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1. AN INTEGRATED HYDRODYNAMIC / PVT VERTICAL WELLBORE MODEL FOR TWO-PHASE NATURAL GAS / LIQUID SYSTEMS

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Author:
Sadegh, Abdallah Ahmed
Title:
AN INTEGRATED HYDRODYNAMIC / PVT VERTICAL WELLBORE MODEL FOR TWO-PHASE NATURAL GAS / LIQUID SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Natural gas
Condensate
wells
Multiphase flow
Wellbore model
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Committee Member
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member

2. The Influnence of a Fracture Tip on Two-Phase Flow Displacement Process

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Open Access
Author:
Alajmi, Abdullah Fahad Faleh
Title:
The Influnence of a Fracture Tip on Two-Phase Flow Displacement Process
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
experimental work.
Fracture
dispalcement
porous media
simulation
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member

3. MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF GEOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR TARMAT DURING THE DEPLETION OF GIANT OIL RESERVOIR-AQUIFER SYSTEMS

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Author:
Cirdi, Ayse Pamir
Title:
MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF GEOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR TARMAT DURING THE DEPLETION OF GIANT OIL RESERVOIR-AQUIFER SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
aquifer
reservoir
tarmat
File:
Download Ayse_Pamir_Cirdi_Master_of_Science_Thesis_PME.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Development of Artificial Expert Reservoir Characterization Tools for Unconventional Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Mohammad Nejad Gharehlo, Amir
Title:
Development of Artificial Expert Reservoir Characterization Tools for Unconventional Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
neural networks
ann
Reservoir Characterization
well logs
seismic
payzone identification
payzone
net pay
Wolfcamp
File:
Download _thesis_Amir_Nejad2.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Special Member

6. The computational modeling of supercritical carbon dioxide flow in solid wood materials

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Open Access
Author:
Gething, Brad Allen
Title:
The computational modeling of supercritical carbon dioxide flow in solid wood materials
Graduate Program:
Materials
Keywords:
supercritical carbon dioxide wood treatment
File:
Download Brad_Gething_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Jack Janowiak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jack Janowiak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member
Jeffery J Morrell, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member

7. ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED, HETEROGENEOUS SANDSTONE

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Author:
Basbug, Basar
Title:
ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED, HETEROGENEOUS SANDSTONE
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
CT scan
fractured sandstone
spontaneous imbibition
automated history matching
optimization
File:
Download B.Basbug_dissertation_2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

8. AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED TOOL-BOX FOR SCREENING AND DESIGNING IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY METHODS

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Author:
Parada Minakowski, Claudia Helena
Title:
AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED TOOL-BOX FOR SCREENING AND DESIGNING IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY METHODS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
IOR
reservoir simulation
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY
petroleum engineering
File:
Download Parada_PhD_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

9. Organizational, Operational, and Natural Hazards in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

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Open Access
Author:
Jablonowski, Christopher J.
Title:
Organizational, Operational, and Natural Hazards in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
Graduate Program:
Mineral Economics
Keywords:
value of information
detection controlled estimation
industrial organization
File:
Download eTD.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Gordon, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Timothy Considine, Committee Member
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

10. PARAMETRIC STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING CAPILLARY IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA

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Open Access
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

11. A GENERALIZED 2-D HYPERBOLIC SOLVER WITH APPLICATION TO ORIFICE METERING

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Open Access
Author:
León, Daniel Eduardo
Title:
A GENERALIZED 2-D HYPERBOLIC SOLVER WITH APPLICATION TO ORIFICE METERING
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations
Essentially Non-Oscillatory Scheme
Large Eddy Simulation
Conservation Laws
Compressible Turbulent Flow
Natural Gas
Orifice-Meter
Orifice-Plate
Orifice Metering
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_Daniel_Leon_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member

12. Numerical Modeling of Natural Gas Two-Phase Flow Split at Branching T-Junctions with Closed-Loop Network Applications

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Open Access
Author:
Alp, Doruk
Title:
Numerical Modeling of Natural Gas Two-Phase Flow Split at Branching T-Junctions with Closed-Loop Network Applications
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
uneven phase separation
Branching
tee
T-Junction
Double Stream Model
Flow split
Staggered Grid
Finite Volume Method
Two-Phase Flow
Steady-State
File:
Download Alp_2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Dr Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member

