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Author:

Yue, Wenting

Title:

Interaction of Fracture Fluid With Formation Rock and Proppant on Fracture Fluid Clean-up and Long-term Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

fracture damage
formation damage
clay swell
proppant scaling
proppant diagenesis.

File:

Download Wentings_Master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chandra, Divya

Title:

Mechanical and Transport Characteristics of Coal-Biomass Mixtures for Advanced IGCC Systems

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal-Biomass mixtures
Gasifier
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
Grain Breakage
Permeability Evolution

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Belvalkar, Rohan Anirrudha

Title:

Permeabilities of coal-biomass mixtures for high pressure gasifier feeds

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

permeability
porosity
kozeny-carmen
coal
biomass
gasifier
feed
particle size
stress
strain
isotropic
pulse decay

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ahn, Chong Hyun

Title:

Modeling Of Hydraulic Fracture Network Propagation In Shale Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic fracture
shale gas reservoir
fracture network
naturally fractured reservoir

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Chong_Hyun_Ahn_12052012.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
R Larry Grayson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barj, Lucie Helene

Title:

influence of met-ocean conditions on the loads analysis of a Floating wind turbine

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

wind energy
floating offshore wind turbine
structural analysis
loads analysis
met-ocean conditions
renewable energy

File:

Download LB_MS_Thesis_Aug_7th.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan W Stewart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chang, Oliver Chih-young

Title:

Modeling of Proppant Transport through Hydraulic Fracture Network

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant
Hydraulic fracture network

File:

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Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Culp, Brian Michael

Title:

Impact Of Co2 On Fracture Complexity When Used As A Fracture Fluid In Rock

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rock Mechanics
Fracturing
Unconventional
Bluestone
PMMA
hydraulic fracture
hydrocarbon
geology

File:

Download MSThesis_BrianCulp.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yildirim, Levent

Title:

Evaluation Of Petrophysical Properties Of Gas Shale And Their Change Due To Interaction With Water

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Gas shale
petrophysics
methodology
well logs
core analysis

File:

Download THESIS_REPORT_L.T.OZGUR_YILDIRIM.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Im, Kyungjae

Title:

Geodetic Imaging of Production and thermal Depletion in Geothermal Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Geodesy
Geothermal
Fault

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Kyungjae_Im.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhi, Sheng

Title:

The Role of gas desorption on gas outbursts in underground mining of coal

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Gas outburst
Permeability evolution
Gas desorption
Energetic failure

File:

Download Thesis_Sheng.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fang, Zhicheng

Title:

Summer graduation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Pulse-decay experiment
Analytical solution
Numerical simulation
History-matching method
Pressure-dependent gas properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Sobhbidari, Farnood

Title:

The Role of Mineral Transformation due to CO2 Sequestration on the Shear Behavior of Reservoir Rock

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Sequestration
DEM Simulation
Mineral Transformation
Shear Behavior

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Farnood_Sobhbidari.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Schwartz, Brandon

Title:

THE EFFECT OF THERMAL CYCLING ON THE PERMEABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SHALE

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Bulk Modulus
Shale
Thermal Cycling

File:

Download Brandon_Schwartz_MASTERS_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Ziyan

Title:

CO2 and N2 injection to enhance shale gas recovery

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

enhance shale gas recovery

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ziyan_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
John Yilin Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Yildirim, Elif Cihan

Title:

Co-Evolution of Fracture Permeability and Friction: Roles of Preslip Frictional Healing and Dynamic Stressing, and Implications for Seismicity

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Fracture permeability
Friction
Hydraulic stimulation
Reservoir geomechanics
Induced seismicity
Slide-hold-slide
Frictional healing
Dynamic stressing
Experimental geophysics

File:

Download Yildirim_MS_Thesis_Co-Evolution_of_Fracture_Permeability_and_Friction.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Xi, Zhenke

Title:

COMBINING DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS AND GEOSTATISTICS TO FORECAST GAS PRODUCTION IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

unconventional shale
data analytics
gas production forecast
decline curve analysis
geostatistics

File:

Download MS_thesis_ZhenkeXi.pdf

Committee Members:

Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
John Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xuanchi

Title:

Evolution of Permeability and Acoustic Velocity through Radio-Frequency Heating of Shale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Shale
permeability
radio-frequency heating
p-wave velocity
Green River Shale
Marcellus Shale

File:

Download Final_Version_Xuanchi_Li_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Keru

Title:

Permeability and Capillary Pressure Relationship in Porous Media

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Capillary Pressure
Correlation

File:

Download Liu_Elswoth_2019_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Guanzhou

Title:

Sand Screen Performance Prediction Using Numerical Analysis

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

sand screen
CFD-DEM
sand screen performance prediction
numerical simulation
permeability change prediction
gravel pack

File:

Download Thesis_Guanzhou_Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Saucier, Emilie

Title:

Observations and Modeling of the Transition from an Open to Closed System at Telica Volcano, Nicaragua

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Volcano
Volcanology
Geoscience
Geology
Sealing
Phreatic Eruptions
Phreatic
Telica
Nicaragua
Deformation
Modeling
Machine Learning
Geodesy
Remote Sensing
Gas Flux
Hydrothermal Mineralisation
Magmatic Plug
Seal

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Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Peter LaFemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Al Balushi, Faras

Title:

Using Digital Rock Analysis to Estimate Flow Properties of Stress-Sensitive Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Stress-dependent permeability
Absolute permeability
Digital rock analysis
Finite Element Analysis
Lattice Boltzmann Methods

File:

Download Faras_Al_Balushi_s_M.S._Thesis-Final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Yu, Jiayi

Title:

Conductivity Evolution in Propped Fractures During Reservoir Drawdown

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant; Propped fracture conductivity; Proppant embedment; Proppant crushing

File:

Download Jiayi_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair