John McLennan

Publications

• Z Jiang, B Shu, Y Hu, J McLennan. (2026). Hydraulic fracturing experimental study of high temperature granite with water and supercritical carbon dioxide. Geothermics, 141.
• Mohamed T Bahr, Ali Khosravani, John McLennan, Kody M Powell. (2026). Dynamic simulation and economic evaluation of dual-mode borehole thermal energy storage in electrified district energy systems. Applied Thermal Engineering.
• Peng Zhao, Haiyan Zhu, Fengshou Zhang, Xuanhe Tang, Shijie Chen, Lei Tao, John D McLennan. (2026). Heat exchange during fluid seepage and heat transfer in EGS heat extraction: Insights from laboratory experiments. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 18(3).
• Amr Ramadan, Mohamed A Gabry, Mohamed Y Soliman, John McLennan. (2026). Utah FORGE: A Decade of Innovation—Comprehensive Review of Field-Scale Advances (Part 1). Processes, 14(3).
• Shijie Chen, Haiyan Zhu, Peng Zhao, Zixi Jiao, John D McLennan, Jun Zhou. (2025). Exploratory Study on Regulation of Thermal Short-Circuiting in Multi-well Enhanced Geothermal Systems. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
• Min Li, Zhiming Chen, Biao Shu, Joseph Moore, John McLennan. (2025). Analytical model for heat transfer of supercritical CO2 in a vertical hot dry rock fracture. Applied Thermal Engineering, 279.
• N Z Dvory, J D McLennan, B J McPherson. (2025). Optimizing Hydraulic Fracturing: Managing Fracture Toughness and Stress Shadow Effects in the Paradox Basin. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
• Peter Niemz, Kris Pankow, Marius P Isken, Katherine Whidden, John McLennan, Joe Moore. (2025). Mapping Fracture Zones with Nodal Geophone Patches: Insights from Induced Microseismicity During the 2024 Stimulations at Utah FORGE. Seismological Research Letters, 96(3).
• John McLennan, Clay Jones, Joseph Moore, Pengju Xing, Kevin England. (2025). New trends in geophysical applications to geothermal exploration and development. The Leading Edge, 44(4).
• Talgat Shokanov, John Oliver, Quan Guo, Kevin England, JOHN MCLENNAN. (2025). New Nanoparticle Tracer Technology Selected by FORGE to Drive Innovation in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Efficiency and Improve Economics.. World Oil.
• Kaushik Pradhan, Parker Sprinkle, Julien Chaput, Hunter Knox. (2025). Characterizing hydraulic fracture formation during enhanced geothermal system experiments using coda waves. The Leading Edge, 44(3).
• JOHN MCLENNAN. (2025). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C-xzGkVsudaeMAihvWmytTde6VSpPZ7r/view. SPE Italian Section Technical Bulletion, 1/2025.
• Xuanhe Tang, Haixin Yang, Haiyan Zhu, Maurice B Dusseault, John D McLennan, Kuidong Li, Jialin Xiao, Bo Zeng, Majia Zheng, Lishi Lin, Wei Liu. (2025). Investigation on Well Interferences of Infill Well Fracturing in Shale Gas Reservoirs Across Sichuan Basin. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 58(1).
• Palash Panja, Milind Deo, Kody Powell, Sidney Green, John McLennan. (2024). Operational strategies and well design for reservoir thermal energy storage (RTES). Geoenergy, 2(1).
• Piyush Kumar Kumawat, Haiyan Zhou, Kevin Kitz, John McLennan, Kody Powell, Milind Deo, Palash Panja. (2024). Erratum to “Sensitivity analysis of borehole thermal energy storage: examining key factors for system optimization” [Energy Storage and Saving, 2024, 3/3 (2024), 218–230]. Energy Storage and Saving, 3(4).
• Bijay KC, Ehsan Ghazanfari, John McLennan, Luke P Frash, Meng Meng. (2024). Evaluation of sintered bauxite proppant for binary enhanced geothermal systems. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 10(1).
• Milind DEO, Michael Bartl, Darryl BUTT, Greeshma Gadikota, Michael HOEPFNER, John Kaszuba, Jules MAGDA, SWOMITRA MOHANTY, John MCLENNAN, Jan Miller, Jiaoyan Li, Subhash Risbud, Brian MCPHERSON, Bryony Richards, Yidong Xia, Adn van Duin, Illya Zharov, James SUTHERLAND. (2024). EFRC-MUSE: Multi-Scale Fluid-Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials.
• Rasoul Sorkhabi, Palash Panja, John McLennan, Joseph Moore, Alan Walker, Robert Simmons, Milind Deo. (2024). A Glimpse of the Energy Transition: Utah’s New Energy Corridor. First Break, 42(10).
• Piyush Kumar Kumawat, Haiyan Zhou, Kevin Kitz, John McLennan, Kody Powell, Milind Deo, Palash Panja. (2024). Sensitivity analysis of borehole thermal energy storage (BTES): examining key factors for system optimization. Energy Storage and Saving, 3(3).
• Carlos Vega-Ortiz, John D McLennan, Thang Quoc Tran, José Leonel Larios Ferrer, Joel Rosales-Rodríguez, Néstor Martínez-Romero. (2024). Study of geomechanical properties of the Pimienta formation with undrained multi-stage triaxial tests, Central-Western Tampico Misantla Basin, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 141.
• N Z Dvory, J D McLennan. (2024). Stress Field Dynamics and Fault Slip Potential in the Paradox Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(7).
• N Z Dvory, J D McLennan, B J McPherson. (2024). Optimizing Hydraulic Fracturing in the Paradox Formation: Geomechanical Study of the Cane Creek Play. The American Rock Mechanics Association.
• John MCLENNAN, Joseph MOORE, Kevin England. (2024). Drilling, fracturing and characterizing Enhanced Geothermal Systems. American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
• Pengju Xing, Joseph Moore, Branko Damjanac, John McLennan. (2024). Investigation of thermal cooling effect of long-term circulation in Raft River enhanced geothermal system. Geothermics, 120.
• Peter Niemz, John McLennan, Kristine L Pankow, James Rutledge, Kevin England. (2024). Circulation experiments at Utah FORGE: Near-surface seismic monitoring reveals fracture growth after shut-in. Geothermics, 119.
• Haiyan Zhu, Shijie Chen, Qiang Fu, Peng Zhao, John D McLennan. (2024). Geothermal extraction performance in fractured granite from Gonghe Basin, Qinghai province, China: Long-term injection and production experiment. Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 3(2).
• Waquar Ahmed, John McLennan, G M Bhat, Sudeep Kanungo, Bryony Richards, Thang Tran, Bindra Thusu, Naveen Hakhoo, Mateen Hafiz. (2024). Geomechanical Characterization of the Barren Measure Formation in the Raniganj Sub-basin of Damodar Basin, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 100(2).
• Xuanhe Tang, Haiyan Zhu, Peng Zhao, Bo Zeng, Meng Zhao, Maurice B Dusseault, John D McLennan. (2024). A numerical study of complex fractures propagation path in naturally fractured gas shale: Reorientation, deflection and convergence. Gas Science and Engineering, 121.
• No’am Zach Dvory, John David McLennan, Ankush Singh, Brian James McPherson. (2024). Avoiding the Salts: Strategic Fracture Propagation Management for Enhanced Stimulation Efficiency in the Cane Creek Play. American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages.
• Shu Jiang, Kai Zhang, Joseph Moore, John McLennan. (2023). Lessons learned from hydrothermal to hot dry rock exploration and production. Energy Geoscience, 4(4).
• Yves Guglielmi, Mark McClure, Jeffrey Burghardt, Joseph P Morris, Thomas Doe, Pengcheng Fu, Hunter Knox, Vince Vermeul, Tim Kneafsey, The EGS Collab Team, J Ajo-Franklin, T Baumgartner, K Beckers, D Blankenship, A Bonneville, L Boyd, S Brown, J A Burghardt, C Chai, A Chakravarty, T Chen, Y Chen, B Chi, K Condon, P J Cook, D Crandall, P F Dobson, T Doe, C A Doughty, D Elsworth, J Feldman, Z Feng, A Foris, L P Frash, Z Frone, P Fu, K Gao, A Ghassemi, Y Guglielmi, B Haimson, A Hawkins, J Heise, C Hopp, M Horn, R N Horne, J Horner, M Hu, H Huang, L Huang, K J Im, M Ingraham, E Jafarov, R S Jayne, T C Johnson, S E Johnson, B Johnston, S Karra, K Kim, D K King, T Kneafsey, H Knox, J Knox, D Kumar, K Kutun, M Lee, D Li, J Li, K Li, Z Li, M Maceira, P Mackey, N Makedonska, C J Marone, E Mattson, M W McClure, J McLennan, T McLing, C Medler, R J Mellors, E Metcalfe, J Miskimins, J Moore, C E Morency, J P Morris, T Myers, S Nakagawa, G Neupane, G Newman, A Nieto, T Paronish, R Pawar, P Petrov, B Pietzyk, R Podgorney, Y Polsky, J Pope, S Porse, J C Primo, T Pyatina, C Reimers, B Q Roberts, M Robertson, V Rodríguez-Tribaldos, W Roggenthen, J Rutqvist, D Rynders, M Schoenball, P Schwering, V Sesetty, C S Sherman, A Singh, M M Smith, H Sone, E L Sonnenthal, F A Soom, D P Sprinkle, S Sprinkle, C E Strickland, J Su, D Templeton, J N Thomle, C Ulrich, N Uzunlar, A Vachaparampil, C A Valladao, W Vandermeer, G Vandine, D Vardiman, V R Vermeul, J L Wagoner, H F Wang, J Weers, N Welch, J White, M D White, P Winterfeld, T Wood, S Workman, H Wu, Y S Wu, E C Yildirim, Y Zhang, Y Q Zhang, Q Zhou, M D Zoback. (2023). Using in-situ strain measurements to evaluate the accuracy of stress estimation procedures from fracture injection/shut-in tests. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 170.
• Kevin L McCormack, John D McLennan, Elliot A Jagniecki, Brian J McPherson. (2023). Discrete Measurements of the Least Horizontal Principal Stress from Core Data: An Application of Viscoelastic Stress Relaxation. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 26(03).
• Haiyan Zhu, Chuhao Huang, Xuanhe Tang, John David McLennan. (2023). Multicluster Fractures Propagation during Temporary Plugging Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Integrated with Dynamic Perforation Erosion. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 28(04).
• Robert Davis, Palash Panja, John McLennan. (2023). Integrated workflow for interpretation of satellite imageries using machine learning to assess and monitor algal blooms in Utah Lake, USA. Ecological Informatics, 75.
• Haiyan Zhu, Chuhao Huang, Xuanhe Tang, John David Mclennan. (2023). Multicluster Fractures Propagation during Temporary Plugging Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Integrated with Dynamic Perforation Erosion. SPE JOURNAL, 28(4).
• Kevin L McCormack, John D McLennan, Elliot A Jagniecki, Brian J McPherson. (2023). Discrete Measurements of the Least Horizontal Principal Stress from Core Data: An Application of Viscoelastic Stress Relaxation. SPE RESERVOIR EVALUATION & ENGINEERING, 26(3).
• Haiyan Zhu, Xuanhe Tang, Fengshou Zhang, John David McLennan. (2022). Mechanical Behavior of Methane–Hydrate–Bearing Sand with Nonlinear Constitutive Model. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 47(9).
• Pranay Asai, Robert Podgorney, John McLennan, Milind Deo, Joseph Moore. (2022). Analytical model for fluid flow distribution in an Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Renewable Energy, 193.
• Pengju Xing, Branko Damjanac, Joseph Moore, John McLennan. (2022). Flowback Test Analyses at the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Site. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55(5).
• Lei Tao, Jian Han, Yanjun Feng, John D McLennan. (2022). Study on the Alteration of Pore Parameters of Shale with Different Natural Fractures under Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Seepage. Minerals, 12(6).
• Zixu Hu, Tianfu Xu, J Moore, Bo Feng, Yulong Liu, John McLennan, Yunxing Yang. (2022). Investigation of the effect of different injection schemes on fracture network patterns in hot dry rocks - A numerical case study of the FORGE EGS site in Utah. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 97.
• Pengju Xing, John McLennan, Joseph Moore. (2022). Minimum in-situ stress measurement using temperature signatures. Geothermics, 98.
• Jinzhou Zhao, Qing Yin, John McLennan, Yongming Li, Yu Peng, Xiyu Chen, Cheng Chang, Weiyang Xie, Zhongyi Zhu. (2021). Iteratively Coupled Flow and Geomechanics in Fractured Poroelastic Reservoirs: A Phase Field Fracture Model. Geofluids, 2021(1).
