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Author:

Abah, Alphonsus Igoche

Title:

Effect of Multi-phase Flow on Recovery of Fracture Fluid and Gas in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic
fracture
fracturing
marcellus
proppant
multi-phase flow
shut-in
capillary pressure

File:

Download EFFECT_OF_MULTI-PHASE_FLOW_ON_LONG_TERM_GAS_RECOVERY_BY_ALPHONSUS_ABAH.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chang, Oliver Chih-young

Title:

Modeling of Proppant Transport through Hydraulic Fracture Network

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant
Hydraulic fracture network

File:

Download Oliver_Thesis_May_2014__corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Choudhary, Aditya

Title:

Evaluating Stimulation Effectiveness In Marcellus Shale Through Analysis of Field Data

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic Fracturing

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University_-_Revised_Thesis_-_Dec_2014_-Corrections_from_the_Committee_Included.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Conrad, Caleb Marchant

Title:

The interaction of Shale/fracture/fluid and their influence on Production from an unconventional tight oil reservoir

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

pressure dependent fracture permeability
fracture conductivity
youngs modulus

File:

Download CMC_shale_thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Otwe, John Plas

Title:

analysis of field data from Bakken wells for stimulation effectiveness using data mining techniques

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

analysis of Bakken field data
stimulation effectiveness
lateral length
proppants
fracture fluids
treatment rate

File:

Download JOHN__A_P_OTWE_PSU_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Yildirim, Levent

Title:

Evaluation Of Petrophysical Properties Of Gas Shale And Their Change Due To Interaction With Water

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Gas shale
petrophysics
methodology
well logs
core analysis

File:

Download THESIS_REPORT_L.T.OZGUR_YILDIRIM.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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