Theses and Dissertations

Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Institute

2017

Rayan Alidi, Fall 2017, Geomechanical Analysis to Reduce Well Integrity Issues in Eagle Ford Drilling, MS Thesis. Member Download
Faisal Alhowaish, Fall 2017, Production Assessment of Eagle Ford Hydraulically Fractured Wells, MS Thesis. Member Download
Younki Cho, Fall 2017,Experimental measurement and numerical modeling of multiphase flow in Middle Bakken, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Somayeh Karimi, Fall 2017, Pore-scale assessment of Middle Bakken reservoir using centrifuge, mercury injection, nitrogen adsorption, NMR, and resistivity instruments?, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Dina Hegazy, Spring 2017, An Experimental Study to Investigate the Effects of In Situ Stress State and Rock-Fluid Interactions on Propped Fracture Conductivity in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Jessica Iriarte, Spring 2017, Fluid, Shale, Proppant Interactions and the Degradation of Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity in the Niobrara Formation, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download

2016

Bekdar Baizhanov, Fall 2016, An Experimental Study of True-Triaxial Stress Induced Deformation and Permeability Anisotropy, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Ali Albinali, Summer 2016, Anomalous Diffusion Analytical Solution for Fractured Nano-Porous Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Aidil Adham, Summer 2016, Geomechanics Model for Wellbore Stability Analyses in Field X North Sumatra Basin, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Xiexiaomeng Hu, Summer 2016, A Coupled Geomechanics and Flow Modeling Study for Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing of Horizontal Wells in Enhanced Geothermal Systems Applications, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Theerapat Suppachoknirun, Summer 2016, Evaluation of Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing Techniques Using Unconventional Fracture Model for Production Optimization in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Binh T. Bui, Spring 2016, A Multi-Scale and Multi-Physics Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Liquid Rich Unconventional Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Anton Deben Padin, Spring 2016, Experimental and Theoretical Study of Water and Solute Transport Mechanisms in Organic-Rich Carbonate Mudrocks, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation.Member Download
Nishant Kamath, Spring 2016, Full Waveform-Inversion in 2D VTI Media, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Andrew J. Rixon, Spring 2016, Real Time Triaxial Resistivity and Pore Pressure Penetration Measurements for Measuring Saturation and Electrical Property Alterations Under Stress, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Sebastian Ramiro Ramirez, Spring 2016, Petrographic and Petrophysical Characterization of Eagle Ford Shale in La Salle and Gonzales Counties, Gulf Coast Region, Texas,Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Benjaminn Zeidman, Spring 2016, Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase Distribution in Porous Materials, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation.Member Download

2015

Adel Alqahtani, Fall 2015,The Role of Rock Composition and Fabric as Controlling Factors for Acoustic and Geomechanical Characteristics of Organic-Rich Shales, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Jesse Hampton, Fall 2015, Non-destructive Evaluation of Laboratory Scale Hydraulic Fracturing Using Acoustic Emission, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Najeeb Alharthy, Spring 2015,Compositional Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Enhanced Oil Recovery Prospects in Liquid-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Jennifer Curnow, Spring 2015, Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Model for Production Optimization in Naturally Fractured Shale Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Andrew Dietrich, Spring 2015,The Impact of Organic Matter on Geomechanics and Anisotropy in the Vaca Muerta Shale,Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis.Member Download
Mehdi Mokhtari, Spring 2015, Characterization of Anisotropy in Organic-Rich Shales: Shear and Tensile Failures, Wave Velocity and Permeability, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Tan Ngo, Spring 2015, Shale Gas Reservoir Estimates Based On Experimental Adsorption Data, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Tadesse Teklu, Spring 2015, Experimental and Numerical Study of Carbon Dioxide Injection Enhanced Oil Recovery in Low-Permeability Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download

2014

Luke Frash, Spring 2014, Laboratory-scale study of hydraulic fracturing in heterogeneous media for enhanced geothermal systems and general well stimulation,Colorado School of Mines, PhD dissertation Member Download
Abdelraof Almulhim, Spring 2014, Fluid Flow Modeling in Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing Patterns for Production Optimization in Shale Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Alex Gibson, Spring 2014, Paleoenvironmental analysis and reservoir characterization of the Late Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation in Frio County, Texas, USA, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Talgat Kosset, Spring 2014, Wellbore Integrity Analysis for Wellpath Optimization and Drilling Risks Reduction: The Vaca Muerta Formation, The Neuquen Basin, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Chris McCullagh, Spring 2014, Application of Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) in Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Lei Wang, Fall 2014, Simulation of Slip Flow and Phase Change in Nanopores, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Maxwell Willis, Spring 2014, Upscaling Anisotropic Geomechanical Properties Using Backus Averaging and Petrophsical Clusters in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download

2013

Mehmet Ali Torcuk, Spring 2013, Analytical and Numerical Solutions for Multiple-Matrix In Fractured Reservoirs: Application to Conventional And Unconventional Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Mohammed AlZahrani, Fall 2013, A High Field Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experimental Study For Clay And Shale Swelling, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Perapon Fakcharoenphol, Fall 2013, A Coupled Flow and Geomechanics Model for Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery in Shale Formations, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Alan Haas, Fall 2013, External Detection and Localization of Well Leaks in Aquifer Zones, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Harry Mahardika, Fall 2013, Coupled Hydromechanical and Electromagnetic Responses in Unsaturated Porous Media : Theory, Observation, and Numerical Simulations, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Simone Steneicker, Fall 2013, A Correlation for Reservoir Characterization Using Recorded Real-Time Surface Drilling Parameters and Well Log Data, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Feng Xiao, Fall 2013, Pore-Scale Simulation Frameworks for Flow and Transport in Complex Porous Media, Colorado School of Mines, PhD Dissertation. Member Download
Cong Wang, Fall 2013, Trasient Analysis of Fracture Well in Shale Reservoirs, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download

2012

Vladimir Petunin, Spring 2012, Experimental Study of Stress Dependence of Porosity and Permeability in Sandstones, Carbonates and Fractured Rocks, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Sen Guan, Fall 2012, Modeling Geomechanical Property Changes Using Well Logging and Pressure Data In A CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Reservoir, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download
Tlek Kadyrov, Fall 2012, Integrated Wellbore Stability Analysis For Well Trajectory Optimization And Field Development: The West Kazakhstan Field, Colorado School of Mines, MS Thesis. Member Download