Wellbore Stability

Date: TBA | Location: TBA

Course Duration: 1 Week

Instructor: Dr. Hussain Rabia

This course is designed to explain problems related to borehole stability using modern Rock Mechanics techniques. The course is suitable for both drilling and petroleum engineers.

Content

• •  Rock behaviour and measurement of rock properties
  •  Basic stresses and strains
  •  Stresses due to drilling a well
  •  Stress transformations for horizontal and multi-lateral wells
  •  Mohr envelope
  •  Failure criteria
  •  Triaxial rock testing
  •  Borehole rupture mechanics
  •  Hole collapse mechanisms
  •  Safe mud weights envelope
  •  Earth stress measurements
  •  Stuck pipe problems
  •  Designing a perfect well with the earth stresses
  •  Effects of reservoir compaction
  •  Production effects
  •  Sand production