1. Three-phase Mixing Cell Method for Gas Flooding Open Access Author: Li, Liwei Title: Three-phase Mixing Cell Method for Gas Flooding Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Three-hydrocarbon-Phase equilibriumPressure of an efficient displacementmixing cell method File: Download Li_Liwei_mixingcellmodel_VFinal4.pdf Committee Members: Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLi Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLuis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator Open Access Author: Aslan, Erhan Title: Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Coalbed methanelocal grid refinementcoalbed methane simulatorshrinkage and swellingparallel processing File: Download Erhan_Aslan_Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorZuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorTurgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-ChairLuis F Ayala H, Committee MemberSavas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
3. Investigation of Gas Flow Hindrance due to Fracturing Fluid Leak Off in Low Permeability Sandstones Open Access Author: Odumabo, Sijuola M Title: Investigation of Gas Flow Hindrance due to Fracturing Fluid Leak Off in Low Permeability Sandstones Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: hydraulic fracturinglow permeability formationsaturationleak off File: Download M.S._Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLuis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorYilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. Stability Analyses of Differently Shaped Salt Caverns for Underground Natural Gas Storage Open Access Author: Onal, Erol Title: Stability Analyses of Differently Shaped Salt Caverns for Underground Natural Gas Storage Graduate Program: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Keywords: natural gasunderground storagesalt cavernscavern stabilityparametric studycavern design File: Download ErolOnal_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJamal Rostami, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorYilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem Open Access Author: Bai, Yu Title: life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Life cycle assessmentOptimizationMultiple criteria File: Download MS_thesis_-_YU_BAI.pdf Committee Members: Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLuis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. Experimental Investigation of Shale Gas Production Impairment Due to Fracturing Fluid Migration During Shut-in Time Open Access Author: Yan, Qiyan Title: Experimental Investigation of Shale Gas Production Impairment Due to Fracturing Fluid Migration During Shut-in Time Graduate Program: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Keywords: fracturing fluidpermeabilityshut-in timeleak-offlow-permeability formations File: Download M.S._Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorZuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
7. Network modeling and prediction of retrograde gas behavior in natural gas pipeline systems Open Access Author: Jin, Tianying Title: Network modeling and prediction of retrograde gas behavior in natural gas pipeline systems Graduate Program: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Keywords: retrograde gaspipelinemultiphase flowT-junction splitphase behavior File: Download Final_MS_Thesis_by_Tianying_Jin.pdf Committee Members: Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
8. Variable Pressure-drop/flow-rate System Analysis of Natural Gas reservoirs: A Density-based Approach Open Access Author: Zhang, Miao Title: Variable Pressure-drop/flow-rate System Analysis of Natural Gas reservoirs: A Density-based Approach Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: decline analysisnatural gas reservoirdensity-based approach File: Download Miao_Zhang_master_thesis_Dec2013.pdf Committee Members: Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor