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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

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Author:: Olawoyin, Richard
Title:: Natural Gas Development in the Marcellus Shale: Environmental Footprints and Mitigation Measures
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: tubing
casing
drilling
Gas
Shale
Marcellus
Severity rate
Incident rate
Violations
Operators
ANCOVA
Hydraulic Fracturing
groundwater
contamination
File:: Download Final_MS_Thesis_document.pdf
Committee Members:: John Wang+ Samuel Oyewole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Oyewole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kohl, Daniel Raymond
Title:: Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Shamokin (Union Springs) Mbr., Marcellus Fm. and Associated Strata in the Middle Appalachian Basin
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Marcellus
Mudrock
Shale
Sequence Stratigraphy
Appalachian Basin
Middle Devonian Stratigraphy
Mudstone deposition
File:: Download Kohl_Thesis_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:: Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kumar, Hemant
Title:: Poromechanical Response of Naturally Fractured Sorbing Media
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coal
Shale
Permeability
Proppant
Modeling
Simulation
File:: Download PhD_Thesis_Kumar.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Denis Pone, Special Member

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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

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Author:: Zhao, Xu
Title:: Investigations of Gas Sorption-induced Strain for Sorptive Rocks Using a New Optical Method
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coal
Shale
Sorption-induced Strain
New Optical Method
File:: Download Thesis_by_Xu_Zhao.pdf
Committee Members:: Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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Author:: Ahn, Chong Hyun
Title:: Development of hydraulic fracture network propagation model in shale gas reservoirs: 2d, single-phase and 3d, multi-phase model development, parametric studies, and verification
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Hydraulic fracture
Shale
SRV
fracture complexity
fracture surface area
File:: Download PHD_dissertation_Chong_Hyun_Ahn_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

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Author:: Siripatrachai, Nithiwat
Title:: Development of a Multi-mechanistic Triple-porosity, Triple-permeability Compositional Model for Unconventional Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Reservoir Simulation
Unconventional Reservoir
Compositional Simulation
Capillary Pressure
Phase Behavior
Shale
Multicontinuum
Discrete Fracture Model
Numerical Simulation
Tight Rock
Hydraulic Fracture
Naturally Fractured Reservoir
File:: Download Siripatrachai_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Outside Member

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Author:: Schwartz, Brandon
Title:: THE EFFECT OF THERMAL CYCLING ON THE PERMEABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SHALE
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Permeability
Bulk Modulus
Shale
Thermal Cycling
File:: Download Brandon_Schwartz_MASTERS_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Xuanchi
Title:: Evolution of Permeability and Acoustic Velocity through Radio-Frequency Heating of Shale
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Shale
permeability
radio-frequency heating
p-wave velocity
Green River Shale
Marcellus Shale
File:: Download Final_Version_Xuanchi_Li_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member

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