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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>INCLUSION OF FRACTURE SKIN IN DUONG’S MODEL OF RATE-DECLINE ANALYSIS FOR FRACTURE DOMINATED SHALE RESERVOIRS</b><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Himanshu Shekhar Jha<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Defense Date:</b> Thursday, December 1st 2016
<b>Time:</b> 10:15 AM <b>Location:</b> ERP-9, Room 123<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Committee members:</b> Dr. Dimitrios G. Hatzignatiou, Dr. W. John Lee, Dr. Konstantinos Kostarelos<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:200%">
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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:200%">
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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Sturm, Anne <<a href="mailto:masturm@central.uh.edu" target="_blank">masturm@central.uh.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Hi- I have booked ERP 9 room 123 from 10-noon on Dec 1<sup>st</sup> for your thesis.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Your first draft is due to Miranda on Nov 21<sup>st</sup> and attached is the information about advertising
your thesis.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> Himanshu Jha [mailto:<a href="mailto:h.s.jha90@gmail.com" target="_blank">h.s.jha90@gmail.com</a>]
<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 17, 2016 10:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> Lee, W. John; Hatzignatiou, Dimitrios G; Kostarelos, Konstantinos; Sturm, Anne<br><b>Subject:</b> Thesis Defense Date</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Committee members,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Based on your availability given out yesterday,
<b>December 1st, Thursday 10:15 AM to 12:00 PM</b> is working out for everyone for my MS thesis defense.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Requesting Ms Sturm to please book the room for the same.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am very thankful to all of your for making time for my defense. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Himanshu Shekhar Jha<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Graduate Student<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Petroleum Engineering Department<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Cullen Collage of Engineering<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">University of Houston, TX - 77054<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Cell:
<a href="tel:%28%2B1%29%20832-705-1886" target="_blank">(+1) 832-705-1886</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">E-mail:
<a href="mailto:hsjha@uh.edu" target="_blank">hsjha@uh.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br clear="all"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Himanshu Shekhar Jha<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Student<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Petroleum Engineering Department<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cullen Collage of Engineering<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">University of Houston, TX - 77054<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Cell: (+1) 832-705-1886</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">E-mail: <a href="mailto:hsjha@uh.edu" target="_blank">
hsjha@uh.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span><style><!--
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