COURSE OVERVIEW

 This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Integrated Geomechanics in Exploration and Production. It covers the geomechanics, rock mechanics principles and the impact of stress and strain in subsurface behavior; the in-situ stress regimes and measurement and rock mechanical properties; the pore pressure prediction and management, failure criteria and fracture mechanics; the geomechanical data acquisition covering core analysis and mechanical testing, wireline and LWD log interpretation and integrating geophysical and petrophysical data; and the wellbore stability and drilling geomechanics including fracture gradient and kick tolerance. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the reservoir compaction and subsidence; the fault reactivation, seal integrity, hydraulic fracturing and stimulation design; the mechanical earth model (MEM) development, coupled reservoir-geomechanical modelling, stress-dependent permeability and porosity; the impact of compaction on production forecasts and the characteristics of shale and tight formations; the natural fracture networks and anisotropy, horizontal wellbore stability and completion design in complex stress fields; and the 4D seismic to monitor geomechanical changes, pressure and saturation effects on rock stiffness and geomechanical evolution.