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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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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. 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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

7. 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

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

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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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

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

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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

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

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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

15. 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

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

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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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

22. 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

23. 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

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

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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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

30. Engineering design considerations to maximize carbon dioxide injectivity in deep saline formations

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Open Access
Author:
Sun, Qian
Title:
Engineering design considerations to maximize carbon dioxide injectivity in deep saline formations
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Carbon geological sequestration
deep saline formation
horizontal injector
Monte Carlo Simulation
ANN
File:
Download Qian_Sun_Master_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

32. Development and Utilization of Integrated Artificial Expert Systems for Designing Multi-lateral Well Configurations, Estimating Reservoir Properties and Forecasting Reservoir Performance

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Open Access
Author:
Almousa, Talal Saeed
Title:
Development and Utilization of Integrated Artificial Expert Systems for Designing Multi-lateral Well Configurations, Estimating Reservoir Properties and Forecasting Reservoir Performance
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
ANN
Artificial Neural Network
Expert Systems
Well Design
Characterization
Forecasting
Reservoir Simulation
File:
Download Dissertation_by_Talal_S._AlMousa.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

34. Development of artificial neural networks for steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) recovery method in heavy oil reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Sengel, Ayhan
Title:
Development of artificial neural networks for steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) recovery method in heavy oil reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial neural network; sagd; steam; horizontal wells; gravit
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Ayhan_Sengel.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

35. Hybrid Semi-mechanistic Well Performance Modeling and Prediction

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Open Access
Author:
Aniemena, Chigozie C
Title:
Hybrid Semi-mechanistic Well Performance Modeling and Prediction
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Well Performance Prediction
Production Forecasting
Reserves Assessment
Hydraulic Fracture Design Optimization.
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Chigozie_Aniemena.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Committee Member

36. Reduced Phase Equilibrium Calculations: New Reduced Parameters, Critical Analysis And Fluid Characterization

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Open Access
Author:
Gorucu, Seyhan Emre
Title:
Reduced Phase Equilibrium Calculations: New Reduced Parameters, Critical Analysis And Fluid Characterization
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
flash calculations
phase behavior
stability analysis
phase equilibrium calculations
solution of nonlinear equations
Newton's method
Newton-Raphson
Minimization
fluid characterization
File:
Download Dissertation_Gorucu_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Christopher Griffin, Committee Member

37. DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN FAULTED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Oz, Sinan
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN FAULTED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
artificial neural networks
hydraulic fracture
horizontal well
shale gas reservoir
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Sinan_OZ_final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

38. Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Cyclic Steam Stimulation Method in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Arpaci, Buket
Title:
Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Cyclic Steam Stimulation Method in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial neural network
cyclic steam injection
heavy oil
naturally fractured reservoirs
File:
Download 1-Buket_Arpaci_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

39. The Development of an Artificial Neural Network as a Pressure Transient Analysis Tool with Application to Multi-lateral Wells in Tight-gas Dual-porosity Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Cox, Jacob Steven
Title:
The Development of an Artificial Neural Network as a Pressure Transient Analysis Tool with Application to Multi-lateral Wells in Tight-gas Dual-porosity Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
ANN
Artificial Neural Network
Tight-Gas
Dual-Porosity
Multi-Lateral
Pressure Transient
File:
Download Jacob_Cox_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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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