Reservoir Geomechanics I
INSTRUCTOR: John T. Foster, PhD
DISCIPLINE: Engineering, Unconventional Reservoirs
COURSE LENGTH: 5 Days (Classroom) / 40 Hours (Online)
CEUS: 4.0
AVAILABILITY: Public, In-House, & Live Online
DISCIPLINE: Engineering, Unconventional Reservoirs
COURSE LENGTH: 5 Days (Classroom) / 40 Hours (Online)
CEUS: 4.0
AVAILABILITY: Public, In-House, & Live Online
ATTEND AN UPCOMING CLASS:
Check back in periodically for updated Public course dates! To schedule an In-House course, contact SCA’s Training Department directly at training@scacompanies.com.
Check back in periodically for updated Public course dates! To schedule an In-House course, contact SCA’s Training Department directly at training@scacompanies.com.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:Geologists, petrophysicists, engineers.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Basic stress and strain analysis; pore pressure and in situ stress estimation and measurement; deformation mechanisms in rock; rock fracture description and analysis; wellbore stresses and failure; wellbore stability analysis; fault stability analysis; depletion-induced reservoir deformation. Emphasis on applications to petroleum engineering.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand mechanisms of reservoir deformation
- Understand mechanics concepts such as stress and strain
- Resolve stress tensor in different coordinate frames
- Perform wellbore stability analysis
- Perform fault stability analysis
COURSE CONTENT:
- Structural Geology, Fault Classification
- Tectonic Stress, Stress Tensor
- Principle Stresses, Pore Pressure
- Stress Resolution
- Constitutive Laws
- Rock Failure
- Wellbore Failure, Stability, Design
- Reservoir Depletion
- Induced Seismicity