PET E 694 - Dr. Alireza Nouri

Stress tensor, strain tensor, stress-strain relationship, pore pressure, effective stress, Equilibrium equation (6 sessions)
Stress with constant and variable pore pressure around boreholes (3 sessions)
Tensile and shear strength, mechanical properties from laboratory testing (2 sessions)
Core representativeness and influence of sample size, core alteration, core handling, sample preparation
Uniaxial tensile test, UCS, triaxial test, hydrostatic tests, TWC tests
Strength profiling
Rock properties from wireline logs (1 sessions)
Density, Porosity, elastic modulus, poisson's ratio, UCS
Strength estimation from physical properties
Clastic rock contents vs. rock mechanical properties
Geological aspects of petroleum geomechanics (2 sessions)
In-situ stress regimes
Overburden stress, min and max horizontal stress, and pore pressure
Hydraulic fracturing (2 sessions)
Fracture initiation and formation breakdown
Fracture orientation, growth and confinement
Thermal effects on fracturing pressure
Leak-off and extended leak-off tests, minifrac tests, Step-rate testing
In situ stress assessment (1 session)
Wellbore stability during drilling (4 sessions)
Borehole failure criteria
Borehole breakouts
Stability of vertical and slanted wells
Lost circulation
Mud window
Interaction between shale and drilling fluid
Sand production (2 sessions)
Forces on sand grains
Sandstone failure
Critical drawdown for onset of sanding
Sand transport