Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 20, 2019).
Summary
Applied Petroleum Geomechanics provides a bridge between theory and practice as a daily use reference that contains direct industry applications. Going beyond the basic fundamentals of rock properties, this guide covers critical field and lab tests, along with interpretations from actual drilling operations and worldwide case studies, including abnormal formation pressures from many major petroleum basins. Rounding out with borehole stability solutions and the geomechanics surrounding hydraulic fracturing and unconventional reservoirs, this comprehensive resource gives petroleum engineers a much-needed guide on how to tackle today's advanced oil and gas operations.
Contents
Stresses and strains -- Rock physical and mechanical properties -- Rock strengths and rock failure criteria -- Basic rock fracture mechanics -- In situ stress regimes with lithology-dependent and depletion effects -- In situ stress estimate -- Abnormal pore pressure mechanisms -- Pore pressure prediction and monitoring -- Fracture gradient prediction and wellbore strengthening -- Borehole stability -- Geomechanics applications in hydraulic fracturing -- Sanding prediction.
