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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:

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Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

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:

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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

Author:

Bao, Chen

Title:

Understanding Hydrological And Geochemical Controls On Solute Concentrations At Large Scale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrologic modeling
reactive transport
watershed geochemistry
concentration discharge relationship

File:

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Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

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:

Wang, Jiehao

Title:

Propagation, Proppant Transport, and the Evolution of Transport Properties of Fluid-Driven Fractures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic fracturing
Proppant transport
Fracture conductivity
Natural fracture
Gas fracturing
Dynamic gas fracturing

File:

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Committee Members:

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