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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

Author:

Zhang, Zhenzihao

Title:

Production Data Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: A Density-Based Approach

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Gas
Oil
Naturally Fractured Reservoir
Dual-Porosity
Decline Curve Analysis
Density-Based Approach
Pseudo-Functions

File:

Download Thesis_ZhenzihaoZhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Pruvot, Antoine

Title:

Optimization of Natural Gas Distribution in Pipeline Networks

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

pipeline
pipe
economic surplus
natural gas
weymouth
flow
optimization
distribution
network

File:

Download Master_Thesis_-_Antoine_Pruvot.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chiara Lo Prete, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Im, Kyungjae

Title:

Geodetic Imaging of Production and thermal Depletion in Geothermal Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Geodesy
Geothermal
Fault

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Kyungjae_Im.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Yi

Title:

An Optimization Protocol Applicable To Water Flooding Flow Rates On Pattern Based Field Development Studies

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
water flooding
flow rates
well patteren

File:

Download thesis_Yi_ZHANG.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bae, Chang Eon

Title:

PREDICTION OF WATER CONE FORMATION IN A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR WITH AQUIFER DRIVE -AN ARTIFICIAL EXPERT APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

watercone
coning
naturally fractured reservoirs
artificial neural network

File:

Download Master_thesis_Chang_Eon_Bae_Aug_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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