13. Prediction of Frictional Pressure Drop in Flowing Deviated Gas Condensate Wells through Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks

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Open Access
Author:
Seren, Doruk
Title:
Prediction of Frictional Pressure Drop in Flowing Deviated Gas Condensate Wells through Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Production Engineering
Reservoir Engineering
Artificial Neural Networks
ANN
File:
Download MScThesisDS_4-21-08.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL DESCRIBING TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR IN HORIZONTAL WELLS: INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF USING A DOWNHOLE DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

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Open Access
Author:
Radespiel, Eduardo
Title:
A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL DESCRIBING TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR IN HORIZONTAL WELLS: INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF USING A DOWNHOLE DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
wellbore temperature
flux vector splitting
wellbore-reservoir coupling
black-oil
reservoir simulation
non-isothermal
horizontal well
File:
Download 2010_PhD_Radespiel.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin / Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Ronaldo Vicente, Committee Member

15. Feasibility Study through Numerical Simulation of Waterflooding and Gas Injection for a Carbonate Oil Field

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Open Access
Author:
Ojeifo, Eghonghon
Title:
Feasibility Study through Numerical Simulation of Waterflooding and Gas Injection for a Carbonate Oil Field
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
simulation
waterflood
gas injection
File:
Download thesis_April2015a_Update.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR OF TENSILE FRACTURES UNDER MULTIPHASE FLOW USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

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Author:
Alvarado, Freddy
Title:
DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR OF TENSILE FRACTURES UNDER MULTIPHASE FLOW USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
fracture aperture
Multiphase flow in fractures
confining stress
File:
Download Alvarado.pdf
Committee Members:
Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

17. Optimized Design of Cyclic Pressure Pulsing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Neural-Network Based Proxy Models

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Open Access
Author:
Artun, Fazil Emre
Title:
Optimized Design of Cyclic Pressure Pulsing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Neural-Network Based Proxy Models
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
cyclic pressure pulsing
improved oil recovery
optimization
screening
CO2
N2
neural networks
genetic algorithms
artificial intelligence
File:
Download Artun.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
Majid Al Wadhahi, Committee Member

18. DEVELOPMENT OF UNCERTAINTY METHODOLOGY FOR COBRA-TF VOID DISTRIBUTION AND CRITICAL POWER PREDICTIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Aydogan, Fatih
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF UNCERTAINTY METHODOLOGY FOR COBRA-TF VOID DISTRIBUTION AND CRITICAL POWER PREDICTIONS
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
dry-out elevation
uncertainty analysis
bwr
cobra-tf
fatih aydogan
pennstate uncertainty methodology
void distribution
critical power
bwr bundle
File:
Download PHD_whole_document_version1.pdf
Committee Members:
Lawrence Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Kurshad Muftuoglu, Committee Member

19. History Dependent Modeling of Counter-Current Flow in Porous Media

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Gaoming
Title:
History Dependent Modeling of Counter-Current Flow in Porous Media
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
capillary pressure hysteresis
reservoir simulation
porous media
Counter-current flow
fluid bank
history matching
X-ray CT
File:
Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:
Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member

20. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN TIGHT GAS SANDS

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Open Access
Author:
Kulga, Ihsan Burak
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN TIGHT GAS SANDS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
HORIZONTAL WELLS
TIGHT GAS SAND RESERVOIRS
File:
Download Ihsan_Burak_Kulga-Masters_PME.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. NUMERICAL STUDY OF CO-CURRENT WATER-DRY GAS FLOW IN GAS GATHERING SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Fernandez Luengo, Juan Emilio
Title:
NUMERICAL STUDY OF CO-CURRENT WATER-DRY GAS FLOW IN GAS GATHERING SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
NUMERICAL
GAS
GATHERING SYSTEMS
File:
Download FernandezLuengo_PhDThesis_May2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

