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Author:

McGuire, Thomas Patrick

Title:

Permeability Evolution of Stressed Fractures Permeated by Reactive Fluids

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

fracture permeability evolution
pressure solution
stress corrosion cracking
carbon dioxide sequestration
fracture strain
fracture dissolution

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Izadi, Ghazal

Title:

Evolution of Permeability and Induced Seismicity within Fractured Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

permeability Evolution
Induced Seismicity

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Zhenzhen

Title:

A parametric study on reservoir cooling for enhanced oil recovery from CO2 injection

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

reservoir cooling
CO2 flooding
MMP reduction

File:

Download Thesis_-_Zhenzhen_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Xinqian

Title:

Experimental investigation of carbon dioxide trapping due to capillary retention in deep saline aquifers

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical CO2
carbon sequestration
capillary trapping
initial-residual CO2 saturation
X-ray micro-computed tomography

File:

Download Li_Dissertation_document.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member

Author:

Cao, Peilin

Title:

Investigation of Cement Alteration and Associated Conductivity Change in Co2-rich Environments relevant to Carbon Sequestration

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

cement integrity
CO2 sequestration
cement alteration
conductivity evolution
reactive transport modeling
CO2-brine dynamic flow

File:

Download Cao_Dissertation_final2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Tianji

Title:

Numerical Investigation of Fractured Cement Degradation by Carbonated Brine Injection in A Tortuous Rough-Walled Fracture

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

cement
CO2
degradation
chemical
flow
fracture

File:

Download Thesis_ver4_.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Xiang

Title:

Gas Transport, Sorption and Fracture in Shale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

enhanced gas recovery
hydraulic fracturing
breakdown pressure
fracture complexity
adsorption
swelling
stress redistribution

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chirs Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Xiao, Dacheng

Title:

Understanding controls of hydrologic and geochemical processes using model-data integration at the watershed scale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Stream generation
Chemical weathering
Critical measurement
Watershed

File:

Download PhDdissertation_DachengXiao_revision_20201201.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair