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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:

Barton, Ethan Patrick

Title:

Effects of Marcellus Shale Development on Songbird Abundance and Habitat Use in Northcentral Pennsylvania Forests

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Marcellus
shale gas
forest
songbirds
biotic homogenization
habitat fragmentation

File:

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Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham Brant, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, 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:

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:

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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:

Li, Xueyi

Title:

BARRIERS TO IMPROVING IMPLEMENTATION OF PENNSYLVANIA’S UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELL PROGRAM

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

shale gas
wastewater
underground injection well
Pennsylvania

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward Jaenicke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Abdalla, Committee Member
Edward Jaenicke, Committee Member

Author:

Cai, Yuzhe

Title:

PREDICTION OF BOUNDARY-DOMINATED FLOW FOR LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS USING EARLY-TRANSIENT DATA

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

unconventional gas
shale gas
tight gas
linear flow;
well performance

File:

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Committee Members:

Luis F. Ayala H., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

Investigation of Pore Structure and Sorption Behavior for Unconventional Gas Reservoir Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

pore structure
adsorption
small-angle neutron scattering
coalbed methane
shale gas
unconventional natural gas

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_Rui_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Outside Member
Lilin He, Special Member

Author:

Chakraborty, Nirjhor

Title:

Fundamental Investigation of Gas Storage and Transport in Shales

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

shale gas
supercritical fluids
nanopores and fluid confinement
gas densification
adsorption-desorption
surface diffusion
3D X-ray CT Imaging
sub-resolution and multi-scale imaging
petrophysics and characterization
multi-phase multi-mechanistic modeling

File:

Download Nirjhor_Chakraborty_Dissertation_Post-Defense_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Michael Charles Hillman, Outside Member

Author:

Lou, Xuanqing

Title:

Investigation of Rock Properties Governing Gas Storage Capacity in Nanoporous Shales

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Unconventional reservoirs
shale gas
storage capacity
X-ray CT
Digital rock analysis

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Zuleima Karpyn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Luis Ayala H, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Outside Unit & Field Member