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Author:

Bodipat, Kanin

Title:

Numerical Model Representation Of Multi-stage Hydrualically Fractured Horizontal Wells Located In Shale Gas Reservoirs Using Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

numerical model
simulation
hydraulic fracturing
horizontal well
shale gas
neural networks
ANN

File:

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Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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 fracturing
low permeability formation
saturation
leak off

File:

Download M.S._Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fogarty, Rebecca Anne

Title:

Mobilization of Heavy Metals upon Release of Marcellus Shale Wastewaters

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

desorption
heavy metals
hydraulic fracturing
Marcellus Shale
mobilization
cadmium

File:

Download MS_Thesis_RFogarty.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cash, Colin Christopher

Title:

Super-charged Pulsed Jet Combustor for Salt-water Separation in Remediating Hydo Fracturing Brines

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

hydraulic fracturing
brine
pulse combustor
pulse jet
natural gas

File:

Download Colin_C_Cash_2015_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Scott Cannon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Tasker, Travis Lindsay

Title:

Contaminant mobilization by reactions between Marcellus Shale and organic additive in synthetic hydraulic fracturing fluids

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

hydraulic fracturing
Marcellus Shale
fracturing fluids

File:

Download Tasker_Thesis_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

William D Burgos, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Navitsky, Laura Olivia

Title:

Establishing Thresholds for Negative Effects on Vegetation and Soils from Marcellus Gas Production Water

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

hydraulic fracturing
Marcellus Shale
production water
barium
chloride
total dissolved solids
electrical conductivity

File:

Download Laura_Navitsky_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Herschel Adams Elliott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Dzwonczyk, John Patrick

Title:

Water Use in Shale Energy Extraction: A Watershed-level Analysis of Water Availability in Marcellus Shale Extraction

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

water-energy nexus
Marcellus Shale
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download 1-Dzwonczyk_J_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Kirby Calvert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tess Alethea Russo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola

Title:

Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

molecular modeling
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
marcellus shale
supercritical CO2
illite
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
DFT
DFT-MD
scCO2
interfacial tension
interfacial energy
interaction energy
VASP
energy minimization

File:

Download seyi_ajayi_ms_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. James Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Demian Saffer, Committee 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

Author:

Woda, Joshua

Title:

WORKING WITH CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AND HOMEOWNERS IN PENNSYLVANIA TO UNDERSTAND HYDROCARBON-RELATED CONTAMINATION OF WATER RESOURCES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shale gas
water quality
methane
hydraulic fracturing
oil and gas
contamination
citizen science

File:

Download Woda_thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Song, Yibo

Title:

Numerical Simulation of Proppant Displacement in Scaled Fracture Networks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant transport
hydraulic fracturing
particle laden fluid
discrete element methods

File:

Download Thesis_Yibo_Song.pdf

Committee Members:

Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
John Wang, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair