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PPH 203

Geomechanical Aspects of Well Construction

In addressing of the importance of rock mechanical aspects of drilling and well construction, this course will emphasize on various applications related to wellbore stability during drilling and well construction.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Code Date Location price (€)*
PPH 203 2 - 6 Oct 2023 Online 1790
PPH 203 18 – 22 Mar 2024 Online 1990
PPH 203 7 – 11 Oct 2024 Online 1990
PPH 203 5 – 9 Feb 2024 Stavanger 3990
PPH 203 16 – 20 Sep 2024 Oslo 3990

* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!

COURSE OVERVIEW

In addressing of the importance of rock mechanical aspects of drilling and well construction, this course will emphasize on various applications related to wellbore stability during drilling and well construction. The course addresses basic rock mechanical  issues, including shale physics, wellbore stability evaluation, and is fully covered by case studies and a short field-case exercise.

The objective of this course is to provide participants with a competency in geomechanics and will addresses the rock mechanical aspects of drilling and well construction. Participants will be taken step by step through the basics of geomechanics followed by various applications related to wellbore stability during drilling and well construction. A part of the course involves hands on exercises addressing typical wellbore instability issues. The course will address fundamentals of rock mechanics, application areas, building a geomechanical model including analysis of laboratory and log data, physics of wellbore instability, wellbore stability prediction techniques and field cases, where different approaches to ensure wellbore stability during drilling will be discussed.

COURSE OUTLINE

5 days
OUTLINE

o   Introduction to geomechanics

o    Fundamentals of rock mechanics

o    Borehole instability mechanisms

o    Geomechanical model

o    Laboratory and log data analysis

o    Basic shale physics

o    Wellbore instability mechanisms

o    Wellbore stability time dependency

o    Well fracturing & losses

o    Wellbore stability prediction models

o    Lithology effect on wellbore stability

o    Wellbore stability field cases

o    Practical approaches

o    Group discussions

o    Field case study

INSTRUCTOR

Johan Tronvoll

Dr. Johan Tronvoll

Johan  Tronvoll  holds  M.Sc.  in  petroleum  engineering  and  Ph.D.  ingeomechanics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Master of Management from the Norwegian School of Management  BI-Executive  School.  Johan  has  experience  from  North Sea drilling operations, and worked within subsurface R&D at SINTEF Petroleum Research in Norway as Senior Scientist later Research Director.

He has several years experience working for operators   through private companies ORMIS (as co-founder),  Weatherford (former ResLab) and co- founded Kyaw Tin Htay International Energy Services in Myanmar. Johan has +30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and has experience in geomechanics, drilling, completion, production, reservoir management and P&A. Johan published about 50 technical articles and papers in international journals and conferences. He has performed numerous field studies within geomechanics, wellbore stability and sand production and has given several in-house training courses to E&P operators and service providers.

FAQ

DESIGNED FOR

The course is designed for petroleum engineers, geologists and drilling engineers   with basic knowledge    and    experience    in    mechanics or geology. The objective is to establish a background   for   the   participant   to   be   able to participate in well planning   and drilling operations related to well design and drilling process optimization with respect to wellbore instabilities.

COURSE LEVEL

o   Intermediate to Advance

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The participants will learn:

o    The basics of rock mechanics

o    How to derive rock mechanics data

o    The physics of wellbore stability

o    Basic wellbore stability mud weight limits and directional dependency

INSTRUCTION TO PARTICIPANTS

Kindly bring your own LAPTOP (have Excel and Access pre-installed) to run software.

REGISTER

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* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!

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