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1. Reservoir Performance Analysis and Optimization of Gas Condensate Systems using Zero-Dimensional Reservoir Models

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Author:
Vardcharragosad, Pichit
Title:
Reservoir Performance Analysis and Optimization of Gas Condensate Systems using Zero-Dimensional Reservoir Models
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Zero-Dimensional Reservoir Model
Gas Condensate
Field Performance
File:
Download 46_Thesis_Final_eTD_Correction.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Well Testing Using Artificial Expert Systems: applications And Limitations

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Author:
Alabbad, Mohammed Ali
Title:
Well Testing Using Artificial Expert Systems: applications And Limitations
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
well testing
neural networks
pressure transient
predict
File:
Download Mohammed_AlAbbad_proposal_v4.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
R Larry Grayson, Special Member

4. Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator

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Author:
Aslan, Erhan
Title:
Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Coalbed methane
local grid refinement
coalbed methane simulator
shrinkage and swelling
parallel processing
File:
Download Erhan_Aslan_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

5. Investigation of Gas Flow Hindrance due to Fracturing Fluid Leak Off in Low Permeability Sandstones

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Author:
Odumabo, Sijuola M
Title:
Investigation of Gas Flow Hindrance due to Fracturing Fluid Leak Off in Low Permeability Sandstones
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
hydraulic fracturing
low permeability formation
saturation
leak off
File:
Download M.S._Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem

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Author:
Bai, Yu
Title:
life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Life cycle assessment
Optimization
Multiple criteria
File:
Download MS_thesis_-_YU_BAI.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Essays on Electricity Market Restructuring and nuclear Industry in the United States

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Author:
Tsai, Chen-hao
Title:
Essays on Electricity Market Restructuring and nuclear Industry in the United States
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
nuclear energy
nuclear safety
electricity market
deregulation
File:
Download Chen-Hao_Tsai_Dissertation_20150327.pdf
Committee Members:
Zhen Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhen Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Member
Edward Harris Klevans, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Special Member

10. Long-term Well Performance Prediction in Unconventional tight Gas And Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Density Approach

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Author:
Vardcharragosad, Pichit
Title:
Long-term Well Performance Prediction in Unconventional tight Gas And Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Density Approach
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
A Density Approach
Well Performance Prediction
Tight Gas
Shale Gas
Production Data Analysis
File:
Download 53_Thesis_Master_File_Corrections_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Mathieu Philippe Stienon, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

11. Three Essays on Empirical Analysis of United States Electricity Markets

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Author:
Gautam, Suman
Title:
Three Essays on Empirical Analysis of United States Electricity Markets
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Electricity Markets
RPS
Coal Plants
Selection Bias
demand response
RCT Design
extreme value theory
AR/GARCH Models
File:
Download Gautam_Suman_Dissertation_-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Robert D Weaver, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

12. Rigorous and Explicit Determination of Hyperbolic Exponents and Reserves in Gas Decline Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Stumpf, Thomas Newman
Title:
Rigorous and Explicit Determination of Hyperbolic Exponents and Reserves in Gas Decline Analysis
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Arps
hyperbolic decline
type curve
boundary dominated flow
explicit
rigorous
natural gas
File:
Download Thomas_Stumpf_-_Masters_Thesis_Final_2.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Examination of Unconventional Phenomena in Naturally Fracture Liquid-rich Gas Reservoirs: Single-block Compositional Model

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Author:
Al Ghamdi, Bander Nasser
Title:
Examination of Unconventional Phenomena in Naturally Fracture Liquid-rich Gas Reservoirs: Single-block Compositional Model
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Liquid-Rich reservoirs
Diffusion
Naturally fractured systems
Capillary pressure
Unconventional reservoirs
Compositional
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Bander_Al_Ghamdi.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Mathieu Philippe Stienon, Committee Member