22. DESIGN OF AN EFFECTIVE WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS(WAG) INJECTION PROCESS USING ARTIFICIAL EXPERT SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Ma, Jaehyun
Title:
DESIGN OF AN EFFECTIVE WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS(WAG) INJECTION PROCESS USING ARTIFICIAL EXPERT SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
artificial neural network
WAG
inverse network
File:
Download Design_of_an_Effective_WAG_Process_using_ANN.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. Multiphase Analysis of Three-Phase Flow (Gas-Condensate-Water) Flow in Pipes

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Open Access
Author:
Zaghloul, Jose
Title:
Multiphase Analysis of Three-Phase Flow (Gas-Condensate-Water) Flow in Pipes
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Three-Phase Flow
Multiphase Flow
Flow in pipes
File:
Download Thesis-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Osama O Awadelkarim, Committee Member

25. Numerical Model Representation Of Multi-stage Hydrualically Fractured Horizontal Wells Located In Shale Gas Reservoirs Using Neural Networks

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Open Access
Author:
Bodipat, Kanin
Title:
Numerical Model Representation Of Multi-stage Hydrualically Fractured Horizontal Wells Located In Shale Gas Reservoirs Using Neural Networks
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
numerical model
simulation
hydraulic fracturing
horizontal well
shale gas
neural networks
ANN
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Bodipat_Kanin.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. Development and Testing of an Expert System for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs using Artificial Neural Networks

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Open Access
Author:
SRINIVASAN, KARTHIK
Title:
Development and Testing of an Expert System for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs using Artificial Neural Networks
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Expert Systems
Coalbed Methane Reservoirs
Artificial Intelligence in Reservoir Engineering
Artificial Neural Networks
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Srinivasan.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

28. APPLICATION OF A LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT PROTOCOL TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE OF RESERVOIR SYSTEMS WITH COMPLEX WELL ARCHITECTURES

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Open Access
Author:
Hu, Li-Wei
Title:
APPLICATION OF A LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT PROTOCOL TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE OF RESERVOIR SYSTEMS WITH COMPLEX WELL ARCHITECTURES
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
reservoir simulation
complex well structure
local grid refinement
File:
Download Thesis_Li-Wei_Hu.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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Open Access
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

30. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR MODELING OF WATER AND THERMAL TRANSPORT IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND STACK

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Open Access
Author:
Khandelwal, Manish
Title:
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR MODELING OF WATER AND THERMAL TRANSPORT IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND STACK
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Fuel Cell
Modeling
Stack
two-phase
Thermo-osmosis
File:
Download khandelwal_PhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

31. Alternate Representations for Numerical Modeling of Multi-Stage Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Shale Gas Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Siripatrachai, Nithiwat
Title:
Alternate Representations for Numerical Modeling of Multi-Stage Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Shale Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Multi Stage
Shale
Hydraulic Fracture
Horizontal Well
Artificial Neural Network
ANN
Expert System
Gas
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Siripatrachai.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

32. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF CYCLIC STEAM INJECTION IN NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS – AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATION

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Open Access
Author:
Chintalapati, Santosh Phani Bhushan
Title:
EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF CYCLIC STEAM INJECTION IN NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS – AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATION
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
ANN
sensitive analysis
Artificial Neural Networks
Cyclic steam injection
Naturally fractured reservoirs
GUI
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

33. DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED HISTORY MATCHING PROTOCOL TO CHARACTERIZE RESERVOIR PROPERTIES

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Open Access
Author:
Chidambaram, Prasanna
Title:
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED HISTORY MATCHING PROTOCOL TO CHARACTERIZE RESERVOIR PROPERTIES
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial neural network
History matching
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_PChidambaram.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

34. Development of a Multi-mechanistic, Dual-porosity, Dual-permeability Numerical Flow Model for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs accounting for Coal Shrinkage and Swelling Effects

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Open Access
Author:
Thararoop, Prob
Title:
Development of a Multi-mechanistic, Dual-porosity, Dual-permeability Numerical Flow Model for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs accounting for Coal Shrinkage and Swelling Effects
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Coalbed Methane Reservoir Simulation
Coal Shrinkage and Swelling Effects
File:
Download Thesis_Prob_Thararoop_Final_new.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Turgay Ertekin / Dr Zuleima Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Member
Dr Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Ljubisa R Radovic, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

35. DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR A FORWARD IN-SITU COMBUSTION PROCESS

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Open Access
Author:
Shihab, Rizvi
Title:
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR A FORWARD IN-SITU COMBUSTION PROCESS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
in-situ combustion neural networks
File:
Download Rizvi_Thesis_July_27_.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert W Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry Grayson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

36. OPTIMIZATION OF THE DESIGN OF TRANSVERSE HYDRAULIC FRACTURES IN HORIZONTAL WELLS PLACED IN DUAL POROSITY TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Gorucu, Seyhan Emre
Title:
OPTIMIZATION OF THE DESIGN OF TRANSVERSE HYDRAULIC FRACTURES IN HORIZONTAL WELLS PLACED IN DUAL POROSITY TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Horizontal Wells
Tight Gas
Dual Porosity
ANN
Transverse Fractures
File:
Download Gorucu2010M.Sc..pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

40. Numerical Modeling of Gas Recovery from Methane Hydrate Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Silpngarmlert, Suntichai
Title:
Numerical Modeling of Gas Recovery from Methane Hydrate Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
reservoir simulation
production characteristics
methane hydrate
Numerical model
production strategy
File:
Download Silpngarmlert_Suntichai__Final_.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

41. FACTORS AFFECTING HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED WELL PERFORMANCE IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Osholake, Tunde A
Title:
FACTORS AFFECTING HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED WELL PERFORMANCE IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
MARCELLUS SHALE
FACTORS AFFECTING
File:
Download Masters_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

42. Improving Natural Gas Network Performance by Quantifying The Effects of Braess' Paradox

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Open Access
Author:
Phillips, Temitope
Title:
Improving Natural Gas Network Performance by Quantifying The Effects of Braess' Paradox
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Improving Gas Network Performance
Braess' Paradox
File:
Download Final_Dissertation_tp_submit.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Luis Ayala, Dr Seth Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Special Member

43. NUMERICAL STUDY OF FRACTURE APERTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SINGLE-PHASE FLOW AND CAPILLARY-DOMINATED DISPLACEMENT

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Open Access
Author:
Petchsingto, Tawatchai
Title:
NUMERICAL STUDY OF FRACTURE APERTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SINGLE-PHASE FLOW AND CAPILLARY-DOMINATED DISPLACEMENT
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Young-Laplace equation
aperture distribution
geostatistical parameter
fractured rock
invasion percolation theory
File:
Download TPetchsingto.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maira Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member

44. DETERMINATION OF CRICONDENTHERM, CRICONDENBAR AND CRITICAL POINTS USING ANN

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Open Access
Author:
Abass, Yunusa Adewale
Title:
DETERMINATION OF CRICONDENTHERM, CRICONDENBAR AND CRITICAL POINTS USING ANN
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
CRICONDENTHERM and CRITICAL POINTS
CRICONDENBAR
File:
Download Abass_1_.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

45. CONDUCTING IN-SITU COMBUSTION TUBE EXPERIMENTS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

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Open Access
Author:
Bansal, Yogesh
Title:
CONDUCTING IN-SITU COMBUSTION TUBE EXPERIMENTS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
In-situ combustion experiment
heavy oil recovery
ANN
File:
Download MS-Thesis-YogeshBansal.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Majid Al Wadhahi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

46. Capillary-Driven Flow in Fractured Sandstone

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Open Access
Author:
Karpyn, Zuleima Tharays
Title:
Capillary-Driven Flow in Fractured Sandstone
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Capillarity
flow in fractures
imbibition
experiment
fracture aperture
File:
Download eTD_KARPYN_May2005.pdf
Committee Members:
Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

47. Analysis of Production Decline Characteristics of a Multistage Hydraulically Fractured Well in a Naturally Fractured Reservoir.

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Open Access
Author:
Ketineni, Sarath Pavan
Title:
Analysis of Production Decline Characteristics of a Multistage Hydraulically Fractured Well in a Naturally Fractured Reservoir.
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Unconventional Reservoir
Type curve
Rate Transient Analysis
Mathieu Functions
Laplace Transform
Stehfest Algorithm
File:
Download Thesis_-_Sarath_Ketineni.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

48. Characterization of Sealing and Partially Communicating Faults in Dual-Porosity Gas Reservoirs Using Artificial Neural Network

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Open Access
Author:
Toktabolat, Zhazar
Title:
Characterization of Sealing and Partially Communicating Faults in Dual-Porosity Gas Reservoirs Using Artificial Neural Network
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Sealing and Partially Communicating Faults
Dual-Porosity Gas Reservoir
Artificial Neural Network
File:
Download Zhazar_Toktabolat_masters_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

49. Interaction of Fracture Fluid With Formation Rock and Proppant on Fracture Fluid Clean-up and Long-term Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Yue, Wenting
Title:
Interaction of Fracture Fluid With Formation Rock and Proppant on Fracture Fluid Clean-up and Long-term Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
fracture damage
formation damage
clay swell
proppant scaling
proppant diagenesis.
File:
Download Wentings_Master_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

52. A Production Performance Prediction and Field Development Design Tool for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Rajput, Vaibhav Hiralal
Title:
A Production Performance Prediction and Field Development Design Tool for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Coalbed Methane
Reservoir Simulation
Artificial Neural Networks
Field Development Optimization
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Vaibhav_Rajput.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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Open Access
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

55. Multi Dimensional Boron Transport Modelling in a Subchannel Approach

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Open Access
Author:
Ozdemir, Ozkan Emre
Title:
Multi Dimensional Boron Transport Modelling in a Subchannel Approach
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
boron tracking
thermal hydraulics
Godunov
COBRA-TF
STAR-CD
File:
Download Ozkan_Emre_Ozdemir_PhD_Dissertation_Fall_2012.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
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Dr Tanju Sofu, Special Member
Mr Kenya Sato, Special Member

56. The effect of hydrocarbon structure on nickel catalyst deactivation in steam reforming of hexane and benzene

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Kyungsoo
Title:
The effect of hydrocarbon structure on nickel catalyst deactivation in steam reforming of hexane and benzene
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
steam reforming
catalyst
deactivation
hydrocarbon
hexane
benzene
nickel
XANES
File:
Download Thesis_KyungsooKim_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Yongsheng Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yongsheng Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Special Member

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

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Open Access
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

58. Engineering design considerations to maximize carbon dioxide injectivity in deep saline formations

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Open Access
Author:
Sun, Qian
Title:
Engineering design considerations to maximize carbon dioxide injectivity in deep saline formations
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Carbon geological sequestration
deep saline formation
horizontal injector
Monte Carlo Simulation
ANN
File:
Download Qian_Sun_Master_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

59. Development And Application Of An Artificial Expert System For the Pressure Transient Analysis Of A Dual ̶ Lateral Well configuration

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Qiumei
Title:
Development And Application Of An Artificial Expert System For the Pressure Transient Analysis Of A Dual ̶ Lateral Well configuration
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
ANN PRESSURE TRANSIENT PERMEABILITY POROSITY
File:
Download Thesis___2_.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

61. Evaluation of Fluid Transport Properties of Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Alexis, Dennis Arun
Title:
Evaluation of Fluid Transport Properties of Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Coal bed methane
permeability
relative permeability
effective stress
File:
Download Dissertation_Alexis_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

64. Development of artificial neural networks for steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) recovery method in heavy oil reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Sengel, Ayhan
Title:
Development of artificial neural networks for steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) recovery method in heavy oil reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial neural network; sagd; steam; horizontal wells; gravit
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Ayhan_Sengel.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

66. Pneumatic Transport Modeling of Air/Gas Drilling Hydraulics in Horizontal and Deviated Wellbores

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Open Access
Author:
ADELEKE, NAJEEM A.
Title:
Pneumatic Transport Modeling of Air/Gas Drilling Hydraulics in Horizontal and Deviated Wellbores
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Air Drilling
Drilling Hydraulics
Hole Cleaning
Optimum Rate
Circulation Time
Pneumatic Transport
Modeling
Deviated Wells
File:
Download Najeem_Adeleke-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Robello Samuel, Special Member

