Description

Designed for you, if you are...

• A geoscientist or engineer with little or no reservoir Geomechanics experience

How we build your confidence

• Theoretical concepts illustrated during individual sessions are accompanied by working on practical problems to ensure a thorough understanding of the principles and procedures
• Hands-on experience by solving classical reservoir Geomechanics tasks

The benefits from attending

• Reservoir Geomechanics concepts and terminology
• The 3D stress state in the subsurface
• Principles of rock mechanics
• The interrelations among 3D stress state, the natural and induced fractures and fluid flow
• What factors control fracture/fault reactivation with possible predictions
• Typical assumptions and simplifications required to predict reservoir behavior under different states of stress

Topics

• Introduction to the physics of petroleum reservoirs
• Fractures and the 3D state of stress
• Andersonian classification of faults and stress regimes
• Fundamental rock mechanics – Uniaxial and Triaxial tests, mechanical and elastic properties and other concepts
• Hoop stresses and wellbore deformation
• Pore pressure and stress changes and their effects on reservoirs and petroleum E&P
• Building 1D MEM and 3D MEM (Mechanical Earth Model)
• Implications and case studies