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Author:: Mohammad Nejad Gharehlo, Amir
Title:: Development of Artificial Expert Reservoir Characterization Tools for Unconventional Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: neural networks
ann
Reservoir Characterization
well logs
seismic
payzone identification
payzone
net pay
Wolfcamp
File:: Download _thesis_Amir_Nejad2.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Special Member

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Author:: Radespiel, Eduardo
Title:: A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL DESCRIBING TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR IN HORIZONTAL WELLS: INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF USING A DOWNHOLE DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: wellbore temperature
flux vector splitting
wellbore-reservoir coupling
black-oil
reservoir simulation
non-isothermal
horizontal well
File:: Download 2010_PhD_Radespiel.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin / Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Ronaldo Vicente, Committee Member

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Author:: Phillips, Temitope
Title:: Improving Natural Gas Network Performance by Quantifying The Effects of Braess' Paradox
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Improving Gas Network Performance
Braess' Paradox
File:: Download Final_Dissertation_tp_submit.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Luis Ayala, Dr Seth Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Special Member

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Author:: Alabbad, Mohammed Ali
Title:: Well Testing Using Artificial Expert Systems: applications And Limitations
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: well testing
neural networks
pressure transient
predict
File:: Download Mohammed_AlAbbad_proposal_v4.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
R Larry Grayson, Special Member

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Author:: Kim, Kyungsoo
Title:: The effect of hydrocarbon structure on nickel catalyst deactivation in steam reforming of hexane and benzene
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: steam reforming
catalyst
deactivation
hydrocarbon
hexane
benzene
nickel
XANES
File:: Download Thesis_KyungsooKim_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Yongsheng Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yongsheng Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Special Member

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Author:: Aslan, Erhan
Title:: Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coalbed methane
local grid refinement
coalbed methane simulator
shrinkage and swelling
parallel processing
File:: Download Erhan_Aslan_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

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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

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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

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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

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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

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