Theses from 2014
Investigation of Dimensionality-Dependent Foam Rheological Properties by Using Mechanistic Foam Model, Woochan Lee
Effect of Forced Flow Oscillation on Churn and Annular Flow in Vertical Wellbores, Catalina Posada
Dissertations from 2013
Development of a framework for scaling surfactant enhanced CO₂ flooding from laboratory scale to field implementation, Gbolahan I. Afonja
Dynamic Modeling of Channel Formation During Fluid Injection Into Unconsolidated Sands, Sayamik Ameen
Experimental and modeling study of foam flow in pipes with two foam-flow regimes, Ali Reza Edrisi
A Large Scale Network Model to Obtain Interwell Formation Characteristics, SeyedmohammadAmin Gherabati
A feasibility study of multi-functional wells for water coning control and disposal, Lu Jin
Thermal, compositional, and salinity effects on wettability and oil recovery in a dolomite reservoir, Azadeh Kafili Kasmaei
Evaluation of Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage EOR Process Applicability in a Louisiana Oil Field through Experiments and Reservoir Simulation, Wagirin Ruiz Paidin
The Diagnosis of Well Control Complications during Managed Pressure Drilling, Brian Piccolo
Analytical Modeling and Diagnosis of Penetration Rate Performance of PDC Bits, Reza Rahmani
Modeling foam delivery mechanisms in deep vadose-zone remediation using method of characteristics (MoC), Alireza Roostapour
Aggregation of uncontrolled fluids during catastrophic system failures in offshore environments, James Thomas Stiernberg
Multi-scale modeling of inertial flows through propped fractures, Ali Takbiri Borujeni
Emergence of Delamination Fractures around Casing and Its Stability, Wei Wang
Discrete phase simulations of drilled cuttings transport process in highly deviated wells, doguhan yilmaz
Theses from 2012
Measurement of interfacial tension in hydrocarbon/water/dispersant systems at deepwater conditions, Mohamed Abdelrahim
Experimental study of the effect of drilling fluid contamination on the integrity of cement-formation interface, Nnamdi Charles Agbasimalo
An experimental and theoretical critique of flow model accuracy, Shannon Ray Chollett
Risk of well integrity failure due sustained casing pressure, Koray Kinik
Experimental investigations in CO2 sequestration and shale caprock integrity, Abiola Olukola Olabode
Strategies for real time reservoir management, Yuanyuan Shuai
A review of offshore blowouts and spills to determine desirable capabilities of a subsea capping stack, Louise Matilde Smith
Simulations of the primary cement placement in annular geometries during well completion using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Muhammad Zulqarnain
Theses from 2011
Pore-scale lattice Boltzmann simulations of inertial flows in realistic porous media: a first principle analysis of the Forchheimer relationship, Chukwudi Paul Chukwudozie
Characterization of foam flow in pipes using two flow regime concept, Rahul Narayanrao Gajbhiye
Simulation study of sweep improvement in heavy oil CO2 floods, Venu Gopal Rao Nagineni
Modeling effects of coupled convection and CO2 injection in stimulating geopressured geothermal reservoirs, Tatyana Plaksina
Analytical design method for cold production of heavy oil with bottom water using Bilateral Sink Wells, Wenting Qin
Evaluation of simultaneous water and gas injection using CO2, Shrinidhi Shetty
Theses from 2010
A Simulation Study of Factors that Affect Pressure Control During Kick Circulation in Managed Pressure Drilling Operations, Jose Eduardo Eduardo Chirinos
An experimental study of surfactant enhanced waterflooding, Paulina Metili Mwangi
Surfactant-induced flow behavior effects in gas condensate reservoirs, Bikash Deep. Saikia
Characterization of Rock/Fluids Interactions at Reservoir Conditions, Dayanand Saini
Experimental study on single cement fracture exposed to CO2 saturated brine under dynamic conditions, Tevfik Yalcinkaya
Theses from 2009
Mechanistic foam modeling and simulations: gas injection during surfactant-alternating-gas processes using foam-catastrophe theory, Ali Afsharpoor
A simulation-based evaluation of alternative initial responses to gas kicks during managed pressure drilling operations, Majid Davoudi
Progressive Water-Oil Transition Zone Due to Transverse Mixing Near Wells, Shengkai Duan
Realtime reservoir characterization and beyond: cyber-infrastructure tools and technologies, Yaakoub Youssef El-Khamra
The development of a pore pressure and fracture gradient prediction model for the Ewing Banks 910 area in the Gulf of Mexico, Jeffrey Steven Fooshee
Downhole water loop (DWL) well completion for water coning control --- theoretical analysis, Lu Jin
Evaluation of interwell connectivity of Little Creek Field, Mississipii [sic] from production data, Gbemisola Yewande Ogunyomi
Theses from 2008
Experimental study of a foam flow in horizontal pipes: two flow regimes and its implications, Miodrag Bogdanovic
Reservoir characterization using seismic inversion data, Subhash Kalla
Continuous reservoir model updating by ensemble Kalman filter on Grid computing architectures, Xin Li