• Oladoyin Kolawole, Ion Ispas, Folarin Kolawole, Christophe Germay, John D McLennan. (2021). Mechanical zonation of rock properties and the development of fluid migration pathways: implications for enhanced geothermal systems in sedimentary-hosted geothermal reservoirs. Geothermal Energy, 9(1).
• Jiaqi Jin, Shoeleh Assemi, Hassnain Asgar, Greeshma Gadikota, Thang Tran, William Nguyen, John D McLennan, Jan D Miller. (2021). Characterization of Natural Consolidated Halloysite Nanotube Structures. Minerals, 11(12).
• Liangliang Guo, Jian Zhang, Yanrong Li, John McLennan, Yanjun Zhang, Haiyang Jiang. (2021). Experimental and numerical investigation of the influence of groundwater flow on the borehole heat exchanger performance: A case study from Tangshan, China. Energy and Buildings, 248.
• Robert Podgorney, Aleta Finnila, Stuart Simmons, John McLennan. (2021). A Reference Thermal-Hydrologic-Mechanical Native State Model of the Utah FORGE Enhanced Geothermal Site. Energies, 14(16).
• Jerjes Porlles, Palash Panja, Rasoul Sorkhabi, John McLennan. (2021). Integrated porosity methods for estimation of gas-in-place in the Muerto Formation of Northwestern Peru. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 202.
• Oluwafemi John Omotilewa, Palash Panja, Carlos Vega-Ortiz, John McLennan. (2021). Evaluation of enhanced coalbed methane recovery and carbon dioxide sequestration potential in high volatile bituminous coal. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 91.
• Carlos Vega-Ortiz, Francisco Avendaño-Petronilo, Bryony Richards, Rasoul Sorkhabi, Leonel Torres-Barragán, Néstor Martínez-Romero, John McLennan. (2021). Assessment of carbon geological storage at Tula de Allende as a potential solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in central Mexico. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 109.
• Palash Panja, John McLennan, Sidney Green. (2021). Impact of permeability heterogeneity on geothermal battery energy storage. ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCH, 5(2).
• Hai Qu, Shimao Tang, Zhonghua Liu, John Mclennan, Rui Wang. (2021). Experimental investigation of proppant particles transport in a tortuous fracture. Powder Technology, 382.
• Yanjun Zhang, Xiaoqiong Wang, Hongkui Ge, Yakai Tian, Jianbo Wang, John D McLennan, Ari Yue, Tongyuan Liu. (2021). Experimental study of the quantitative relationship between water uptake and fracture generation in tight reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 199.
• Ziyan Li, Derek Elsworth, Chaoyi Wang. (2021). Constraining maximum event magnitude during injection-triggered seismicity. Nature Communications, 12(1).
• Yanjun Zhang, Hongkui Ge, Yinghao Shen, John McLennan, Dunqing Liu, Qiwei Li, Dong Feng, Leilei Jia. (2021). The retention and flowback of fracturing fluid of branch fractures in tight reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 198.
• Haiyan Zhu, Xuanhe Tang, Yujia Song, Kuidong Li, Jialin Xiao, Maurice B Dusseault, John D McLennan. (2021). An Infill Well Fracturing Model and Its Microseismic Events Barrier Effect: A Case in Fuling Shale Gas Reservoir. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 26(01).
• Sidney Green, John McLennan, Palash Panja, Kevin Kitz, Richard Allis, Joseph Moore. (2021). Geothermal battery energy storage. Renewable Energy, 164.
• Palash Panja, John McLennan, Sidney Green. (2021). Influence of permeability anisotropy and layering on geothermal battery energy storage. Geothermics, 90.
• Yuan Zhang, Zhijun Wan, John McLennan, Bin Gu, Xupeng Ta. (2021). Influence of temperature on physical and mechanical properties of a sedimentary rock: Coal measure mudstone. Thermal Science, 25(00).
• Martin Schoenball, Jonathan B Ajo‐Franklin, Doug Blankenship, Chengping Chai, Aditya Chakravarty, Patrick Dobson, Chet Hopp, Timothy Kneafsey, Hunter A Knox, Monica Maceira, Michelle C Robertson, Parker Sprinkle, Christopher Strickland, Dennise Templeton, Paul C Schwering, Craig Ulrich, Todd Wood, The EGS Collab Team. (2020). Creation of a Mixed‐Mode Fracture Network at Mesoscale Through Hydraulic Fracturing and Shear Stimulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(12).
