Year 1979

PhD Dissertation

Koch, Steven E.: Mesoscale Gravity Waves as a Possible Trigger of Severe Convection Along a Dryline

Master's Thesis

Alcocer, Alarcon Carlos: A Study of Diluent Fluids Associated with Crude Oil Viscosity in Orinoco Tar Best, Venezuela

Canas, Jose N.: Recovery of Heavy Oil Using Nuclear Wastes as a Heat Source

Dees, John Martin: Fluid Mechanics Research With a Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Model

El-Jarray, Younis S.: Petroleum Industry Water Injection Wells Short-time Text Analysis Using Type Curves

Fard, Mehdi S.: Shear Flow Generation: Calculation of Sheared Velocity Profiles Generated by Variable Porosity Screens

Hatfield, Steven Kim: Well Control: An Evaluation of Current Techniques

Hsing, Hsu-Hsn: Analysis of Flow and Mixed Boundary Systems by Type Curve Matching

Ikiriko, Tonye John: Usage of Tracers to Determine Reservoir Heterogeneity

Irani, Behram K.: Petroleum Microbiology: A State of the Art and Its Possible Applications

Michaelis, Sara E.: Long-Term Energy Availability from Artificial Geothermal Wells

Mondragon, Julius J.: Correcting Oil Well Pulse-Test Results with Wellbore Storage in the Pulsing Well

Nakornthap, Kurujit: Study of Relationships Between Present Value Profit-to-Investment Ratio and DCF Rate of Return Probability Distributions in Selecting Investments

Otudor, Effick Eyo: Inflation Management in the Petroleum Industry: A Historical Perspective

Pomery, Carl F.: A Technical and Economic Evolution of Selected Biomass-to-Fuels Conversion Processes

Rizek, Carlos E.: A Laboratory Study of Wet Combustion on Heavy Oil from the Orinoco Oil in Venezuela

Sarathi, Partha: Thermodynamic Analysis of Gas Reservoirs

Wang, Man Sheng: A Rheological Study of Elastomers

Winchester, David Richard: Well Control: Engineering and Legal Considerations

Year 1978

Master's Thesis

Abu-Khamisin, Salim: Production of Water from Oil Fields and Methods of Treatments

Ahmed, Anees Uddin: Digitized Well Log Evaluation of Masaverde Formation in Rulison Field, Colorado

Al-Marhoun, Muhammed Ali: Optimal Numerical Procedure to Solve Two-Dimensional Three-Phase Petroleum Reservoir Simulator

Al-Mutlag, Mohammad: Effect of Design Factors on Oil or Gas Well Casing String Costs

Allam, Awad M.: Recovery of Gas and Liguids from Gas-Condensate Reservoirs: Material Balance Compositional Approach

Arifi, Nagmeddin Abdalla: Pressure Transient Analysis of Wells With Partial-Fluid-Injection in an Anisotropic Petroleum Reservoir

Arkeketa, Phillip Michael: High-Temperature and Pressure Rheological Properties of Water Basin Drilling Fluids

Chowdhry, Mohammad Afzal: Study of Oil Vaporization and Miscible Displacement During High-Pressure Injection of Various Gases

Dowell, James David: Flowmetering: The Newest Practical Methods

Garcia, Juan Bautista Boada: Control of Water Injectivity Profile Using an In-Situ Gelling Process

Guilarte, Fernando Anibal: Non-Linear Regression Analysis to Estimate Reserves in Gas Reservoirs

Heath, Loren Bruce: A One-Dimensional Computer Model to Estimate Oil Recovery of Steamfloods Utilizing the Shutler Analytical Technique

Lewis, Fletcher Sherwood: A Reservoir Study of the Blooming Grove Field Black Warrior Basin

Osanloo, Morteza: Application of Wheel-Front-End Loader and Crawler Power Shovel with Reference to SarCheshmek Cooper Mine in Iran

Ozomaro, Christian Olufemi: Analysis of Coke Combustion During In-Situ Oil Recovery
Raju, Danturburi Bopi: Shrinkage Characterizatics of Oil Well Cements

Simpson, Michael Antoine: A Current Evaluation of the Proposed Unconventional Rotary Drilling Bit's Applicability to Oil and Gas Well Drilling

Sjahrani, Gusti M.: A Theoretical Study of a Tracer Profile as Influenced by Heterogeneity Factors of Porous Media

Talamas, Ernesto Javier: A Methodology for the Calculation of the Design Factors of a Casing Design by the Use of the Reliability Analysis

