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1. Magnesite Dissolution Rates Affected by Inlet Flow Velocity and Mineral Spatial Distribution

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Open Access
Author:
Follet, Robert Francis
Title:
Magnesite Dissolution Rates Affected by Inlet Flow Velocity and Mineral Spatial Distribution
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Magnesite
Dissolution
Petroleum Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Acidizing
Chemistry
File:
Download Follet_Robert_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Li Li, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Fishbone Wellbore Performance in Tight Gas Sands

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Open Access
Author:
Schumacker, Eric David
Title:
Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Fishbone Wellbore Performance in Tight Gas Sands
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
natural gas
production
multilateral
wellbore
neural network
unconventional reservoir
File:
Download SCHUMACKER_ERIC_FishboneWellborePerformanceANN.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor
Yilin Wang, Faculty Reader

4. Pore-scale investigation on compaction-dependent characteristics of granular packs and their impact on multiphase fluid distribution

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Open Access
Author:
Torrealba, Victor Antonio
Title:
Pore-scale investigation on compaction-dependent characteristics of granular packs and their impact on multiphase fluid distribution
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Petroleum engineering; porous media; fluid flow; compaction; mul
File:
Download Victor_Thesis_SHC.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Global Trends in X-ray Ct Imaging Applications in Petroleum Engineering and the Geosciences from 1984 to 2014

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Author:
Wheatall, Benjamin B
Title:
Global Trends in X-ray Ct Imaging Applications in Petroleum Engineering and the Geosciences from 1984 to 2014
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Petroleum
Geosciences
X-Ray
CT Imaging
File:
Download Benjamin_Wheatall_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. A Simulation Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide Foam in Heterogeneous Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Tham, Su Li
Title:
A Simulation Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide Foam in Heterogeneous Reservoirs
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
foam
enhanced oil recovery
foam enhanced oil recovery
surfactant alternating gas
water alternating gas
sag
wag
eor
fawag
File:
Download THAM_Simulation_study_of_CO2_foam_in_heterogeneous_reservoirs.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. Reducing Freshwater Consumption in the Marcellus Shale Play by Recycling Flowback with Abandoned Mine Drainage

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Open Access
Author:
Cavazza, Michael
Title:
Reducing Freshwater Consumption in the Marcellus Shale Play by Recycling Flowback with Abandoned Mine Drainage
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Abandoned Mine Drainage
Marcellus Shale
Recycle Flowback
Barium Removal
Strontium Removal
Sulfate Removal
File:
Download Michael_Cavazza_4-13.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Li Li, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor

9. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR PREDICTION OF FLOWING BOTTOMHOLE PRESSURE IN VERTICAL OIL WELLS

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Open Access
Author:
Rodge, Mohnish
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR PREDICTION OF FLOWING BOTTOMHOLE PRESSURE IN VERTICAL OIL WELLS
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Pressure gradient curves
Artificial Neural Network
Well Test Analysis
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Multirate Well Test
Wellhead Pressure
Bottomhole Pressure
Wellbore Pressure
Oil
Natural Gas
artificial lift
multiphase flow
File:
Download Final_Thesis_MohnishRodge.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Faculty Reader

10. DIAGNOSIS OF RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS FROM RATE TRANSIENT DATA: AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH

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Open Access
Author:
Case, Nathan Joseph
Title:
DIAGNOSIS OF RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS FROM RATE TRANSIENT DATA: AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial Neural Networks
Relative Permeability
Reservoir Engineering
Rate Transient Data
Artificial Intelligence
Petroleum Engineering
File:
Download Case_Nathan_DiagnosisOfRelativePermeabilityCharacteristics.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Faculty Reader

11. ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN DEPLETED COALBED METHANE RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Liu, Liyang
Title:
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN DEPLETED COALBED METHANE RESERVOIRS
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
coalbed methane
CO2 sequestration
Artificial Neural Network
File:
Download Liyang_Liu_Thesis__1_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor
Luis F. Ayala, Faculty Reader

13. Spatial Measures for Quantifying Reservoir Connectivity

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Open Access
Author:
Hoydic, Corey James
Title:
Spatial Measures for Quantifying Reservoir Connectivity
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Petroleum Engineering
Geostatistics
Reservoir
Image Processing
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
File:
Download Hoydic_Spatial_Measures_for_Quantifying_Reservoir_Connectivity.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sanjay Srinivasan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Pressure Transient Analysis of Shale Gas Reservoirs with Horizontal Boreholes: An Artificial Intelligence Based Approach

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Open Access
Author:
Zhong, Xuwei
Title:
Pressure Transient Analysis of Shale Gas Reservoirs with Horizontal Boreholes: An Artificial Intelligence Based Approach
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Pressure Transient Analysis
Artificial Neural Network
Shale Gas Reservoir
PTA
ANN
File:
Download Zhong_Thesis_Schreyer.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Supervisor
John Yilin Wang, Thesis Honors Advisor

16. LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF MECHANISMS GOVERNING LOW-SALINITY WATERFLOODING IN OIL-WET CARBONATE RESERVOIRS

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Author:
Kojadinovich, Gregory Stephen
Title:
LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF MECHANISMS GOVERNING LOW-SALINITY WATERFLOODING IN OIL-WET CARBONATE RESERVOIRS
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Low salinity waterflooding
Wettability Alteration
Carbonate
File:
Download Kojadinovich_Schreyer_Honor_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Thesis Supervisor
John Wang, Thesis Honors Advisor

17. Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Oil-Based Mud Residuals on Cement-Formation Bonding Strength

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Open Access
Author:
Alghamdi, Anwar Salah
Title:
Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Oil-Based Mud Residuals on Cement-Formation Bonding Strength
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Well cementing
Shear bond strength
Cement-formation interface
Muds removal
Oil-based muds
File:
Download AlghamdiAnwar_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Supervisor
John Yilin Wang, Thesis Honors Advisor

18. Studying Infectivity of CO2 into Subsurface Formations for Geologic Sequestration using MRST: Cyclic vs. Simultaneous Injection

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Open Access
Author:
Islam, Ishtiaqul
Title:
Studying Infectivity of CO2 into Subsurface Formations for Geologic Sequestration using MRST: Cyclic vs. Simultaneous Injection
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Carbon Sequestration
Cyclic Injection
CO2 Sequestration
vertical wells
MRST
File:
Download Thesis_v6_final_Islam_Ishtiaqul.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sanjay Srinivasan, Thesis Supervisor
Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Honors Advisor

19. Comparing Stress-Permeability Models for Various Lithologies through Permeability Compliance, Pore Spacing, and Bulk Modulus

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Author:
Al Noaimi, Mohammad
Title:
Comparing Stress-Permeability Models for Various Lithologies through Permeability Compliance, Pore Spacing, and Bulk Modulus
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Cubic law
Permeability Compliance
Pore Spacing
Bulk Modulus
Pore Network
Stress
File:
Download AlNoaimi_Honors_Thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Brandon Anthony Schwartz, Thesis Supervisor
Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Honors Advisor