• Pengju Xing, John McLennan, Joseph Moore. (2020). In-Situ Stress Measurements at the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Site. Energies, 13(21).
• Katherine J Condon, Hiroki Sone, Herbert F Wang. (2020). Low Static Shear Modulus Along Foliation and Its Influence on the Elastic and Strength Anisotropy of Poorman Schist Rocks, Homestake Mine, South Dakota. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 53(11).
• S Nadimi, B Forbes, J Moore, R Podgorney, J D McLennan. (2020). Utah FORGE: Hydrogeothermal modeling of a granitic based discrete fracture network. Geothermics, 87.
• Jan Goral, Milind Deo, John McLennan, Hai Huang, Earl Mattson. (2020). Macro- and micro-compression testing of shales. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 191.
• Carlos Vega-Ortiz, Dhrupad R Beti, Eiichi Setoyama, John D McLennan, Terry A Ring, Raymond Levey, Néstor Martínez-Romero. (2020). Source rock evaluation in the central-western flank of the Tampico Misantla Basin, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 100.
• Hongyuan Zhang, Zhongwei Huang, Shikun Zhang, Zheqi Yang, John D Mclennan. (2020). Improving heat extraction performance of an enhanced geothermal system utilizing cryogenic fracturing. Geothermics, 85.
• Xiaoguang Wu, Zhongwei Huang, Xianwei Dai, John McLennan, Shikun Zhang, Ran Li. (2020). Detached eddy simulation of the flow field and heat transfer in cryogenic nitrogen jet. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 150.
• S Nadimi, B Forbes, J Moore, J D McLennan. (2020). Effect of natural fractures on determining closure pressure. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 10(2).
• Yu Shi, Xianzhi Song, Gaosheng Wang, John McLennan, Bryan Forbes, Xiaojiang Li, Jiacheng Li. (2019). Study on wellbore fluid flow and heat transfer of a multilateral-well CO2 enhanced geothermal system. Applied Energy, 249.
• A A DeReuil, L P Birgenheier, J McLennan. (2019). Effects of Anisotropy and Saturation on Geomechanical Behavior of Mudstone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(8).
• Haiyan Zhu, Ya-Pu Zhao, Yongcun Feng, Haowei Wang, Liaoyuan Zhang, John D McLennan. (2019). Modeling of Fracture Width and Conductivity in Channel Fracturing With Nonlinear Proppant-Pillar Deformation. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 24(03).
• Yijin Zeng, Xiaochun Jin, Shidong Ding, Baoping Zhang, Xiaobing Bian, Subhash Shah, John McLennan, Jean-Claude Roegiers. (2019). Breakdown pressure prediction with weight function method and experimental verification. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 214.
• Yen-Hsun Tseng, Tyler I Lee, Samuel J Doane, Anthony E Butterfield, John D McLennan, Swomitra K Mohanty, Leonard F Pease. (2019). Periodic symmetry defined bioreactors enhance algae growth. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology, 5(6).
• Pranay Asai, Palash Panja, John McLennan, Milind Deo. (2019). Effect of different flow schemes on heat recovery from Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Energy, 175.
• Qingyou Liu, Jianguo Zhao, Haiyan Zhu, Guorong Wang, John D McLennan. (2019). Review, classification and structural analysis of downhole robots: Core technology and prospects for application. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 115.
• Yen-Hsun Tseng, Swomitra K Mohanty, John D McLennan, Leonard F Pease. (2019). Algal lipid extraction using confined impinging jet mixers. Chemical Engineering Science X, 1.
• Pranay Asai, Palash Panja, John McLennan, Joseph Moore. (2019). Efficient workflow for simulation of multifractured enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Renewable Energy, 131.
• John McLennan, Larry K Britt, Siavash Nadimi. (2019). Pretreatment Formation Evaluation. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
• S Zhang, D Wen, T Xu, L Fu, X Jia, S Sun, W Weng, Y Zhang, T Yang, J Moore, S Jiang, R Allis, J Mclennan. (2019). The U.S. Frontier Observatory For Research in Geothermal Energy project and comparison of typical EGS site exploration status in China and U.S.. Earth Science Frontiers, 26(2).
