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Author:: Alajmi, Abdullah Fahad Faleh
Title:: The Influnence of a Fracture Tip on Two-Phase Flow Displacement Process
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: experimental work.
Fracture
dispalcement
porous media
simulation
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member

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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:: Alvarado, Freddy
Title:: DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR OF TENSILE FRACTURES UNDER MULTIPHASE FLOW USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: fracture aperture
Multiphase flow in fractures
confining stress
File:: Download Alvarado.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Gaoming
Title:: History Dependent Modeling of Counter-Current Flow in Porous Media
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: capillary pressure hysteresis
reservoir simulation
porous media
Counter-current flow
fluid bank
history matching
X-ray CT
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, 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:: Karpyn, Zuleima Tharays
Title:: Capillary-Driven Flow in Fractured Sandstone
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Capillarity
flow in fractures
imbibition
experiment
fracture aperture
File:: Download eTD_KARPYN_May2005.pdf
Committee Members:: Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

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Author:: Aniemena, Chigozie C
Title:: Hybrid Semi-mechanistic Well Performance Modeling and Prediction
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Well Performance Prediction
Production Forecasting
Reserves Assessment
Hydraulic Fracture Design Optimization.
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Chigozie_Aniemena.pdf
Committee Members:: Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, 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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