[CCoE Notice] Thesis Defense Announcement: Inclusion of Fracture Skin in Duong's Model of Rate-Decline Analysis for Fracture Dominated Shale Reservoirs

[Grayson, Audrey A]

INCLUSION OF FRACTURE SKIN IN DUONG’S MODEL OF RATE-DECLINE ANALYSIS FOR FRACTURE DOMINATED SHALE RESERVOIRS

Himanshu Shekhar Jha

Defense Date: Thursday, December 1st 2016 Time: 10:15 AM Location: ERP-9, Room 123
Committee members: Dr. Dimitrios G. Hatzignatiou,  Dr. W. John Lee, Dr. Konstantinos Kostarelos

Production forecast plays an important role in helping us make ration decisions in face of large uncertainties. Unconventional oil and gas production has followed an accelerated growth trajectory in the US oil and gas industry. Unconventional reservoirs vary significantly in their reservoir characteristics and production methodologies when compared to a conventional reservoir. The differences between conventional and unconventional reservoirs lead to significant durations of transient flow regimes for the unconventional reservoirs and this calls for using new methodologies for reserves forecast.
            Work by Valko (SPE 134231) and Duong (SPE 137748) are some of the most popular methods of decline curve analysis for unconventional reservoirs. This thesis presents a critique of Duong’s Method for rate decline analysis for fracture dominated shale reservoir and proposes a more rigorous method for reserve forecast by including fracture skin in Duong’s Method. Proposed new method can be used for unconventional oil and gas reservoirs.




On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Sturm, Anne <masturm at central.uh.edu<mailto:masturm at central.uh.edu>> wrote:
Hi- I have booked ERP 9 room 123 from 10-noon on Dec 1st for your thesis.
Your first draft is due to Miranda on Nov 21st and attached is the information about advertising your thesis.

From: Himanshu Jha [mailto:h.s.jha90 at gmail.com<mailto:h.s.jha90 at gmail.com>]
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 10:42 AM
To: Lee, W. John; Hatzignatiou, Dimitrios G; Kostarelos, Konstantinos; Sturm, Anne
Subject: Thesis Defense Date

Committee members,

Based on your availability given out yesterday, December 1st, Thursday 10:15 AM to 12:00 PM is working out for everyone for my MS thesis defense.

Requesting Ms Sturm to please book the room for the same.

I am very thankful to all of your for making time for my defense.

Thank you,

Regards,
Himanshu Shekhar Jha
Graduate Student
Petroleum Engineering Department
Cullen Collage of Engineering
University of Houston, TX - 77054
Cell: (+1) 832-705-1886<tel:%28%2B1%29%20832-705-1886>
E-mail: hsjha at uh.edu<mailto:hsjha at uh.edu>



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Himanshu Shekhar Jha
Graduate Student
Petroleum Engineering Department
Cullen Collage of Engineering
University of Houston, TX - 77054
Cell: (+1) 832-705-1886
E-mail: hsjha at uh.edu<mailto:hsjha at uh.edu>
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