Engineering - Course - Petroleum Geomechanics

Introduction to applications of Geomechanics in oil and gas industry; stress/strain: estimation, transformation and Mohr circle representation; rock behavior under stress; rock index properties; rock mechanics lab tests; in-situ stresses and effective stresses; calculation of induced stresses around a wellbore using Kirsh’s equations; mud weigh windows determination to mitigate wellbore failures; hydraulic fracturing. Pre-req.: MCHE319.