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<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">PhD Dissertation Defense</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Topic: Hypersaline Flowback Water. Spontaneous Imbibition Studies in Shale Reservoirs: Insight into Origins of
High Salinity </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Flowback Water</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Date: Friday, Dec the 3rd, 2021</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Committee Chair: Dr. Lori Hathon</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Michael Myers, Dr. Christine – Ehlig - Economides PhD, Dr. Carlos Torres Verdin PhD and</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Thomas Lapen PhD</span></p>
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