeymanHeidariFinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member

Author:

Enyioha, Chukwuka

Title:

An Investigation of the Efficacy of Advanced Well Structures in Unconventional Multi-phase Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Unconventional
advanced well structures
artificial intelligence
production prediction
field development
history matching

File:

Download DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Daniel Kifer, Committee Member

Author:

Seales, Maxian Burton

Title:

Analysis of Fracture Fluid Cleanup and Long-term Recovery in Shale Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Shale Gas
Fracture Fluid Cleanup
Dual Porosity
Flowback water composition

File:

Download M_Seales_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Gorski, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member

Author:

Nojabaei, Bahareh

Title:

Phase Behavior And Flow Analysis Of Shale Reservoirs Using A Compositionally-extended Black-oil Approach

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Shale reservoirs
phase behavior
reservoir flow simulation
capillary pressure

File:

Download BNojabaei_thesis_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Special Member

Author:

Alqahtani, Mari

Title:

Shale Gas Reservoirs Development Strategies Via Advanced Well Architectures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Shale
Shale Gas
Reservoir Development
ANN
Unconventional Reservoirs
Complex Wells
Artificial Neural Networks

File:

Download Shale_Gas_Reservoirs_Development_Strategies_Via_Advanced_Well_Architectures_-_Mari_Alqahtani_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member

Author:

Ketineni, Sarath Pavan

Title:

Structuring An Integrative Approach For Field Development Planning Using Artificial Intelligence And Its Application To Tombua Landana Asset In Angola

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Reservoir Characterization
Artificial Neural Networks
Field Development Planning
Petroleum Engineering
Seismic data analysis

File:

Download Sarath_ketineni_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member