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Author:

Wendt, Anna Katherine

Title:

Geochemistry of the Union Springs Member, Marcellus Formation in Central Pennsylvania and Environmental Implications of hydraulic fracturing

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Marcellus Formation
geochemistry
uranium
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Wendt_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Gary Lee Catchen, Committee Member

Author:

Tan, Yunhui

Title:

Study of microseismic events: their source mechanism, spatial and temporal distribution, and the evolution of transmitting medium

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

microseismic
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Thesis_Tan_V4_with_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry Engelder, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Special Member

Author:

Li, Xiang

Title:

Gas Transport, Sorption and Fracture in Shale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

enhanced gas recovery
hydraulic fracturing
breakdown pressure
fracture complexity
adsorption
swelling
stress redistribution

File:

Download Xiang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chirs Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Oliver Chih-young

Title:

INTEGRATED 3-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF PROPPANT TRANSPORT THROUGH HYDRAULIC FRACTURE NETWORK IN SHALE GAS RESERVOIR

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

proppant transport
hydraulic fracturing
shale gas
fracture network
unconventional reservoir

File:

Download Oliver_PhD_Dissertation_INTEGRATED_3-DIMENSIONAL_MODELING_OF_PROPPANT_TRANSPORT_THROUGH_HYDRAULIC_FRACTURE_NETWORK_IN_SHALE_GAS_RESERVOIR.pdf

Committee Members:

John Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Outside Member

Author:

Tasker, Travis Lindsay

Title:

Tracing the environmental and human health impacts of oil and gas development

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

hydraulic fracturing
Marcellus Shale
Utica Shale
TENORM
Oil and gas
isotopes

File:

Download Tasker_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

William D Burgos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Franklin Lewis Dorman Jr., Committee Member
Matthew S Fantle, Outside Member