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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

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:

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

Author:

Gorucu, Seyhan Emre

Title:

Reduced Phase Equilibrium Calculations: New Reduced Parameters, Critical Analysis And Fluid Characterization

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

flash calculations
phase behavior
stability analysis
phase equilibrium calculations
solution of nonlinear equations
Newton's method
Newton-Raphson
Minimization
fluid characterization

File:

Download Dissertation_Gorucu_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Christopher Griffin, Committee Member

Author:

Enyioha, Chukwuka

Title:

An Investigation of the Efficacy of Advanced Well Structures in Unconventional Multi-phase Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Unconventional
advanced well structures
artificial intelligence
production prediction
field development
history matching

File:

Download DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Daniel Kifer, Committee Member

Author:

Seales, Maxian Burton

Title:

Analysis of Fracture Fluid Cleanup and Long-term Recovery in Shale Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Shale Gas
Fracture Fluid Cleanup
Dual Porosity
Flowback water composition

File:

Download M_Seales_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Gorski, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member