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Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
My research group is active in the development of streamline technology and its applications to reservoir management and optimization, multi-scale data integration and history matching, upscaling/upgridding, and more recently, performance analysis and optimization of unconventional wells.

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4007 Control Engineering, Mechatronics And Robotics

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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Novel Production Analysis For Unconventional Reservoirs

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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Syracuse University - (Syracuse, New York, United States)

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Syracuse University - (Syracuse, New York, United States)

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Cooper Union - (New York, New York, United States)

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Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award

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Chair in Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling

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RESQML SIG 25 Year Volunteer Recognition Award

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A Comprehensive Reservoir Simulator for Unconventional Reservoirs Based on the Fast Marching Method and Diffusive Time of Flight

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Effective properties for flow calculations

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Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanical Modeling of Seismicity in the Azle Area (North Texas)

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Streamline simulation theory and practice

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Radius of Investigation and its Generalization to Unconventional Reservoirs

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Compositional Streamline Simulation of CO2 Injection Accounting for Gravity and Capillary Effects Using Orthogonal Projection

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From Streamlines to Fast Marching: Rapid Simulation and Performance Assessment of Shale Gas Reservoirs Using Diffusive Time of Flight as a Spatial Coordinate

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Novel diffuse source pressure transient upscaling

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Delivering key WITSML measured and interpreted well information through RESQML V2 for reservoir characterization and flow simulation

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Probabilistic stability analysis of multiphase flow in porous media

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History Matching of Frequent Seismic Surveys Using Seismic Onset Times at the Peace River Field, Canada

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Streamline simulation: A current perspective

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Transient drainage volume characterization and flow simulation in reservoir models using the fast marching method

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Continuous streamline trajectories on complex grids

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Theoretical Investigation of the Transition From Spontaneous to Forced Imbibition

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Determining performance data for hydrocarbon reservoirs using diffusive time of flight as the spatial coordinate

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From Streamlines to Fast Marching: Rapid Simulation and Performance Assessment of Shale-Gas Reservoirs by Use of Diffusive Time of Flight as a Spatial Coordinate

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New insights into the mechanisms of seismicity in the Azle area, North Texas

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Rapid evaluation of the impact of heterogeneity on miscible gas injection

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A Rigorous Compressible Streamline Formulation for Two- and Three-Phase Black-Oil Simulation

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Quantitative production analysis and EUR prediction from unconventional reservoirs using a data-driven drainage volume formulation

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Robust streamline tracing using inter-cell fluxes in locally refined and unstructured grids

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Robust streamline tracing using inter-cell fluxes in locally refined and unstructured grids

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Uncertainty Quantification in the EUR of Eagle Ford Shale Wells Using Probabilistic Decline-Curve Analysis with a Novel Model

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A Hierarchical Streamline-Assisted History Matching Approach with Global and Local Parameter Updates

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Multiscale grid design and upscaling for a full field tight gas reservoir model on a next generation simulator

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A Novel Approach for Incorporation of Capillarity and Gravity Into Streamline Simulation Using Orthogonal Projection

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Flow Simulation of Complex Fracture Systems With Unstructured Grids Using the Fast Marching Method

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages

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Application of diffuse source basis functions to multiscale simulation

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Probability approach to multiphase and multicomponent fluid flow in porous media.

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Integration of Pressure Transient Data into Reservoir Models Using the Fast Marching Method

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Reservoir and Fracture-Flow Characterization Using Novel Diagnostic Plots

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A Novel Approach for Production Transient Analysis of Shale Gas/Oil Reservoirs

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages

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Optimal Coarsening of 3D Reservoir Models for Flow Simulation

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Reservoir Modeling: From RESCUE To RESQML

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A TYPE-CURVE APPROACH TO ANALYZING 2-WELL TRACER TESTS

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Integration of Shale Gas Production Data and Microseismic for Fracture and Reservoir Properties Using Fast Marching Method

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Application of diffuse source functions for improved flow upscaling

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Geometric dispersion and unstable flow in porous media.

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Integration of pressure transient data into reservoir models using the Fast Marching Method

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Compositional streamline simulation of CO2 injection accounting for gravity and capillary effects using orthogonal projection

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Reservoir modeling: From RESCUE to RESQML

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A predictor-corrector formulation for rigorous streamline simulation

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Spatial error and convergence in streamline simulation

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Validation and extension of asymptotic solutions of diffusivity equation and their applications to synthetic cases

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Representing subsurface knowledge using RESQML

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Modeling Well Interference and Optimal Well Spacingin Unconventional Reservoirs Using Fast Marching Method

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages

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Application and analysis of tensor permeability to crossbedded reservoirs

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Why waterflood works: a linearized stability analysis

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Impact of subsurface uncertainty on well placement in tight gas reservoirs: Application of a rapid simulation-free workflow

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Rapid Refracturing Candidate Selection in Shale Reservoirs Using Drainage Volume and Instantaneous Recovery Ratio

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages

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A hierarchical streamline-assisted history matching approach with global and local parameter updates

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Integration of Shale-Gas-Production Data and Microseismic for Fracture and Reservoir Properties With the Fast Marching Method

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Bortezomib-induced thrombocytopenia is transient in patients with multiple myeloma

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Fast-Marching Methods for Complex Grids and Anisotropic Permeabilities: Application to Unconventional Reservoirs

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Efficient calculation of flux conservative streamline trajectories on complex and unstructured grids

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Capillary corrections to Buckley-Leverett flow

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Application of novel upscaling approaches to the Magnus and Andrew reservoirs

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Simulation and theory of two-phase flow in porous media.

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Theoretical investigation of two-ends-open free spontaneous imbibition

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Streamline-Based Time Lapse Seismic Data Integration Incorporating Pressure and Saturation Effects

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Estimation of relative permeability from laboratory displacement experiments application of the analytic solution with capillary corrections

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Rapid evaluation of the impact of heterogeneity on miscible gas injection

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Timestep selection during streamline simulation through transverse flux correction

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Combined uncertainty and history matching study of a deepwater turbidite reservoir

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Handling Conflicting Multiple Objectives Using Pareto-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for History Matching of Reservoir Performance

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Depth of Investigation and Depletion in Unconventional Reservoirs With Fast-Marching Methods

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Handling conflicting multiple objectives using Pareto-based evolutionary algorithm during history matching of reservoir performance

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Full field streamline tracing in complex faulted systems with non-neighbor connections

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Application of diffuse source basis functions for improved near well upscaling

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Rapid Simulation of Naturally Fractured Unconventional Reservoirs with Unstructured Grids Using the Fast Marching Method

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A rigorous compressible streamline formulation for two- and three-phase black-oil simulation

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Field applications of a multi-scale multi-physics history matching approach

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Effective local and extended local single-phase upscaling

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History matching of frequent seismic surveys using seismic onset times at the Peace River Field, Canada

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A SEMIANALYTIC APPROACH TO TRACER FLOW MODELING IN HETEROGENEOUS PERMEABLE MEDIA

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Impact of heterogeneity upon the accuracy of the Eikonal solution using the Fast Marching Method

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Dynamic Diffuse-Source Upscaling in High-Contrast Systems

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Modeling Hydraulically Fractured Shale Wells Using the Fast-Marching Method With Local Grid Refinements and an Embedded Discrete Fracture Model

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Spatial Error and Convergence in Streamline Simulation

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High-resolution monotonic schemes for reservoir fluid flow simulation

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Quantitative production analysis and EUR prediction from unconventional reservoirs using a data-driven drainage volume formulation

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A Comprehensive Reservoir Simulator for Unconventional Reservoirs That Is Based on the Fast Marching Method and Diffusive Time of Flight

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Novel approach for production transient analysis of shale reservoirs using the drainage volume derivative

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Optimal coarsening of 3D reservoir models for flow simulation

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How RESQML version 2 can facilitate the update of a reservoir model

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Dynamic downscaling and upscaling in high contrast systems

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Full-Field Streamline Tracing in Complex Faulted Systems With Nonneighbor Connections

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Theoretical Investigation of Water Blocking in Unconventional Reservoirs Due to Spontaneous Imbibition and Water Adsorption

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages

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A simulation-free approach for well placement in tight gas reservoirs

