Publications

Journal Articles

Morgan, E (20xx). “Accounting for serial autocorrelation in decline curve analysis.” Applied Energy, (in review).

Zhang, Y, Kleit, A, Morgan, E, Wang, J, (2024). “Analysis of Ultimate Gas Recovery in Shale Reservoirs.” Journal of Energy Resources Technology 146, 083001. doi:10.1115/1.4065382

Joon, S, Dawuda, I, Morgan, E, Srinivasan, S (2022) “Rock Physics-Based Data Assimilation of Integrated Continuous Active-Source Seismic and Pressure Monitoring Data during Geological Carbon Storage.” SPE Journal, 27: 2510–2524. doi:10.2118/209585-PA

Udegbe, E, Morgan, E, and Srinivasan, S (2019). “Big Data Analytics for Seismic Fracture Identification, using Amplitude-Based Statistics.” Computational Geosciences, 1-15. doi:10.1007/s10596-019-09890-z

Xi, Z, and Morgan, E (2019). “Combining Decline-Curve Analysis and Geostatistics To Forecast Gas Production in the Marcellus Shale.” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering - Formation Evaluation. doi:10.2118/197055-PA

Udegbe, E, Morgan, E, and Srinivasan, S (2019). “Big Data Analytics for Production Data Classification using Feature Detection: Application to Restimulation Candidate Selection.” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering - Formation Evaluation. doi:10.2118/187328-PA

Morgan, EC, Vanneste, M, Lecomte, I, Baise, LG, Longva, O, and McAdoo, BG (2012). “Estimation of free gas saturation from seismic reflection surveys by the genetic algorithm inversion of a P-wave attenuation model.” Geophysics, 77(4): R175-R187. doi:10.1190/geo2011-0291.1

Thompson, EM, Baise, LG, Kayen, RE, Morgan, EC, and Kaklamanos, J (2011). “Integrated multiscale site response mapping.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(3): 1081-1100. doi:10.1785/0120100211

Morgan, EC, Lackner, M, Vogel, RM, and Baise, LG (2011). “Probability distributions for offshore wind speeds.” Energy Conversion and Management, 52(1): 15-26. doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2010.06.015

Morgan, EC, McAdoo, BG, and Baise, LG (2008). “Quantifying geomorphology associated with large subduction zone earthquakes.” Basin Research, 20(4): 531-542. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00368.x

Hoffmann, G, Silver, E, Day, S, Morgan, EC, Driscoll, NW, and Orange, D (2008). “Sediment waves in the Bismarck volcanic arc, Papua New Guinea.” Special Paper - Geological Society of America, 436: 91-126. doi:10.1130/2008.2436(05)

Book Chapters

Ayala, LF, and Morgan, EC (2016). “Natural Gas Production Engineering.” ASTM Publication MNL73: Exploration and Production of Petroleum and Natural Gas Handbook, Ch. 14.

Vanneste, M, Forsberg, CF, Knudsen, S, Kvalstad, TJ, L’Heureux, J-S, Lunne, T, Vardy, ME, Chand, S, Longva, O, Morgan EC, Kopf, A, Morz, T, Steiner, A, Brendryen, J, and Haflidason, H (2015). “Integration of very-high-resolution seismic and CPTU data from a coastal area affected by shallow landsliding - the Finneidfjord natural laboratory.” International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, At Oslo, Norway. Volume: Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics III, Chapter 137. ISBN: 978-1-138-02848-7

Morgan, EC, Vanneste, M, Longva, O, Lecomte, I, McAdoo, B, and Baise, LG (2010). “Evaluating gas-generated pore pressure with seismic reflection data in a landslide-prone area: an example from Finneidfjord, Norway.” In: Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, ed. by Mosher, et al., vol. 28, pp. 399-410, Springer. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (ISBN: 978-90-481-3070-2).

