Intorduction to applications of Geomechanics in oil and gas industry; stress/strain: estimation, transformation and Mohr circle representation; rock behaviour under stress; rock index properties; rock mechanics lab tests; in-situ stresses and effective stresses; calculation of induced stresses around a wellbore using Kirsh’s equations; mud weigh windows determination to mitigate wellbore failures; hydraulic fracturing. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: <br/> 7031 (v.5)<br/> Geology 101<br/> <br/> or any previous version<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> OR<br/><br/> <br/> <br/> 11310 (v.5)<br/> Geology 111<br/> <br/> or any previous version<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> AND<br/><br/> <br/> <br/> 30
