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Author:: Lee, Chung-Hao
Title:: PARAMETRIC STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING CAPILLARY IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Imbibition
Computed Tomography
Fractures
Capillarity
File:: Download dissertation0208.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

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Author:: Fitzgerald, Michael Robert
Title:: Influence of drainage state on direct-push permeability profiling methods
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: soils
hydraulic conductivity
permeability
direct-push
File:: Download Fitzgerald_-_PhD_Thesis_-_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member

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Author:: Al Enezi, Sultan Mohammad
Title:: EFFECS OF CLOSURE STRESS ON FRACTURE MORPHOLOGY AND MULTI-PHASE FLOW IN SHEAR FRACTURED BEREA SANDSTONE
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: shear fracture
fluid flow
File:: Download Microsoft_Word_-_PhD_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Phillip Michael Halleck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham Grader, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Silpngarmlert, Suntichai
Title:: Numerical Modeling of Gas Recovery from Methane Hydrate Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: reservoir simulation
production characteristics
methane hydrate
Numerical model
production strategy
File:: Download Silpngarmlert_Suntichai__Final_.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Petchsingto, Tawatchai
Title:: NUMERICAL STUDY OF FRACTURE APERTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SINGLE-PHASE FLOW AND CAPILLARY-DOMINATED DISPLACEMENT
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Young-Laplace equation
aperture distribution
geostatistical parameter
fractured rock
invasion percolation theory
File:: Download TPetchsingto.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maira Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member

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Author:: McGuire, Thomas Patrick
Title:: Permeability Evolution of Stressed Fractures Permeated by Reactive Fluids
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: fracture permeability evolution
pressure solution
stress corrosion cracking
carbon dioxide sequestration
fracture strain
fracture dissolution
File:: Download thomas_mcguire_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

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Author:: Izadi, Ghazal
Title:: Evolution of Permeability and Induced Seismicity within Fractured Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: permeability Evolution
Induced Seismicity
File:: Download Ghazal_Izadi_PhD_Dissertation_Final5.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Kumar, Hemant
Title:: Poromechanical Response of Naturally Fractured Sorbing Media
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coal
Shale
Permeability
Proppant
Modeling
Simulation
File:: Download PhD_Thesis_Kumar.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Denis Pone, Special 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:: Salehikhoo, Fatemeh
Title:: Effect of Chemical Spatial Distribution of Magnesite on its dissolution Rate
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Magnesite
Dissolution
Rate
Spatial Dirtibution
File:: Download Fatemeh_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member

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