Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Abedi, Sara"
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Martogi, Debora Eliezer (2017-07-28)Understanding the development of localization effects, such as shear and compaction bands, observed in sand specimens under compression, has been of research interest to understand elemental soil failure mechanisms. Various ...
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Patterson, Ross Andrew (2017-05-04)Understanding how fractures propagate during multi-stage hydraulic fracturing enables better prediction for production and increases reserves. Fracture complexity from both stress shadow effects and natural fracture ...
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Kana Nguene, Pierre Christian (2019-11-14)In recent decades, the demand in energy has continuously escalated due to the growing world population. In order to meet these ever-growing energy needs, many avenues have been explored. In the oil and gas industry, in ...
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Sharma, Prashant (2017-04-24)Understanding the creep properties of gas shales at elevated temperatures is critical for accurately predicting reservoir performance and assessing the effect of viscous behavior on closure rate, production rate, and ...
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Garcia, Trisha Margaret Paula (2018-08-09)The world‟s energy demand is increasing and all indications are that oil will be the leading energy supply for the foreseeable future. However, a significant amount of the world‟s „easy to produce oil‟, has been produced. ...
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Ravi Prakash (2022-12-14)An original approach to the problem of chemo-mechanical characterization and creep behavior of shale rocks is presented, which consists of combining techniques like grid nanoindentation, scanning electron microscopy-energy ...
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Siegel, Gabriel Ray (2020-04-27)Understanding the phase behavior of hydrocarbons is essential in the oil and gas industry. However, current methodologies for obtaining phase diagrams are time-consuming, expensive, and yield few data points. Thus, a new ...
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Sokhanvarian, Khatere (2017-08-31)Hydraulic fracturing has become a common practice in the petroleum industry. Polymers are the main components of fracturing fluids, but high polymer loadings can leave more residue after the treatment. Therefore, crosslinkers ...
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Alshaikh, Murtdha Ali I (2020-01-13)Surfactant injection as additives to steam injection is a concept that has great potential to enhance oil recovery efficiency of heavy oil and bitumen. Steam injection enhances oil recovery by introducing heat to the ...
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Carrascal Delgado, Fabian Alfredo (2021-12-08)The objective of this study was to implement the use of drill cuttings in hydraulic fracturing-related operations. Two specific uses were studied: the use of drill cuttings as propping agents in hydraulic fracturing, and ...
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Livingston Rose, Jeffryd Rose (2018-03-12)The research discussed herein contains details about exploring a method for healing damaged drinking water pipe distribution systems. Two types of damage in the systems were considered, namely cracking and decalcification. ...
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Martogi Simanjuntak, Debora Eliezer (2021-04-23)A micro-scale investigation of mechanical rock properties is carried out in this study. Two of the main mechanical properties being investigated are rock elastic properties, identified by the Transversely Isotropic (TI) ...
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Jin, Bikai (2018-05-08)Production from shale reservoirs is getting more attention from the oil industry. However, the shale is not understood as well as conventional reservoirs. One complexity is the unclear fluid phase behavior in shale nanopores. ...
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Parsegov, Sergei (2019-03-07)This dissertation proposes a workflow for modeling of multistage hydraulic fracturing stimulation in unconventional formations. Based on the field case of a horizontal well targeted lower Wolfcamp formation in Midland ...
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Mashhadian, Mohammad (2017-08-03)Organic-rich shales have been recognized as one of the most important energy resources in the world due to their ubiquitous presence. However, there are numerous engineering challenges serving as obstacles for exploiting ...
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Higuera Barrero, David Alejandro (2018-04-27)In this study, a reservoir fluid and rock characterization is done for a Peruvian oil reservoir. A robust workflow for validation of laboratory PVT work is applied. This approach was originally proposed by Professor William ...
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Dubey, Vasav (2020-07-30)Concrete is one of the widely used synthetic material for construction around the world. Similarly, shale rocks are essential to the oil and gas industry as they are the source formations since the adoption of hydraulic ...
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Yang, Qi (2020-07-21)The characterization of phase behavior hydrocarbons trapped in shale reservoir is an enigma and remains a challenging problem due to the phenomenon known as the “confinement effect”. This effect is mainly caused by the ...
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Study of the Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbons under the Confinement Effect Using Molecular Simulation Bi, Ran (2020-07-02)The phase behavior of hydrocarbons in shale reservoirs has garnered increasing attention in the petroleum industry. Significant differences in the phase behavior of petroleum fluids between conventional reservoirs and shale ...
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Hajjat, Jumanah Ahmad Mohammad (2018-07-31)During thermal seasonal variations, expansive soils may exhibit increase in volume upon wetting (swell) and decrease in volume during drying (shrinkage). In this regard, it is essential to understand the variations in ...