Browsing OU - Theses by Title
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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. ... -
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 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 ... -
Exploration of the Wichita/Albany reservoir, Sandhills field, Crane County, Texas : searching for hydrocarbons in a previously under-exploited reservoir on the Central Basin Platform
(1997)The Permian age Wichita/Albany formation was deposited on the Central Basin Platform in the Permian Basin of west Texas during the upper Wolfcampian and lower Leonardian periods. The Sandhills structure, an uplifted block ... -
Exploratory analyses of patterns of depressive symptomatology and heart-healthy behaviors in cardiac patients
(2022-05-13)This study explored how depressive symptoms in cardiac patients changed in relation to their performance of health behaviors in the year following completion of cardiac rehabilitation. Extensive graphing and nonparametric ... -
AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF WELL ABANDONMENT DECISION
(2016-05-13)The Oklahoma Corporation Commission Oil and Gas conservation division reports that as of 2012, there have been roughly 500,000 wells drilled in Oklahoma since 1978. 350,000 of those have been plugged and abandoned. The ... -
Exploring collaboration and its influence on artistic creativity through an investigation of literature, personal interviews, and the creation of a non-hierarchical collaborative process in dance, music, and painting
(2022-05-13)This thesis explores collaboration and its influence on artistic creativity through an investigation of literature, personal interviews, and an autoethnographic case study of a non-hierarchical collaboration that began in ... -
Exploring CopterSonde Use for National Weather Service Operations
(2023-05-12)The CopterSonde is a state of the art sampling platform that can be used to advance the field of meteorology in operational forecasting and data collection. One capability of the CopterSonde is that it can collect ... -
Exploring Future Hydrologic Extremes of the Red River Basin
(2017-08)Hydrologic extremes of drought and flooding stress water resources and damage communities in the Red River Basin, located in the south-central U.S. For example, the summer of 2011 was the third driest summer in Oklahoma ...