• Dhrupad R Beti, David J Thul, Terry A Ring, John D McLennan, Raymond Levey. (2018). A new method of source and reservoir rock pyrolysis to determine the boiling point distribution of petroleum in rock samples. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 170.
• Haiyan Zhu, Xuanhe Tang, Qingyou Liu, Shujie Liu, Binhai Zhang, Shu Jiang, John D McLennan. (2018). Permeability stress-sensitivity in 4D flow-geomechanical coupling of Shouyang CBM reservoir, Qinshui Basin, China. Fuel, 232.
• Pranay Asai, Palash Panja, Raul Velasco, John McLennan, Joseph Moore. (2018). Fluid flow distribution in fractures for a doublet system in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Geothermics, 75.
• Haiyan Zhu, Xuanhe Tang, Qingyou Liu, Kuidong Li, Jialin Xiao, Shu Jiang, John D McLennan. (2018). 4D multi-physical stress modelling during shale gas production: A case study of Sichuan Basin shale gas reservoir, China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 167.
• Haiyan Zhu, Jiadong Shen, Fengshou Zhang, Bo Huang, Liaoyuan Zhang, Wei Huang, John D McLennan. (2018). DEM‐CFD Modeling of Proppant Pillar Deformation and Stability during the Fracturing Fluid Flowback. Geofluids, 2018(1).
• Yong Xiao, Jianchun Guo, Hehua Wang, Lize Lu, John McLennan, Mengting Chen. (2018). Coupled THM and Matrix Stability Modeling of Hydroshearing Stimulation in a Coupled Fracture‐Matrix Hot Volcanic System. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2018(1).
• Pranay Asai, Palash Panja, John McLennan, Joseph Moore. (2018). Performance evaluation of enhanced geothermal system (EGS): Surrogate models, sensitivity study and ranking key parameters. Renewable Energy, 122.
• Qing-You Liu, Lei Tao, Hai-Yan Zhu, Zheng-Dong Lei, Shu Jiang, John David McLennan. (2018). Macroscale Mechanical and Microscale Structural Changes in Chinese Wufeng Shale With Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Fracturing. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 23(03).
• Kyu-Bum Han, Jake Graser, Christian J Robert, Laercio Martins de Mendonca Filho, John McLennan, Taylor D Sparks. (2018). Synthesis and microstructural evolution in iron oxide kaolinite based proppant as a function of reducing atmosphere, sintering conditions, and composition. Ceramics International, 44(8).
• Hai-Yan Zhu, Lei Tao, Qing-You Liu, Zheng-Dong Lei, Shu Jiang, John D McLennan. (2018). Fracture Characteristics and Change of Permeability Under the Influence of Natural Fractures: Experimental Study of Wufeng–Longmaxi Shale. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 21(02).
• John Fuertez, Gloria Córdoba, John D McLennan, D Jack Adams, Taylor D Sparks. (2018). Potential application of developed methanogenic microbial consortia for coal biogasification. International Journal of Coal Geology, 188.
• Quanshu Zeng, Zhiming Wang, Liangqian Liu, Jianping Ye, Brian J McPherson, John D McLennan. (2018). Modeling CH4 Displacement by CO2 in Deformed Coalbeds during Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery. Energy & Fuels, 32(2).
• Quanshu Zeng, Zhiming Wang, Brian J McPherson, John D McLennan. (2017). Modeling Competitive Adsorption between Methane and Water on Coals. Energy & Fuels, 31(10).
• John Fuertez, Richard Boakye, John McLennan, D Jack Adams, Taylor D Sparks, Austin Gottschalk. (2017). Developing methanogenic microbial consortia from diverse coal sources and environments. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 46.
• John Fuertez, Van Nguyen, John D McLennan, D Jack Adams, Kyu-Bum Han, Taylor D Sparks. (2017). Optimization of biogenic methane production from coal. International Journal of Coal Geology, 183.
• Quanshu Zeng, Zhiming Wang, Brian J McPherson, John D McLennan. (2017). Theoretical Approach To Model Gas Adsorption/Desorption and the Induced Coal Deformation and Permeability Change. Energy & Fuels, 31(8).
• York R Smith, Pankaj Kumar, John D McLennan. (2017). On the Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Geothermal Brines. Resources, 6(3).
