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Author:

Bukhari, Abdulwahab

Title:

Optimizing Corporate Decisions for Dominant Hydrocarbon Producers under Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis
VOI
petroleum economics
optimization
monte carlo simulation
stochastic

File:

Download Bukhari_PhD_Dissertation_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Special Member

Author:

Ozdemir Yilmaz, Mine

Title:

Development of Burnup Dependent Fuel Rod Model in Cobra-tf

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

COBRA-TF
CTF
FRAPCON
FRAPTRAN
subchannel
fuel performance
thermal conductivity degradation
TCD
REA
Halden
fuel centerline temperature
MATPRO

File:

Download Mine_Yilmaz_Dissertation_ETD_Version_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Nikolova Avramova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Nikolova Avramova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Jens G Munthe Andersen, Special Member

Author:

M-amin, Jafar Muhamed

Title:

Development of an Artificial Neural Network Based Expert System for Rate Transient Analysis Tool in Multilayered Reservoir with or without Cross Flow

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Rate Transient Analysis
Multilayered Reservoir
Artificial Neural Network
Gas Reservoir
Reservoir Simulation
Cross Flow

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nwankwo, Princess Christiana

Title:

A New Equation of State of State for Better Liquid Density Prediction of Natural Gas Systems.

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Equation-of-State
Thermodynamic properties
Phase behavior
Natural Gas
Gas Compressibility Factor
Liquid Densities

File:

Download Report_on_PhD_Dissertation__1_-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Adebola Adewumi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhibiao Zhao, 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

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:

Lu, Jia

Title:

Rate Transient Analysis Of Dual Lateral Wells In Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Via Artificial Intelligence

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial Neural Network
ANN
Dual-Lateral
Double Porosity
Jia
Lu
Ertekin

File:

Download 1-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Song, Wenxin

Title:

Locating Petroleum Sources Using Dsp Techniques

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Data Acquiring
Data Processing
Stacking
Reservoir Imaging

File:

Download thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Yi

Title:

An Optimization Protocol Applicable To Water Flooding Flow Rates On Pattern Based Field Development Studies

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
water flooding
flow rates
well patteren

File:

Download thesis_Yi_ZHANG.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bae, Chang Eon

Title:

PREDICTION OF WATER CONE FORMATION IN A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR WITH AQUIFER DRIVE -AN ARTIFICIAL EXPERT APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

watercone
coning
naturally fractured reservoirs
artificial neural network

File:

Download Master_thesis_Chang_Eon_Bae_Aug_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Nojabaei, Bahareh

Title:

Phase Behavior And Flow Analysis Of Shale Reservoirs Using A Compositionally-extended Black-oil Approach

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Shale reservoirs
phase behavior
reservoir flow simulation
capillary pressure

File:

Download BNojabaei_thesis_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Special Member

Author:

Ozdemir, Ibrahim

Title:

Synthetic Well Log Generation for Complex Well Architectures Using Artificial Intelligence Based Tools

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Oil Field Development
Artificial Neural Networks
Synthetic Well Log
Oil Production Profile
Shale Index

File:

Download IBRAHIM_OZDEMIR_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Altaheini, Suleiman

Title:

Addressing Capacitance-Resistance Modeling Limitations and Introducing a New Practical Formulation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

crm
crmip
crmp
crmid
Capacitance-Resistance
injection stream
capacitance resistance modeling
png
petroleum.

File:

Download MS_Thesis_2007a.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Alghazal, Mohammed

Title:

Development and Testing of Artificial Neural Network Based Models for Water Flooding and Polymer Gel Flooding in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Neural Network
ANN
Simulation
EOR
polymer
gel
recovery
Ertekin
water
flooding
reservoir

File:

Download final_thesis_alghazal.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Alqahtani, Mari

Title:

Shale Gas Reservoirs Development Strategies Via Advanced Well Architectures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Shale
Shale Gas
Reservoir Development
ANN
Unconventional Reservoirs
Complex Wells
Artificial Neural Networks

File:

Download Shale_Gas_Reservoirs_Development_Strategies_Via_Advanced_Well_Architectures_-_Mari_Alqahtani_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member

Author:

Ketineni, Sarath Pavan

Title:

Structuring An Integrative Approach For Field Development Planning Using Artificial Intelligence And Its Application To Tombua Landana Asset In Angola

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Reservoir Characterization
Artificial Neural Networks
Field Development Planning
Petroleum Engineering
Seismic data analysis

File:

Download Sarath_ketineni_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

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

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:

Download Chen_phd_dissertation_final.pdf

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:

Rajput, Vaibhav Hiralal

Title:

Development of a Compositional Simulator for Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Compositional Simulation
Liquid-rich shale reservoirs
Liquid-phase adsorption
Multi-component diffusion
Type curves
Multi-mechanistic flow

File:

Download PS_dissertation_vaibhav_rajput.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor