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Author:

Alexis, Dennis Arun

Title:

Evaluation of Fluid Transport Properties of Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal bed methane
permeability
relative permeability
effective stress

File:

Download Dissertation_Alexis_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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

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:

Zeinijahromi, Mohamad

Title:

Development Of A Three-dimensional, Three-phase Coupled Model For Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Propagation And Long-term Recovery In Tight Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Numerical Modelilng
Hydraulic Fracturing Modeling
Reservoir Simulation

File:

Download Thesis_5_3_print.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member

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

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

Author:

Kulga, Ihsan Burak

Title:

ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN DEPLETED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

PSU-SHALECOMP
numerical model
CO2 injection
shale gas
artificial neural network
stimulated reservoir volume
srv
ann

File:

Download Ihsan_Burak_Kulga_Phd.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Bu Khamseen, Nader

Title:

Applications of Artificial Expert Systems in the Diagnosis and Analysis of Unexpected Spatial and Temporal Changes in Reservoir Production Behavior

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial neural network
reservoir simulation
artificial expert systems
history matching
prediction
unexpected behavior.

File:

Download Thesis_def_d2.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

Author:

Han, Jiahang

Title:

Fracture Damage Analysis in Tight Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Fracture Damage
Tight sand gas reservoir
proppant damage
type curve
screening tool

File:

Download 1-Dissertation_Jiahang_Han_final_f.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member

Author:

Vardcharragosad, Pichit

Title:

Long-term Well Performance Prediction in Unconventional tight Gas And Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Density Approach

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

A Density Approach
Well Performance Prediction
Tight Gas
Shale Gas
Production Data Analysis

File:

Download 53_Thesis_Master_File_Corrections_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F Ayala H, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Mathieu Philippe Stienon, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member