Trisarn, Griangkrai: Analysis of Weight Variation in Motion Compensators

Wilkinson, Joe Franklin: An Analysis of the Domestic Petroleum Industry

Year 1977

Master's Thesis

Aguillon, Felix J.: Economics of Well Stimulation Processes

Bose, Randal S.: Optimal Decision Making in Well Spacing Design

Cheng, M. Chun: Enhanced Oil Recovery by the Application of Electric Power

Ekiko, Eno Obong: A Laboratory Investigation of Enhanced Crude Oil Recovery by Dewatering a Depleted Water Drive Reservoir

Gonzalez, P.: Development of Correlation Functions Using Reservoir Properties and Recovery Mechanisms for Ultimate Recovery

Holmes, Steven Charles: A Feasibility Study of the Use of Drill String or Production Tubing Excitation by Accoustical Energy as a Sub- Surface Telementry Method

Huang, Woom Tsing Wally: System Design for High Temperature Testing and Stabilization of Drilling Fluids

Jackson, Andrew Carlton: Optimization of Well Density in Secondary Recovery Based on Well Pattern Spacing and Economics

Jegbefume, Evans Ugheboh: Well Injection Tests of Non-Newtonian Fluids in Petroleum Reservoirs

Moffitt, Paul Douglas: Injection Well Tests of Non-Newtonian Fluids

Morris, John David: Tidal Power: State of the Art

Palatka, Joseph Dennis: The Application of Sparse Matrix Techniques in Reservoir Simulation

Silva Romero, Rafael: Non-Linear Regression Analysis Unconstraine Optimization Using Numerical Differentiation

Schenewerk, Philip Andrew: Streamline Modeling and Tracer Behavior in Porous Media

Year 1976

PhD Dissertation

Craig, Forrest F. III: Composition Flow in Porous Media - A Reservoir Simulator

Tiab, Djebbar: Analysis of Multiple Sealing Fault System and Closed Rectangular Reservoirs by Type Curve Matching

Master's Thesis

Meehan, Donald Nathan: A Laboratory Study of the Effects of Water Immobilization for Improved Oil Recovery

Panahamand, Hamid: Economic Analysis of Compression in Natural Gas Pipeline System

Year 1975

PhD Dissertation

Otuomagie, Robert: Analysis of Pressure Buildup in an Infinite Two- Layered Oil Reservoir

Master's Thesis

Akindele, Femi M.: A Comparative Study of the Water Coning Rate Prediction Curves

Diba, Mahmoud Hossein: The Response of a Natural Gas Resource Base to Drilling Activity
Farmanara, Seyed-Mahmoud: Two-Phase Flow in Inclined Wells

Farshad, Fariborz; Production Performance Simulation of Gas and Gas-Condensate Reservoirs

Martin, Jack W.: Gas Pipeline Optimization

Petty, Terry Don: Thrust Requirements for Dynamic Positioning of a Semi-Submersible Drilling Vessel

Waller, Herschel Nathaniel: A Laboratory Study of the Effects of Flooding Phase Immobilization

Year 1974

PhD Dissertation

Diba, Mahmoud Hossein: Geology and Logging Study of the Bartlesville (Red Fork) Sand of the Southwest Clearbrook Field in a Portion of Cleveland County, Oklahoma

El-Messidi, Adel E.: Oil Displacement of Different Surfactant and Polymer Waterflood Systems

Master's Thesis

Campbell, Robert A.: A New Approach for Estimating Fluid Saturations from Neutron-Density Logs

Chapman, Jimmy Lee: A Model for Evaluating the Ecnonomics of Off-Shore Oil Field Development

Gentry, Robert W.: The Effect of Reservoir and Fluid Properties on Production Decline Curves

Isokrari, Ombo Ferguson: Relationship Between Geological and Engineering Parameters in Low Permeability Red Fork Shoestring Oil Reservoirs in Oklahoma

Kadaster, Ali Galip Esat: Simulating a Stratified Communicating Reservoir by Oi Modified Buckley-Leverett Theory Using State Variables

Scoggins, Myles Wilson: A Statistical Decision Model for Capital Allocation to Development Drilling Venture

Watson, Jerry Palmer: Reservoir Simulation Model Studies of the Postle Morrow "A" Sandstone

Year 1973

Master's Thesis

Aziz, Rafi Muhammed: A Study of the Effect of Enriched Gas Injection on the Properties of Cyrus Reservoir Oil

Berruin, Nour Abdalla: An Analysis of the Effect of Acceleration Parameters on ADIP Convergence

Chao Paul Cheh-Chuan: Comparative Study of Methods Available to Analyze Pressure Build-Up Data

