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Author:

Chang, Oliver Chih-young

Title:

Modeling of Proppant Transport through Hydraulic Fracture Network

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant
Hydraulic fracture network

File:

Download Oliver_Thesis_May_2014__corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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

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

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

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:

Gaw, Hussain

Title:

Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Pressure and Rate Transient Analysis of Horizontal Wells Completed in Dry, Wet and Condensate Gas Reservoirs of Naturally Fractured Formations

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

ANN
Pressure transient
Rate transient
Naturally fractured formations

File:

Download Final_Thesis_copy1.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Bukhamseen, Ibrahim

Title:

Artificial Expert Systems For Rate Transient Analysis Of Fishbone Wells Completed In Shale Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Rate Transient
Artificial Neural Networks
Fishbone
Horizontal
Shale Gas Reservoir
Multilateral

File:

Download Ibrahim_Bukhamseen_Rate_Analysis_of_Fishbone_Wells.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tayari, Farid

Title:

Techno-economic Assessment of Industrial Co2 Storage in Depleted Shale Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Wind Power
Variability Cost
Water Heater
Load Management
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
Injection
Storage
Cost
Shale

File:

Download Farid_Tayari_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Rj Briggs, Special Member

Author:

Yang, Junjie

Title:

The Development Of A Numerical Model Applicable To Dual Porosity Hydrocarbon Reservoirs With Complex Well Structures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multilateral wells
Local grid refinement
Numerical simulation

File:

Download Dissertation_Junjie_Yang_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Bukhari, Abdulwahab

Title:

Optimizing Corporate Decisions for Dominant Hydrocarbon Producers under Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis
VOI
petroleum economics
optimization
monte carlo simulation
stochastic

File:

Download Bukhari_PhD_Dissertation_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Special Member

Author:

Ozdemir Yilmaz, Mine

Title:

Development of Burnup Dependent Fuel Rod Model in Cobra-tf

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

COBRA-TF
CTF
FRAPCON
FRAPTRAN
subchannel
fuel performance
thermal conductivity degradation
TCD
REA
Halden
fuel centerline temperature
MATPRO

File:

Download Mine_Yilmaz_Dissertation_ETD_Version_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Nikolova Avramova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Nikolova Avramova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Jens G Munthe Andersen, Special Member