67. Development Of A Three-dimensional, Three-phase Coupled Model For Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Propagation And Long-term Recovery In Tight Gas Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Zeinijahromi, Mohamad
Title:
Development Of A Three-dimensional, Three-phase Coupled Model For Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Propagation And Long-term Recovery In Tight Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Numerical Modelilng
Hydraulic Fracturing Modeling
Reservoir Simulation
File:
Download Thesis_5_3_print.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member

68. Hybrid Semi-mechanistic Well Performance Modeling and Prediction

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

70. DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN FAULTED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Oz, Sinan
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN FAULTED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
artificial neural networks
hydraulic fracture
horizontal well
shale gas reservoir
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Sinan_OZ_final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

71. Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Cyclic Steam Stimulation Method in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Arpaci, Buket
Title:
Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Cyclic Steam Stimulation Method in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial neural network
cyclic steam injection
heavy oil
naturally fractured reservoirs
File:
Download 1-Buket_Arpaci_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

72. The Development of an Artificial Neural Network as a Pressure Transient Analysis Tool with Application to Multi-lateral Wells in Tight-gas Dual-porosity Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Cox, Jacob Steven
Title:
The Development of an Artificial Neural Network as a Pressure Transient Analysis Tool with Application to Multi-lateral Wells in Tight-gas Dual-porosity Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
ANN
Artificial Neural Network
Tight-Gas
Dual-Porosity
Multi-Lateral
Pressure Transient
File:
Download Jacob_Cox_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

73. ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN DEPLETED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Kulga, Ihsan Burak
Title:
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN DEPLETED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
PSU-SHALECOMP
numerical model
CO2 injection
shale gas
artificial neural network
stimulated reservoir volume
srv
ann
File:
Download Ihsan_Burak_Kulga_Phd.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

74. Applications of Artificial Expert Systems in the Diagnosis and Analysis of Unexpected Spatial and Temporal Changes in Reservoir Production Behavior

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Open Access
Author:
Bu Khamseen, Nader
Title:
Applications of Artificial Expert Systems in the Diagnosis and Analysis of Unexpected Spatial and Temporal Changes in Reservoir Production Behavior
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial neural network
reservoir simulation
artificial expert systems
history matching
prediction
unexpected behavior.
File:
Download Thesis_def_d2.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

76. Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Pressure and Rate Transient Analysis of Horizontal Wells Completed in Dry, Wet and Condensate Gas Reservoirs of Naturally Fractured Formations

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Open Access
Author:
Gaw, Hussain
Title:
Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Pressure and Rate Transient Analysis of Horizontal Wells Completed in Dry, Wet and Condensate Gas Reservoirs of Naturally Fractured Formations
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
ANN
Pressure transient
Rate transient
Naturally fractured formations
File:
Download Final_Thesis_copy1.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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Open Access
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

78. Artificial Expert Systems For Rate Transient Analysis Of Fishbone Wells Completed In Shale Gas Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Bukhamseen, Ibrahim
Title:
Artificial Expert Systems For Rate Transient Analysis Of Fishbone Wells Completed In Shale Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Rate Transient
Artificial Neural Networks
Fishbone
Horizontal
Shale Gas Reservoir
Multilateral
File:
Download Ibrahim_Bukhamseen_Rate_Analysis_of_Fishbone_Wells.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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Open Access
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

80. The Development Of A Numerical Model Applicable To Dual Porosity Hydrocarbon Reservoirs With Complex Well Structures

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Open Access
Author:
Yang, Junjie
Title:
The Development Of A Numerical Model Applicable To Dual Porosity Hydrocarbon Reservoirs With Complex Well Structures
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Multilateral wells
Local grid refinement
Numerical simulation
File:
Download Dissertation_Junjie_Yang_v3.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

81. Optimizing Corporate Decisions for Dominant Hydrocarbon Producers under Uncertainty

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Open Access
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

82. Development of Burnup Dependent Fuel Rod Model in Cobra-tf

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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
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petroleum.
File:
Download MS_Thesis_2007a.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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Open Access
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

96. Shale Gas Reservoirs Development Strategies Via Advanced Well Architectures

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

99. Understanding Hydrological And Geochemical Controls On Solute Concentrations At Large Scale

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Open Access
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

100. Development of a Compositional Simulator for Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs

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Open Access
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