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The Application of Hyperspectral Imaging to Monitor Cadmium and Nickel Phytoremediation from Contaminated Soil Using Poplar Trees

Abou Chacra, Alice (2023-08-22)

Pollution has been on the rise ever since the industrial revolution. In Lebanon, water and air pollution are among the most serious issues that require immediate solutions. Further, soil pollution cannot be excluded ...
ASSESSMENT OF CO2 EMISSIONS FROM THE LEBANESE ENERGY SECTOR: A FIRST STEP TOWARDS CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE DEPLOYMENT IN LEBANON

Mucharafieh, Nour (5/10/2021)

Climate change is one of the major global challenges causing profound impacts on human and natural systems. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated that global Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions must ...
CARBON EMISSION CHARACTERIZATION FOR THE LEBANESE CEMENT INDUSTRY, AND POTENTIAL CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION ROADMAP FOR LEBANON

Romanos, Elie (9/14/2022)

The continuously increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere are causing profound impacts on human livability and ecosystems. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, ...
Detection and Quantification of Nickel and Cadmium in Clay Agricultural Soil Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Artificial Intelligence-A Case Study in Lebanon

Moussa, Layan (2024-02-06)

Heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils poses serious environmental and health problems. Intensive efforts are employed to improve existing quantification methods of heavy metals in contaminated environments. ...
EFFECT OF FRACTURE NETWORK COMPLEXITY AND EVOLUTION ON FRACTURING FLUID RECOVERY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON AQUIFERS’ SAFETY

Makki, Sara (9/12/2022)

It has been reported that the recovery of the fluid injected during hydraulic fracturing (HF) is considerably low. Hence, the fate of the fracturing fluid in the subsurface and its migration become a concern for water ...
THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE MECHANICAL AND PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS FROM LEBANON

Jaber, Hassan (2/10/2023)

Assessing the geomechanical and petrophysical properties of rocks under in-situ environmental conditions is required to enhance industrial processes such as oil and gas drilling, carbon storage, nuclear waste storage, and ...
Enhanced Black Hole Particle Swarm Optimization in Well Placement Optimization

Bou Nassif, Yara (1/29/2021)

Engineers and geoscientists work within an asset team on defining well type, well control, well placement and facility design towards optimizing the development planning of oil and gas fields. Well placement optimization ...
Feasibility Analysis for a New Refinery in Lebanon

Hmaidan, Rayan (5/4/2023)

Oil refineries continue to be a valuable resource for many countries since they generate the primary energy sources used in a variety of industries. The technical and financial viability of an oil refinery in Lebanon is ...
FIELD DEVELOPMENT PLANNING – INTEGRATED DYNAMIC DRILLING SCHEDULE AND WELL TRAJECTORY DESIGN

El Hakim, Nizar (2023-09-04)

Field Development Planning (FDP) included finding the appropriate location and design of wells, drilling activities schedule, and other infrastructures’ placement (such as drilling centers, gathering centers, processing ...
Heavy Metal Contamination in Agricultural Soils in Lebanon: Effect of Soil Types on Hyperspectral Imaging

AlHouri AlHomsi, Reinde (2024-02-06)

Heavy Metals (HMs) pollution in agricultural soils has become of great concern in Lebanon. Detailed and accurate spatial soil information became essential for environmental risk assessment. Hyperspectral remote sensing for ...
INTEGRATED FACILITY PLACEMENT LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION

Dbouk, Haytham (9/16/2022)

Oil and gas production systems are getting deeper, more complex, and far away offshore where energy companies are targeting further resources. These complexities are transforming the problem of field layout design optimization ...
Micro-crystalline Cellulose and Nano-crystalline Cellulose for Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of Epoxy - The Effect of Moisture Content

Zahran, Abraham (8/16/2022)

Epoxy polymers have very good mechanical properties and chemical resistance; thus, they are utilized extensively in several fields including composites, adhesives, and surface coatings. We added Nano- and Micro-crystalline ...
Oil Rim Development: Mechanistic Study towards Optimal Exploitation

Alokla, Kassem (10/30/2020)

Oil rims are categorized among marginal reservoirs characterized by challenging drive systems, unfavorable water and gas coning issues, and relatively high cost of development. Therefore, understanding the fluids dynamics ...
Pressure Drop in a Network of Pipelines Using Machine Learning Models

Alakoum, Deniz (9/9/2022)

Field development planning aims to produce hydrocarbon accumulations while minimizing costs and maximizing revenues. Facility placement and pipeline layout development and optimization plays an important role in a field ...
Regulating the Residential Solar Boom in Lebanon: Policy Frameworks and Strategic Initiatives for Photovoltaic Transition

Darwish, Mahdy (2024-02-05)

The economic and financial crisis in Lebanon that started in 2019 has exacerbated the shortfalls of the Lebanese energy sector. This is due to the emerging inability to continue funding the imports of fuel oil, the main ...
RISK ASSESSMENT AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS CONCERNING DEBOTTLENECKING A 50-YEAR-OLD TRANSMISSION OIL-PRODUCTS PIPELINE

Alzeer, Mohammed Badr (2/3/2023)

The significant drop of the Syrian crude oil production, in addition to the dramatic increase in the fuel consumption which exceeded by far the nominal capacity of the two national refineries, have made a gap between ...
Subsurface Aspects of CO2 sequestration: Lessons learned from major CCS projects and numerical investigations

Milan, Elsy (9/14/2022)

To honor the Paris Agreement in decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, this thesis looks into carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration as an unavoidable path to lower these emissions and limit rising global temperatures. After ...
Well and Facility Placement Optimization in Multiple Flow Units Reservoirs

Khalaf, Aya (9/13/2022)

After the discovery of an oil or gas field, an optimal field development plan must be developed. Selecting the optimal plan leads not only to cost savings, but also to maximized reservoir performance, and hence leads to a ...
Well Placement Optimzation Under Geological Uncertainty

Harb, Ahmad

Investments in oil and gas projects are driven by critical field development decisions including well placement, which often significantly affect the projects’ economics. Due to their typically high cost and inherently ...
Well Trajectory Design within the Integrated Field Development Optimization Framework

Ayoub, Anthony Jean (3/1/2021)

The drilling of vertical wells was the most used technique in the oil and gas industry. However, as time progressed, the need to drill in a non-vertical path increased in significance. This led to the creation of directional ...

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