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AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON CREEP BEHAVIOR OF SHALE ROCKS: WITH EMPHASIS ON THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND ANISOTROPY
(2017-05-12)The deformation of materials under constant load over time is called creep. The conductivity of fracture produced by hydraulic fracturing decreased over time as a result of this time dependent phenomenon that requires to ... -
Experimental investigations of the effect of oil based mud (OBM) contamination on long-term integrity of API cements
(2020-12)Well construction, well abandonment, and restoration of well integrity are the reasons at a broad level why cementing jobs are performed. During the well construction phase, the primary objective of the cementing job is ... -
Experimental Modeling of Geometry and Evolution of Structures above Ductile and Frictional Detachments
(2016-05-13)Fold-thrust belts formed above ductile units like salt are typically characterized by detachment folds, whereas those formed above frictional detachments contain fault-related folds, such as fault-bend folds and duplexes. ... -
An Experimental Setup to Measure Argon Leak Rate Through Barriers for Static and Rotational Motion
(2022-08)As a greenhouse gas, methane significantly impacts global warming and air pollution. Oil and gas production, crude oil transportation, refining, and natural gas processing, transportation, and distribution are considered ... -
Experimental study of asphaltene accumulation in a sandstone core plug
(2021-08)Hydrocarbon production leads to the disturbance of several thermodynamic equilibriums including the destabilization of crude oil. Asphaltenes precipitation, aggregation and deposition inside the hydrocarbon reservoirs ... -
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF EFFECT OF PROPPANT CONCENTRATION, TYPES, SIZES, ROCK MINERALOGY AND OVERBURDEN STRESS ON FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY
(2019-12-13)Hydrocarbon production from unconventional reservoirs, particularly shales, requires massive hydraulic fractures to expose the large surface areas within the formation and provide a conduit to the wellbore. Proppants are ... -
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FLOW AND RHEOLOGY OF WATER-IN-CRUDE OIL EMULSIONS
(2019-05-10)The formation of water-in-crude oil emulsion is one of the main causes of flow assurance issues in petroleum production systems. These mixture exhibit changes in their flow behavior, and the rheological models used to ... -
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF GAS INJECTION ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY IN SHALE RESERVOIRS
(2019)Miscible gas injection enhanced oil recovery (huff-n-puff gas injection) has received increased attention especially in the unconventional plays like the Eagle Ford, where oil recovery is as low as 5 – 10% (Sheng, ... -
Experimental Study of Proppant Pack Deformation
(2016)Unconventional reservoirs, especially shales are drilled horizontally and hydraulically fractured for economical production. Proppant is carried and placed with the use of fracturing fluid to maintain fracture conductivity ... -
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PROPPANT TRANSPORT IN HORIZONTAL AND DIRECTIONAL WELLS
(2016)Wellbore cleanouts represent the main application of the coiled tubing (CT) industry. A typical cleanout operation designed to remove solids from the wellbore using stationary circulation method involves tripping the CT ... -
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE RHEOLOGY AND STABILITY BEHAVIOUR OF SURFACTANT STABILIZED WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION
(2016-12-16)Formation water almost always comes out with crude oil production. Under extreme mixing and high turbulence provided by pumps, valves, chokes and pipelines in the production system, water and oil can mix to form highly ... -
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE WELLBORE CEMENT BONDING AND SHEAR STRESS
(2019-05-10)Well Integrity is considered one of the most important topics in petroleum industries. A failure of well integrity causes many undesirable consequences such as loss of human lives, loss of drilling equipment or production ... -
EXPERIMENTS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC LEAKAGE FROM LAPTOP COMPUTERS
(2017-05-12)The possibility of an electromagnetic (EM) side channel attack on computers has been known since 1967. Each executed instruction/event from running a program on a computer/laptop causes an EM signal at particular frequency. ... -
Explainable Frontal Boundary Predictions for Applications in Operational Environments
(2024-05-10)Frontal boundaries drive many high-impact weather events around the globe. Identifying fronts through various thermodynamic fields increases predictability of hazardous weather phenomena. Frontal analysis is still primarily ... -
Explaining the Effects of Vicarious Contact in an Entertainment Television Program about Autism
(2020)This study is designed to further examine the mechanisms behind vicarious intergroup contact and the effect of exposure to a narrative about an autistic individual on reducing intergroup prejudice towards an autistic ... -
An exploration and evaluation of choice architecture interventions on perceptions of justice
(2024-05-10)Justice has been argued to be a key ethical principle guiding interactions with other humans. The principle is embedded in the professional ethics code for the American Psychological Association and other professional ... -
An Exploration of Directorial Pre-Production Process for Tom Stoppard's Travesties
(2017-05-12)This thesis is an in depth analysis of Tom Stoppard's play, Travesties. The methodology of Francis Hodge, with additional analytical elements contributed by Dr. Judith Pender, is utilized to catalogue information and develop ... -
The exploration of equivalent alkane carbon number of molecules
(2020)This work strives to be a useful compilation of hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation (HLD) information with a focus on explaining the current understanding of Equivalent Alkane Carbon Number (EACN). The industrial interests ... -
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Stress Using the Theory of Emerging Adulthood
(2020-05-08)Few studies have examined cross-relations between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and assimilation into emerging adulthood through developmental psychology theory (IDEA), and how this can contribute to stress levels. ... -
Exploration of the Vinyl-4-Reductase Effector Domain of the Methanogen Specific Transcription Regulator MsvR in Methanosarcina acetivorans
(2017-07-20)Global warming is one of the most pressing issues that this planet faces. Methane production by methanogenic archaea plays a crucial in not only climate change, but also in the global carbon cycle. Methanogenic archaea ...