Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Drilling, Completion, and Reservoir Engineers
• Geologists and Geoscientists
• Production and Petroleum Engineers
• Wellsite Engineers and Operations Personnel
• Subsurface Professionals involved in well design or reservoir management
• Anyone seeking a practical introduction to geomechanics

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand fundamental geomechanics concepts and terminology
• Describe in-situ stresses and their impact on drilling and completion
• Evaluate rock mechanical properties and failure criteria
• Analyze wellbore stability and determine safe mud weights
• Understand pore pressure and fracture gradient concepts
• Recognize geomechanical risks such as sanding, compaction, and fracturing

DAY 1

Introduction to Geomechanics and Stress Concepts

• Welcome and Introduction
• Pre-Test
• Fundamentals of Geomechanics: Scope and Applications
• In-Situ Stress Components: Vertical, Minimum/Maximum Horizontal Stress
• Stress Regimes: Normal Fault, Strike-Slip, Reverse Fault
• Measuring and Estimating Stresses
• Exercise

DAY 2

Rock Properties and Failure Criteria

• Rock Strength Parameters: UCS, Tensile Strength, Shear Strength
• Elastic Properties: Young’s Modulus, Poisson’s Ratio, Bulk Modulus
• Laboratory Testing and Core Analysis Basics
• Mohr–Coulomb and Hoek–Brown Failure Criteria
• Stress-Strain Behavior of Rocks
• Exercise

DAY 3

Wellbore Stability and Pore Pressure Concepts

• Wellbore Stress Concentrations
• Wellbore Stability Models and Failure Mechanisms
• Safe Mud Weight Window and Collapse/Fracture Limits
• Pore Pressure Prediction Methods
• Fracture Gradient and Leak-Off Concepts
• Exercise

DAY 4

Geomechanics in Drilling, Completion and Production

• Hole Cleaning and Borehole Strengthening Overview
• Sand Production and Compaction Behavior
• Completion Stability and Perforation Interaction
• Hydraulic Fracturing Geomechanics Basics
• Geomechanics in Field Development Planning
• Exercise

DAY 5

Geomechanical Modeling and Course Wrap-up

• Building a Geomechanical Earth Model (GEM)
• Data Requirements and Model Calibration
• Monitoring Stress Changes During Production
• Application in Reservoir Management and Optimization
• Post-Test
• Certificate Ceremony