14. Mathematics of multiphase multiphysics transport in porous media

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Open Access
Author:
Khorsandi Kouhanestant, Saeid
Title:
Mathematics of multiphase multiphysics transport in porous media
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Enhanced oil recovery
MMP
Riemann problem
Hyperbolic equations
Method of Characteristics
File:
Download KhorsandiDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Wen Shen, Committee Member
Alberto Bressan, Committee Member

16. Inversion Scheme for Predicting Petrophysical Properties in the Blake Ridge Methane Hydrates Field from 3d Seismic Survey Data

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Author:
Braun, Keith Eric
Title:
Inversion Scheme for Predicting Petrophysical Properties in the Blake Ridge Methane Hydrates Field from 3d Seismic Survey Data
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
hydrates
bayesian inversion
MCMC
petroleum
File:
Download 1-Thesis042016.pdf
Committee Members:
Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. Development of hydraulic fracture network propagation model in shale gas reservoirs: 2d, single-phase and 3d, multi-phase model development, parametric studies, and verification

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Author:
Ahn, Chong Hyun
Title:
Development of hydraulic fracture network propagation model in shale gas reservoirs: 2d, single-phase and 3d, multi-phase model development, parametric studies, and verification
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Hydraulic fracture
Shale
SRV
fracture complexity
fracture surface area
File:
Download PHD_dissertation_Chong_Hyun_Ahn_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

18. Development of a Multi-mechanistic Triple-porosity, Triple-permeability Compositional Model for Unconventional Reservoirs

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Author:
Siripatrachai, Nithiwat
Title:
Development of a Multi-mechanistic Triple-porosity, Triple-permeability Compositional Model for Unconventional Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Reservoir Simulation
Unconventional Reservoir
Compositional Simulation
Capillary Pressure
Phase Behavior
Shale
Multicontinuum
Discrete Fracture Model
Numerical Simulation
Tight Rock
Hydraulic Fracture
Naturally Fractured Reservoir
File:
Download Siripatrachai_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Outside Member

19. A GENERAL COMPOSITIONAL RESCALED-EXPONENTIAL MODEL FOR MULTI-PHASE, BOUNDARY-DOMINATED PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

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Author:
Will, Ryan David
Title:
A GENERAL COMPOSITIONAL RESCALED-EXPONENTIAL MODEL FOR MULTI-PHASE, BOUNDARY-DOMINATED PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Rate transient analysis
gas condensate
volatile oil
analytical mode
compositional reservoir modeling
rescaled-exponential
boundary-dominated performance analysis
File:
Download Ryan_Will_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

20. MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR FLOWBACK RATE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS

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Author:
Yang, Yun
Title:
MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR FLOWBACK RATE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Flowback Analysis
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA)
Production Data Analysis (PDA)
Fracture Characterization
Two-phase Flowback Model
Single-phase Flowback Model
Shale Gas
Tight Sand Gas
File:
Download Yun_YangMaster_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

21. Experimental Study of Gas-Liquid Diffusion in Porous Rocks and Bulk Fluids

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Author:
Lou, Xuanqing
Title:
Experimental Study of Gas-Liquid Diffusion in Porous Rocks and Bulk Fluids
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Gas-Liquid Diffusion
Diffusion Coefficient
Unconventional Porous Media
Pressure-Decay Technique
File:
Download Ms_thesis_Xuanqing_Lou_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member

22. Analysis of Depletion Factor in the Marcellus Shale Gas Reservoirs

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Author:
Wei, Tianyuan
Title:
Analysis of Depletion Factor in the Marcellus Shale Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
resource policy
hydraulic fracturing in shale reservoirs
Monte Carlo simulation in uncertainty analysis
File:
Download Final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

23. flowback rate transient analysis of multi-fractured horizontal wells in tight and ultratight reservoirs

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Author:
Zhang, Fengyuan
Title:
flowback rate transient analysis of multi-fractured horizontal wells in tight and ultratight reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
flowback analysis
rate transient analysis
multiphase flow
tight and ultratight reservoir
fracture characterization
File:
Download Dissertation_8.0.pdf
Committee Members:
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair