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
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- 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