Freshour, Kenneth Don: Determination of Dissolved Oxygen Content of Waters at Subatmospheric Pressures

Krishnamoorthy, A.: Simultaneous Solution of Vertical Multiphase Flow and Reservoir Performance Equations to Predict Flow Rates, Flow Pressures and Reservoir Behavior

London, William W.: A Geological and Engineering Study of the Mustang Pool, Canadian County, Oklahoma

Shelton, John WIlliam: The Effect of Pressure on Gas-Stripping of Dissolved Gases from Seawater

Year 1972

PhD Dissertation

Myers, Stephen D.: An Investigaton into the Feasibility of Using Multiple Criteria Decision Methods for Planning the Strategic Allocation of Capital Resources to Exploration and Producing Activities in the Domestic Petroleum Industry

Master's Thesis

Alsinbili, Mohammed Baker: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Effect of API Gravity, Injection Pressure and Oil Composition on Oil Recovery by High Pressure Carbon Dioxide Injection

Choroomi, Mahmoud: Sweep Efficiency Calculation in a Stratified Petroleum Reservoir with Gravitational Segregation

Doughty, Roger Keith: The Accumulation of Helium in Natural Gas

Jennings, Alfred Roy: The Effects of Surfactant-Bearing Fracturing Fluids on Permeability Behavior in Hydrocarbon Producing Formations

Pate, James D.: A Geological Engineering Study of the Sooner Trend Middle Layton Sand Unit, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

Rios, Nelson Guillermo: An Exploratory Model for the Prediction of Future Recoverable Reserves in the Seminole Region of Oklahoma

Ylitalo, Rodney W.: Stochastic Decision Tree Evaluation Methods for Petroleum Exploration

Alsinbili, Mohammed Baker: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Effect of API Gravity, Injection Pressure and Oil Composition on Oil Recovery by High Pressure Carbon Dioxide Injection

Choroomi, Mahmoud: Sweep Efficiency Calculation in a Stratified Petroleum Reservoir with Gravitational Segregation

Doughty, Roger Keith: The Accumulation of Helium in Natural Gas

Jennings, Alfred Roy: The Effects of Surfactant-Bearing Fracturing Fluids on Permeability Behavior in Hydrocarbon Producing Formations

Year 1971

PhD Dissertation

Trimble, Alfred Eugene: An Experimental Investi-gation of the Steam Displacement Process in Porous Media

Master's Thesis

Akuiyibo, Dimabo B.: A Numerical Model of Non-Equilibrium Displacement Behavior of a Solution-Gas Drive Reservoir Below of Bubble Point

Al-Sayer, Badr: Simulation of a Steam Injection Experiment

Al Suwaidi, Kais: Preliminary Study of Various Methods to Prepare Polywater

Coulter, Gerald Richard: The Design of Refrac Treatments for Restimulation of Sub-Surface Formations

Doyle, Robert Emmett: Performance Predictions for Pattern or Asymmetrical Waterfloods Using a Stream Channel Method

Farshad, Fariborz: Pulse-Test Stimulation in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Garvin, Thomas Roy: Design of a High Temperature-High Pressure Rheometer

Lord, David Leslie: Yield Stress of Thexotropic Structures in Shear

Malone, William Timmons: A New Generation of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids for Well Stimulation

Murphy, Robert Jeremiah: Optimum Water Well Drilling Equipment Remote Tactical Areas

Petty, Terry Don: Analysis of a Marine Riser Used With Floating Drilling Vessels

Roegner, Harold F.: Oil and Gas Reservoir Influence Functions

Wittenberg, William Arthur: A Monte Carlo Simulation for Predicting Resource Requirements and System Capabilities for an Air Force Pilot Training System

Year 1970

Master's Thesis

Anessi, Thomas Joseph: Strength and Consolidation Properties of Raw and Stabilized Oklahoma Shales

Ashford, Frank Edmund: A Study of the Dynamic Adsorption Behavior of Methane- n-Pentane -n-Hexane - n-Heptane Binary and Multi-Component Mixtures on 03 Grade Silicage

Breeze, Arthur F.: Abnormal-Subnormal Pressure Relationships in the Morrow Sands of Northwestern Oklahoma

Miller, Ernest G.: Subsurface Stratigraphic and Statistical Analysis, Cherokee, Marmaton, and Kansas City Lansing Groups, major and Woods Counties, Oklahma

Miller, Thomas N.: A Comparison of Waterflood Performance Characteristics for Pennsylvanian Sands

Mitchell, Billy Joe: Effect of Tooth Geometry on Tooth Wear Rate on Rotary Rock Bits

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