Conference Papers

Morgan, EC (2018). “Accounting for serial autocorrelation in decline curve analysis of Marcellus shale gas wells.” Society of Petroleum Engineers - Eastern Regional Meeting, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA. SPE-191788-MS

Xi, Z, and Morgan, EC (2018). “Combining decline curve analysis and geostatistics to forecast gas production in the Marcellus shale.” Society of Petroleum Engineers - Eastern Regional Meeting, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA. SPE-191793-MS

Udegbe, E, Morgan, EC, and Srinivasan, S (2018). “Big data analytics for seismic fracture identification, using amplitude-based statistics.” Society of Petroleum Engineers 2018 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX. SPE-191668-MS

Udegbe, E, Morgan, EC, and Srinivasan, S (2017). “From face detection to fracture reservoir characterization: Big Data analytics for restimulation candidate selection.” Society of Petroleum Engineers 2017 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX. SPE-187328-MS

Lei, X, and Morgan, EC (2017). “Characterization of gas-charged sediments from joint inversion of Qp and Qs with sonic logs.” Society of Exploration Geophysics Annual Meeting, 2017. pp. 3319-3324. doi.org/10.1190/segam2017-17799758.1

Lei, X, and Morgan, EC (2016). “A comparison of methods for estimating Q.” Society of Exploration Geophysics Annual Meeting, 2016. pp. 3021-3025. doi.org/10.1190/segam2016-13971809.1

Venugopal, K., Kelly, P., Jamaluddin, A., McConnell, C., Alger, M., Morgan, E., Ni, R., Dunn, R., and Grasselli, G. (2016). “The PetroChallenge - An Innovative E&P Learning Experience Using an Interactive Learning Simulation”, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dubai, UAE, Sept. 2016. doi:10.2118/181404-MS

Lei, X, and Morgan, EC (2015). “Characterization of gas-charged sediments from joint inversion of Qp and Qs.” Society of Exploration Geophysics Annual Meeting, 2015. pp. 2765-2770. doi:10.1190/segam2015-5904497.1

Vardy, ME, Vanneste, M, Henstock, TJ, Morgan, EC, and Pinson, LJW (2015). “Can high-resolution marine geophysical data be inverted for soil properties?” Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics. Vol. 37, Pt. 1. University of Bath, UK, Sept. 7-9, 2015.

Morgan, EC, Vanneste, M, and Vardy, M (2014). “Characterization of the slope-destabilizing effects of gas-charged sediment via seismic surveys.” Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 25196.

Morgan, EC, and Baise, LG (2011). “Assessing the probability of occurrence of earthquake-induced landslides offshore the U.S. East Coast: a first-order, second moment approach.” GeoRisk, 2011. Paper #136.

Morgan, EC, McAdoo, B, Baise, LG, and DeGroot, DJ (2007). “Quantitative seafloor geomorphology and offshore geohazards.” Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 18736.

Student Theses

PhD Dissertations

Joon, S (2022) “Multi-Sensor Data Assimilation for Geological Carbon Storage Monitoring Design.” Doctoral dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.

Udegbe, E (2018) “Pattern Recognition for Fractured Reservoir Characterization using Subsurface Big Data.” Doctoral dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.

Lei, X (2018) “Characterization of Gas-Charged Porous Media from Joint Inversion of P/S- Wave Attenuation Based on OBS and/or Sonic Log Data.” Doctoral dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.

Moreno, JC (2016) “Workflow to Enable Effective Uncertaimty Propagation and Decreasing Bias on Predictive Models Used For Field Development Decisions.” Doctoral dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.

MS Theses

Xi, Z (2019) “Combining Decline-Curve Analysis and Geostatistics To Forecast Gas Production in the Marcellus Shale.” Master’s thesis, The Pennsylvania State University.

Joon, S (2018) “Velocity Model Calibration Using Distributed Acoustic Sensors and Sparse Geophones.” Master’s thesis, The Pennsylvania State University.

Braun, K (2016) “Inversion Scheme for Predicting Petrophysical Properties in the Blake Ridge Methane Hydrates Field from 3D Seismic Survey Data.” Master’s thesis, The Pennsylvania State University.

Bonotto, G (2016) “A Comparison of Patchy Saturation Velocity Models to Ultrasonic tests.” Master’s thesis, The Pennsylvania State University.