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Author:

Fang, Zhicheng

Title:

Summer graduation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Pulse-decay experiment
Analytical solution
Numerical simulation
History-matching method
Pressure-dependent gas properties

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Shang, Bin

Title:

Design of Brine Disposal Wells in Depleted Gas Reservoirs via Artificial Intelligence Protocols

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

ANN
Brine Disposal
Depleted Gas Reservoirs

File:

Download Bin_Shang_Masters_Thesis_July_26_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member

Author:

Singh, Madhu

Title:

Density-based rescaled exponential model for gas-condensate reservoirs during boundary-dominated flow

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

density-based
rescaled exponential
gas-condensate
boundary dominated flow
variable bottomhole pressure
multiphase flow
analytical model

File:

Download MadhuSingh_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
John Yilin Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Pardede, Fabiola Marella

Title:

TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AS A HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY EXTRACTION IN INDONESIA BASED ON SIMULATION STUDIES

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

geothermal
carbon dioxide
supercritical
Indonesia
IGCC
utilization
sequestration
simulation

File:

Download Pardede_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cai, Yuzhe

Title:

PREDICTION OF BOUNDARY-DOMINATED FLOW FOR LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS USING EARLY-TRANSIENT DATA

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

unconventional gas
shale gas
tight gas
linear flow;
well performance

File:

Download Thesis_YUZHE.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F. Ayala H., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Agrawal, Sidharth

Title:

Quantifying the Economic Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing Proppant Selection in Light of Occupational Particulate Exposure Risk and Functional Requirements

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant selection
Hydraulic fracturing
Risk analysis
Silica exposure
Health-related cost
Occupational particulate exposure risk

File:

Download Thesis_Sidharth_Agrawal.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy M. Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cuesta, Antonio Rafael

Title:

UTILIZING IMMOBILIZED BIOCATALYSTS ON ACTIVATED CARBON BLACK ADSORBENTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE FROM SIMULATED AMBIENT AIR UNDER A pH SWING ADSORPTION PROCESS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CO2 Capture
Ambient Air Capture
CO2 Adsorbent
Swing Adsorption
pH Swing Adsorption
Activated Carbon Adsorbent
Immobilized Carbonic Anhydrase
Nitrogen Enriched Carbon Adsorbent
Potassium Enriched Carbon Adsorbent
Biocatalyst CO2 Gas Hydration
CCUS
Carbon Capture

File:

Download Antonio_Rafael_Cuesta_Master_Thesis_August_2017_FINAL_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Chunshan Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ozesen, Ahsen

Title:

ANALYSIS OF INSTANTANEOUS SHUT-IN PRESSURE IN SHALE OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

ISIP
INSTANTANEOUS SHUT-IN PRESSURE
SHALE
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
UNCONVENTIONAL
MINIMUM HORIZONTAL STRESS

File:

Download PS-Thesis_AhsenOzesen.pdf

Committee Members:

John Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yavuz, Mehmet Zulkuf

Title:

AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF CYCLIC CO2 INJECTION IN NATURALLY FRACTURED BLACK-OIL RESERVOIRS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CYCLIC CO2 INJECTION
NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANN)

File:

Download Mehmet_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Will, Ryan David

Title:

A GENERAL COMPOSITIONAL RESCALED-EXPONENTIAL MODEL FOR MULTI-PHASE, BOUNDARY-DOMINATED PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Rate transient analysis
gas condensate
volatile oil
analytical mode
compositional reservoir modeling
rescaled-exponential
boundary-dominated performance analysis

File:

Download Ryan_Will_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

Author:

Garcia, Ismael

Title:

SENSITIVITY OF THE WESTERN U.S. ELECTRICITY POWER SYSTEM TO HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

water
WECC
vulnerability
drought
optimization
power system
high temperature
sensitivity
electricity
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File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Yun

Title:

MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR FLOWBACK RATE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Flowback Analysis
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA)
Production Data Analysis (PDA)
Fracture Characterization
Two-phase Flowback Model
Single-phase Flowback Model
Shale Gas
Tight Sand Gas

File:

Download Yun_YangMaster_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

Author:

Purswani, Prakash

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHT INTO CHEMICALLY TUNED WATERFLOODING IN OIL-WET CARBONATE RESERVOIRS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

potential determining ions
zeta potential
trace element analysis
wettability alteration
chemically tuned waterflooding

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Final_Draft_Prakash_Purswani_10-24-17.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T. Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Russell T. Johns, Committee Member
Dr. Randy Vander Wal, Committee Member
Dr. Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Dr. Serguei Lvov, Committee Member