📘 Course Description:
This elite-level course is tailored for petroleum geomechanics specialists and senior subsurface professionals engaged in complex field development projects. It provides a deep technical dive into stress modeling, anisotropic rock behavior, coupled geomechanical-reservoir simulation, fault/fracture mechanics, and unconventional geomechanics.
Participants will work through field-scale Mechanical Earth Models (MEMs), advanced wellbore integrity simulations, and geomechanical workflows used in high-stakes E&P environments such as HPHT, deepwater, unconventionals, and CO₂ injection. Emphasis is placed on applying geomechanics to optimize drilling, completion, fracturing, and reservoir performance.
🎯 Key Learning Outcomes:
Participants will be able to:
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Build and validate 3D anisotropic MEMs
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Quantify and simulate stress perturbations and pressure evolution
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Design fracturing, completions, and wells under geomechanical constraints
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Predict and mitigate wellbore failure, sand production, and casing damage
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Integrate geomechanics with EOR, CCS, and depletion scenarios
🗓️ Day 1: Advanced Rock & Stress Physics for Petroleum Applications
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and Course Briefing |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Anisotropic Rock Behavior: Theory and Data Acquisition |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Stress Tensor Transformation & Regional Tectonics Modeling |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Advanced Failure Criteria (Mohr-Coulomb, Mogi-Coulomb, Hoek-Brown) |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Lab Data Interpretation: Triaxial Testing, Strength Envelopes |
🗓️ Day 2: Complex Mechanical Earth Modeling
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | 3D MEM Construction: Workflow, Assumptions, and Limitations |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | MEM Input Integration: Logs, Cores, Seismic, DFIT, Image Logs |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | MEM Calibration Using Real Field Observables |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Workshop: 3D MEM Model Setup and Sensitivity Analysis |
🗓️ Day 3: Geomechanical Drilling and Completion Design
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Wellbore Stability in HPHT, Depleted, and Fractured Formations |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Casing Deformation, Burst/Collapse, and Zonal Isolation Issues |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Sand Production Prediction & Critical Drawdown Analysis |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Advanced Torque & Drag + Buckling Analysis Using MEM Outputs |
🗓️ Day 4: Fracturing, Faulting, and Integrity Risk
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Anisotropic Stress Fields |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Fault Reactivation, Slippage, and Seal Integrity Analysis |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Leak-Off Test Interpretation & Fracture Gradient Estimation |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Caprock Integrity and Fracture Containment (CO₂/EOR/Storage) |
🗓️ Day 5: Coupled Modeling and Field Application
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Coupled Reservoir-Geomechanics Simulation (1-way/2-way) |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Stress Path Evolution with Depletion & Injection Scenarios |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Integrated Case Studies: Deepwater, Shale Gas, CO₂ Injection |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Workshop: Develop Specialist Workflow for Field Development Planning |
📦 Course Materials Include:
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Advanced 3D MEM templates
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Stress transformation and fracture modeling spreadsheets
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Case study pack (sand failure, fracturing, casing collapse)
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Geomechanics software demo access (optional)
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Certificate of Completion
👥 Recommended For:
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Senior Geomechanics Engineers
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Petroleum Geologists & Reservoir Engineers (Advanced level)
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Drilling & Completion Engineers in HPHT/Unconventionals
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CO₂/EOR/CCUS Project Teams
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Rock Mechanics Researchers and Consultants