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Reservoir and Fracture Flow Characterization Using a Novel () Formulation

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages

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Inference of Global Reservoir Connectivity from Static Pressure Data with Fast Coarse-Scale Simulation Models

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Type-curve approach to analyzing two-well tracer tests

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Depth of Investigation and Depletion Behavior in Unconventional Reservoirs Using Fast Marching Methods

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Asymptotic solutions of the diffusivity equation and their applications

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Asymptotic Solutions of the Diffusivity Equation and Their Applications

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Theoretical investigation of two-ends-open free spontaneous imbibition

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Spatial Error and Convergence in Streamline Simulation

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Modeling Hydraulically Fractured Shale Wells Using the Fast-Marching Method With Local Grid Refinements and an Embedded Discrete Fracture Model

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Optimal Coarsening of 3D Reservoir Models for Flow Simulation

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Improved upscaling for flow simulation of tight gas reservoir models

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Petroleum Engineering; 3116 TAMU

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Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# etdChairOf[].label
Zhou, Peng (2015-12). Development of Diffuse Source Upscaling. Master's Thesis.

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Ebin, Joshua Prince (2018-08). Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanical Modeling of Induced Seismicity. Master's Thesis.

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Huang, Jixiang (2017-05). Analysis of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation and Well Performance using Geomechanical Models and Fast Marching Method. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Wang, Zhenzhen (2018-12). Asymptotic Solutions to the Diffusivity Equation: Validation and Field Applications. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Sharma, Vishal Kumar (2016-05). New Approach for Production Analysis of Shale Gas/Oil Reservoirs. Master's Thesis.

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Li, Chen (2018-12). Application of the Fast Marching Method to Reservoir Characterization and Pressure Transient Analysis in Structured and Corner Point Grid Geometries. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Jung, Hye Young (2015-09). Application of History Matching Quality Index with Moving Linear Regression Analysis. Master's Thesis.

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Zhukovsky, Isaac David (2017-05). Uncertainty in Eagle Ford Shale Wells Production Quantified using Probabilistic Analysis with a Novel Decline-Curve Model. Master's Thesis.

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Du, Song (2012-12). Multiscale Reservoir Simulation: Layer Design, Full Field Pseudoization and Near Well Modeling. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Li, Hanyu (2017-05). Improved Modeling of Pseudo Pseudo-Steady State Flow Regime in Unconventional Reservoir. Master's Thesis.

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Taware, Satyajit Vijay (2012-08). Optimal Reservoir Management and Well Placement Under Geologic Uncertainty. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Zubarev, Maxim (2016-11). Simulation Approach Selection in Reservoir Management. Master's Thesis.

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Pasumarti, Lakshmi (2014-05). Exploring an Unstructured Lattice Representation for Carbonate Reservoir Characterization. Master's Thesis.

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Zhou, Yijie (2013-08). Improved Upscaling & Well Placement Strategies for Tight Gas Reservoir Simulation and Management. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Nunna, Krishna Chaitanya (2014-12). Diffuse Source Transmissibility Upscaling. Master's Thesis.

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Aggarwal, Akshay (2011-12). Performance of Assisted History Matching Techniques When Utilizing Multiple Initial Geologic Models. Master's Thesis.

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Sengupta, Soumyadipta (2016-05). Determination of Permeability from Pore Network Models by Using a Novel Transient Simulation Methodology. Master's Thesis.

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Chapman, Ian (2012-08). Determination of the Controls on Permeability and Transport in Shale by Use of Percolation Models. Master's Thesis.

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Tanaka, Shusei (2014-08). Effective Reservoir Management Using Streamline-Based Reservoir Simulation, History Matching and Rate Allocation Optimization. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Iino, Atsushi (2018-11). Efficient History Matching and Optimization of Unconventional Reservoirs Using the Fast Marching Method. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Zhang, Yanbin (2013-06). Dynamic Reservoir Characterization Using Complex Grids Based on Streamline and Fast Marching Methods. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Gupta, Neha 1986- (2012-12). A Novel Approach for the Rapid Estimation of Drainage Volume, Pressure and Well Rates. Master's Thesis.