Geomechanics 2014 is a course that covers topics such as:
- Ductility & Brittleness
- Physics of materials
- Failure modes & their prediction
- Elastic constants and moduli: Poisson’s and Young’s
- Hydrostatic, Pore and Lithostatic Pressure
- Triaxial stress
- Formation Density measurements
- Mohr’s Circle and Wellbore stability
- Use of Compressional, Shear and Stoneley waves
- Dipole Sonic measurements
- Regional stress direction and fracture orientation
- Estimation of formation strength
- Fracture monitoring
- Anisotropy
- Mineralogy
- Micro-seismic and Tiltmeters
- Permeability & nano-permeability
- Porosity
- Micro-CT scanning
Geomechanics 2014 is intended for petroleum engineers, petrophysicists, geologist, drillers and reservoir engineers.