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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:

Han, Jiahang

Title:

Fracture Damage Analysis in Tight Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Fracture Damage
Tight sand gas reservoir
proppant damage
type curve
screening tool

File:

Download 1-Dissertation_Jiahang_Han_final_f.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee 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:

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

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