• Jacob Bradford, John McLennan, Joseph Moore, Robert Podgorney, Mitchell Plummer, Greg Nash. (2017). Analysis of the Thermal and Hydraulic Stimulation Program at Raft River, Idaho. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 50(5).
• Shu Jiang, Xianglu Tang, Shengxiang Long, John McLennan, Zhenglong Jiang, Zhiqiang Jiang, Zhengyu Xu, Lei Chen, Gang Xue, Xian Shi, Zhiliang He. (2017). Reservoir quality, gas accumulation and completion quality assessment of Silurian Longmaxi marine shale gas play in the Sichuan Basin, China. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 39.
• Robert Podgorney, John McLennan, Hai Huang, Milind Deo. (2017). Introduction to Selected Contributions from GeoProc, The 5th International Conference on Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Process in Geosystems Held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from February 25–27, 2015. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 50(3).
• Xiaochun Jin, Yijin Zeng, Shidong Ding, Baoping Zhang, John McLennan, Jean-Claude Roegiers, Subhash Shah, Xiaobing Bian. (2017). Weight function of stress intensity factor for single radial crack emanating from hollow cylinder. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 170.
• Eric M Brauser, Trevor D Hull, John D McLennan, Jacqueline T Siy, Michael H Bartl. (2016). Correction to Experimental Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Reaction Parameters of Colloidal Nanocrystals. Chemistry of Materials, 28(22).
• J W Dudley, M Brignoli, B R Crawford, R T Ewy, D K Love, J D McLennan, G G Ramos, J L Shafer, M H Sharf-Aldin, E Siebrits, J Boyer, M A Chertov. (2016). ISRM Suggested Method for Uniaxial-Strain Compressibility Testing for Reservoir Geomechanics. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 49(10).
• S Nadimi, I Miscovic, J McLennan. (2016). A 3D peridynamic simulation of hydraulic fracture process in a heterogeneous medium. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 145.
• Xiaochun Jin, Subhash Shah, Jean-Claude Roegiers, John McLennan. (2016). Weight function of stress intensity factor for symmetrical radial cracks emanating from hollow cylinder. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 159.
• Eric M Brauser, Trevor D Hull, John D McLennan, Jacqueline T Siy, Michael H Bartl. (2016). Experimental Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Reaction Parameters of Colloidal Nanocrystals. Chemistry of Materials, 28(11).
• John McLennan. (2016). Unconventional Natural Gas. Wiley.
• J McLennan, I Walton, J Moore, D Brinton, J Lund. (2015). Proppant backflow: Mechanical and flow considerations. Geothermics, 57.
• Eric M Brauser, Peter E Rose, John D McLennan, Michael H Bartl. (2015). Optical Detection of Tracer Species in Strongly Scattering Media. Applied Spectroscopy, 69(3).
• Hongtao Jia, John McLennan, Milind Deo. (2013). The Fate of Injected Water in Shale Formations. IntechOpen.
• Thu Nguyen, Jacob Abraham, Melisa Ramallo, David Wagner, John McLennan. (2012). Formulation of Canola‐Diesel Microemulsion Fuels and Their Selective Diesel Engine Performance. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, 89(10).
• A Opara, D J Adams, M L Free, J McLennan, J Hamilton. (2012). Microbial production of methane and carbon dioxide from lignite, bituminous coal, and coal waste materials. International Journal of Coal Geology, 96.
• R J Bhide, J D McLennan, J E Guilkey, S J Green. (2011). Numerical modeling of quasi-static rock testing. 45th US Rock Mechanics Geomechanics Symposium.
• Ian D Palmer, John D McLennan, Hans H Vaziri. (2000). Cavity-Like Completions in Weak Sands. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
• Vladimir S Mitlin, John D McLennan, Sidney G Green. (1998). Simultaneous Determination of Two-Phase Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure of Porous Rocks from Steady-State Flow Experiments: Accounting for Gravitational Forces and Fluid Compressibility. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 204(1).
• M W Weiss, J McLennan. (1998). Underbalanced operations: Available research/training opportunities. World Oil, 219(6).
• V Mitlin, B Lawton, J McLennan. (1998). Using a gravimetric method for determining production from displacement experiments. Log Analyst, 39(1).
• H H Vaziri, X Wang, I D Palmer, M Khodaverdian, J McLennan. (1997). Back analysis of coalbed strength properties from field measurements of wellbore cavitation and methane production. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 34(6).
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