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Author:

Alrumah, Muhammad

Title:

A Study on the Analysis of the Formation of High Water Saturation zones around Well perforations

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

composite reservoir
water coning
water saturation

File:

Download M_Alrumah-Dissertation_15-August.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

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

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

Author:

Li, Xinqian

Title:

Experimental investigation of carbon dioxide trapping due to capillary retention in deep saline aquifers

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical CO2
carbon sequestration
capillary trapping
initial-residual CO2 saturation
X-ray micro-computed tomography

File:

Download Li_Dissertation_document.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member

Author:

Almousa, Talal Saeed

Title:

Development and Utilization of Integrated Artificial Expert Systems for Designing Multi-lateral Well Configurations, Estimating Reservoir Properties and Forecasting Reservoir Performance

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

ANN
Artificial Neural Network
Expert Systems
Well Design
Characterization
Forecasting
Reservoir Simulation

File:

Download Dissertation_by_Talal_S._AlMousa.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Lijiao

Title:

Examination of Bioelectrochemical Systems with Different Configurations for Wastewater Treatment

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
microbial electrolysis cells (MECs)
wastewater treatment
energy recovery

File:

Download LijiaoRen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Cao, Peilin

Title:

Investigation of Cement Alteration and Associated Conductivity Change in Co2-rich Environments relevant to Carbon Sequestration

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

cement integrity
CO2 sequestration
cement alteration
conductivity evolution
reactive transport modeling
CO2-brine dynamic flow

File:

Download Cao_Dissertation_final2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member

Author:

Tayari, Farid

Title:

Techno-economic Assessment of Industrial Co2 Storage in Depleted Shale Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Wind Power
Variability Cost
Water Heater
Load Management
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
Injection
Storage
Cost
Shale

File:

Download Farid_Tayari_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Rj Briggs, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Haining

Title:

PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN CO2-BRINE SYSTEM FOR CO2 STORAGE

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

CO2 solubility
CO2-brine system
Equation of state
NaCl
CaCl2
Na2SO4
MgCl2
KCl
Pitzer model
activity coefficient
PSUCO2

File:

Download D2014HZ.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William D Burgos, Special Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

Author:

Heidari, Peyman

Title:

Effects of physical and chemical heterogeneities on transport and reaction processes in porous media

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Mineral Dissolution
Chemical Heterogeneity
Fluid Flow in Porous Media
Solute Transport
Non-Fickian Transport

File:

Download PeymanHeidariFinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member