Evaluation of sweep efficiency of a mature CO2 flood in Little Creek Field, Mississippi, Didem Senocak
Dissertations from 2007
Mechanistic modeling of an underbalanced drilling operation utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide, Faisal Abdullah ALAdwani
Simulation study evaluating alternative initial responses to formation fluid influx during managed pressure drilling, Asis Kumar Das
Oil bypassing by water invasion to wells: mechanisms and remediation, Juan Carlos Hernandez
Production data analysis of shale gas reservoirs, Adam Michael Lewis
Theses from 2006
Hydrate dissociation during drilling through in-situ hydrate formations, Erdem Catak
Feasibility of supercritical carbon dioxide as a drilling fluid for deep underbalanced drilling operations, Anamika Gupta
Demonstration and performance characterization of the Gas Assisted Gravity Drainage (GAGD) process using a visual method, Thaer N.N. Mahmoud
Physical Model Study of the Effects of Wettability and Fractures on Gas Assisted Gravity Drainage (GAGD) Performance, Wagirin Ruiz Paidin
Compositional effects on gas-oil interfacial tension and miscibility at reservoir conditions, Daryl Sean Sequeira
Theses from 2005
Relative permeability and wettability implications of dilute surfactants at reservoir conditions, Ayodeji Adebola Abe
Measurement and modeling of fluid-fluid miscibility in multicomponent hydrocarbon systems, Subhash C. Ayirala
Use of orthogonal arrays, quasi-Monte Carlo sampling and kriging response models for reservoir simulation with many varying factors, Subhash Kalla
Multiphase mechanisms and fluid dynamics in gas injection enhanced oil recovery processes, Madhav M. Kulkarni
Controlled high pressure slurry injection in water jetting applications-a new approach, Manish Kumar
Shaly sand interpretation using CEC-dependent petrophysical parameters, Fnu Kurniawan
Physical model experiments of the gas-assisted gravity drainage process, Amit P. Sharma
Analysis of alternative well control methods for dual density deepwater drilling, Mikolaj Stanislawek
Enhanced gas recovery using pressure and displacement management, Thomas Walker
Long term pressure behavior in turbidite reservoirs, Feng Wang
Experimental investigation of dynamic interfacial interactions at reservoir conditions, Wei Xu
Theses from 2004
A re-evaluation of geopressured-geothermal aquifers as an energy resource, Jeremy Scott Griggs
Trajectory and window width predictions for a cased hole sidetrack using a whipstock, Harshad Prakash Patil
Evaluation of new methods for processing drilling data to determine the cause of changes in bit performance, Jaime Solano
Theses from 2003
Investigation of qualitative methods for diagnosis of poor bit performance using surface drilling parameters, Arash Aghassi
Application of mechanistic models in predicting flow behavior in deviated wells under UBD conditions, Faisal Abdullah ALAdwani
Mechanisms and control of water inflow to wells in gas reservoirs with bottom water drive, Miguel Armenta
Immiscible and miscible gas-oil displacements in porous media, Madhav Mukund Kulkarni
Improved bottomhole pressure control for underbalanced drilling operations, Carlos Perez-Tellez
An experimental study of the applicability of flooding phenomena to the dynamic lubrication method of well control, Rishi R. Ramtahal
Removal of sustained casing pressure utilizing a workover rig, Kevin Soter
Theses from 2002
Surfactant-induced relative permeability modifications for oil recovery enhancement, Subhash C. Ayirala
Experimental evaluation of control fluid fallback during off-bottom well control in vertical and deviated wells, Fernando Sebastian Flores-Avila
Numerical study of water coning control with Downhole Water Sink (DWS) completions in vertical and horizontal wells, Solomon Ovueferaye Inikori
KEKF R1 Reservoir - West Delta Block 84, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana - an analysis and confirmation of bypassed primary and secondary reserves, William Clay Kimbrell
Evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential in low-salinity shaly sand, Fnu Kurniawan
Geostatistical shale models for a deltaic reservoir analog: from 3D GPR data to 3D flow modeling, Hongmei Li
Numerical reservoir characterization using dimensionless scale numbers with application in upscaling, Djuro Novakovic
Analytical model to control off - bottom blowouts utilizing the concept of simultaneous dynamic seal and bullheading, Victor Gerardo Vallejo-Arrieta
The effects of rock and fluids characteristics on reservoir wettability, Chandra S. Vijapurapu
Analysis of diagnostic testing of sustained casing pressure in wells, Rong Xu
Water-drive gas reservoir: sensitivity analysis and simplified prediction, Junpeng Yue
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Optimization of Gas Well Completion and Production Practices., John H. Mcmullan
Well Integrity Mechanism, Failure, and Testing in Shallow Marine Sediments., Desheng Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Experimental and Theoretical Study of Dynamic Water Control in Oil Wells., Ephim I. Shirman
Diagnosis of Poor PDC Bit Performance in Deep Shales., John Rogers Smith