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Wellbore Stability & Rock Mechanics 

Instructor: H. Rabia or Industry Guest

Course duration :  3 days or one week

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

 

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

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