📘 Course Description:
This intensive course explores advanced principles and applications of petroleum geomechanics to enhance subsurface engineering decisions throughout the field lifecycle—from exploration to abandonment. The course focuses on constructing high-resolution 3D Mechanical Earth Models (MEMs), integrating geomechanics with reservoir behavior, drilling optimization, wellbore integrity, and fracture mechanics.
Participants will learn how to perform geomechanical simulations, pressure/stress prediction, and real-time diagnostics for complex well conditions including HPHT, deepwater, depleted, and fractured formations. The course also examines geomechanics in hydraulic fracturing, sand production, casing collapse, and fault reactivation.
🎯 Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Construct and calibrate 1D and 3D MEMs for complex environments
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Model stress evolution and pore pressure during production/injection
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Evaluate and prevent wellbore stability issues in challenging wells
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Analyze fault reactivation and caprock integrity
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Integrate geomechanics with completion and hydraulic fracturing design
✅ Day 1: Rock and Stress Behavior in Complex Reservoirs
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and Course Introduction |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Advanced Rock Mechanics: Anisotropy, Poroelasticity, Viscoelasticity |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Stress Tensor Representation and Transformation |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | In-situ Stress Measurement Techniques (HF, DFIT, Image Logs) |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Impact of Depletion & Injection on Stress Path and Rock Strength |
✅ Day 2: Advanced MEM Development and Calibration
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | High-Resolution 1D & 3D MEM Design Workflow |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Elastic Moduli, Poisson Ratio, UCS, Tensile Strength from Logs & Cores |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | MEM Calibration Using Field Observables (Breakouts, Fractures, Pressure) |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Workshop: Constructing and Validating an Advanced MEM |
✅ Day 3: Wellbore and Completion Integrity
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Wellbore Stability in HPHT, Deepwater & Depleted Fields |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Casing Deformation, Collapse and Microannulus Risk Analysis |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Geomechanical Design of Well Trajectories and Casing Seats |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Sand Production Prediction and Management |
✅ Day 4: Hydraulic Fracturing, Stimulation, and Fault Reactivation
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Stress Shadowing, Fracture Geometry & Propagation Modeling |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Fracture Containment, Height Growth, and Tip Effects |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Caprock Integrity, Fracture Pressure Estimation, and Leakoff |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Fault Reactivation Risk and Slip Tendency Analysis |
✅ Day 5: Integration and Applications in Field Development
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Geomechanical Modeling for CO₂, EOR and Unconventionals |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Time-Lapse Geomechanics and Production Forecasting |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Integrated Field Case Studies: Successes & Failures |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Final Workshop: Optimizing Field Design with Geomechanics + Wrap-up |
🧰 Course Materials Provided:
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Advanced MEM building workbook (Excel + PDF)
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Caprock integrity and fault reactivation tools
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Rock mechanics property database samples
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Fracture pressure modeling toolkit
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Access to field-scale geomechanics case studies
👥 Who Should Attend:
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Senior Reservoir & Drilling Engineers
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Subsurface and Completion Engineers
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Geomechanics & Geoscience Specialists
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Well Integrity & HPHT Teams
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Field Development Planners
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R&D and Technical Authorities
