Sand Control - SNDC

Introduction to rock mechanics and geomechanical principals; Basic mechanics: Stress and strain, elasticity - linear and non-linear effects, brittle and ductile rock behavior, poroelasticity, time-dependent-effects - consolidation and creep, normal and shear forces, hoop stresses, the Kirsch solution, 2-D and 3-D stress components, tensors, the stress ellipsoid, and basic rock failure (Mohr-Coulomb theory); Rock mechanical properties: Ability to bear stresses - compressive strength, tensile strength, deformation response to stresses - elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio; Pressure, stresses, and loads: Principal stresses, in-situ stress regime, total-stress and effective-stress, temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure; Geomechanics and structural geology: Faulting and folding, tectonics, regional structural analysis, regional and localized stress; Wellbore and field measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses: Stresses around boreholes, overburden stress, horizontal stresses, leakoff tests, mini-frac tests, formation testers, other pressure transient techniques, and tool deployment; Overview of common rock mechanics tests (lab demonstrations): unconfined compression, triaxial compression, hydrostatic compression, poly-axial, multi-stage triaxial, thick-walled cylinder, direct tensile strength, indirect (Brazilian) tensile strength, direct shear, uniaxial strain (compaction), and "quick look" (rock hardness) and "scratch" tests; Stress orientation techniques: Geological/mapping methods, wireline logging techniques, analastic strain recovery, differential strain curve analysis, acoustic anisotropy; Elastic, plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior: Deformation mechanisms and common models used in petroleum related rock mechanics; Borehole stability: Borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale characterization, review of borehole stability models, high angle and horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral wellbores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck pipe, and case histories (software demonstration); Sand control: Review of sand production mechanisms, completion techniques in unstable formations, gravel pack design, special liners and screens, and case histories; Fracture mechanics: Naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, stimulation options, and case history; Reservoir engineering applications: Compaction drive, reservoir compaction and compressibility, subsidence, casing shear, depletion and effective stress, and case history; Wireline log predicted mechanical properties: density logging, acoustic logging, Biot theory, dipole and multi-pole (dynamic) acoustic logging, seismic data and Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO), and shear- and compressional-wave anistropy (lab demonstration); Data integration

The nature of seismic data; What is wave propagation?; What causes seismic reflections and how they relate to rock properties including pore filling material; The wavelet in the seismic data and its limit of resolution; Seismic velocities as they relate to rock properties and the imaging process; The relationship between seismic velocities and pore pressure; Pore pressure prediction; Seismic data processing and seismic migration; Prestack, poststack, time and depth imaging; Direct hydrocarbon indicators and AVO; Seismic inversion for rock and fluid properties; Seismic attributes; Time lapse reservoir monitoring (4D seismic surveys); Recent developments in seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation

Geologic characteristics that impact field development; Appraisal: Determining recoverable hydrocarbons; Reservoir fluid properties and saturation; Influence of capillarity on hydrocarbon distribution and fluid contacts; Reserve and resource evaluation; Volumetric reserve estimation and calculation; Stratigraphic influence on field production; Depositional and digenetic controls on reservoir rock, barriers, and hydrocarbon distribution; Describing reservoir rock to understand reservoir behavior in carbonate and clastic rocks; Determining if hydrocarbons can be recovered from in a given field, what is pay; The impact of drive mechanism: aquifer characterization, distribution, and mapping; Seismic applications in appraisal and development; Development drilling: How to optimize hydrocarbon recovery; Economic impact on field development; Subdividing the reservoir into working units; Reservoir pore space configurations and mapping; Building a static reservoir model using deterministic and stochastic techniques; Key factors affecting the development of Fractured Reservoirs; Steps in building a geologic reservoir model; Impact on barriers on field development; Secondary and tertiary field development; Rejuvenating mature and marginal fields

Overview of Data Management: Definition, History of data management, Trends, Data lifecycle, Importance and value of data management, Information orientation, Benefits of good data management, Business case aspects & barriers; Data Types: Definitions, Data types, Data models in E&P; Common Data Management Issues: Typical data issues (possible pitfalls), Causes of data issues, Data management best practices business impact; Data Management Framework: Data governance, Data architecture, Data security, Reference & master data management, Data quality management; Building and Sustaining the Data Management Framework: What to do, What not to do, Building consensus & engaging with the business

Introduction to rock mechanics and geomechanical principals; Basic mechanics: Stress and strain, elasticity - linear and non-linear effects, brittle and ductile rock behavior, poroelasticity, time-dependent-effects - consolidation and creep, normal and shear forces, hoop stresses, the Kirsch solution, 2-D and 3-D stress components, tensors, the stress ellipsoid, and basic rock failure (Mohr-Coulomb theory); Rock mechanical properties: Ability to bear stresses - compressive strength, tensile strength, deformation response to stresses - elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio; Pressure, stresses, and loads: Principal stresses, in-situ stress regime, total-stress and effective-stress, temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure; Geomechanics and structural geology: Faulting and folding, tectonics, regional structural analysis, regional and localized stress; Wellbore and field measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses: Stresses around boreholes, overburden stress, horizontal stresses, leakoff tests, mini-frac tests, formation testers, other pressure transient techniques, and tool deployment; Overview of common rock mechanics tests (lab demonstrations): unconfined compression, triaxial compression, hydrostatic compression, poly-axial, multi-stage triaxial, thick-walled cylinder, direct tensile strength, indirect (Brazilian) tensile strength, direct shear, uniaxial strain (compaction), and "quick look" (rock hardness) and "scratch" tests; Stress orientation techniques: Geological/mapping methods, wireline logging techniques, analastic strain recovery, differential strain curve analysis, acoustic anisotropy; Elastic, plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior: Deformation mechanisms and common models used in petroleum related rock mechanics; Borehole stability: Borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale characterization, review of borehole stability models, high angle and horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral wellbores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck pipe, and case histories (software demonstration); Sand control: Review of sand production mechanisms, completion techniques in unstable formations, gravel pack design, special liners and screens, and case histories; Fracture mechanics: Naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, stimulation options, and case history; Reservoir engineering applications: Compaction drive, reservoir compaction and compressibility, subsidence, casing shear, depletion and effective stress, and case history; Wireline log predicted mechanical properties: density logging, acoustic logging, Biot theory, dipole and multi-pole (dynamic) acoustic logging, seismic data and Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO), and shear- and compressional-wave anistropy (lab demonstration); Data integration

The nature of seismic data; What is wave propagation?; What causes seismic reflections and how they relate to rock properties including pore filling material; The wavelet in the seismic data and its limit of resolution; Seismic velocities as they relate to rock properties and the imaging process; The relationship between seismic velocities and pore pressure; Pore pressure prediction; Seismic data processing and seismic migration; Prestack, poststack, time and depth imaging; Direct hydrocarbon indicators and AVO; Seismic inversion for rock and fluid properties; Seismic attributes; Time lapse reservoir monitoring (4D seismic surveys); Recent developments in seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation

Geologic characteristics that impact field development; Appraisal: Determining recoverable hydrocarbons; Reservoir fluid properties and saturation; Influence of capillarity on hydrocarbon distribution and fluid contacts; Reserve and resource evaluation; Volumetric reserve estimation and calculation; Stratigraphic influence on field production; Depositional and digenetic controls on reservoir rock, barriers, and hydrocarbon distribution; Describing reservoir rock to understand reservoir behavior in carbonate and clastic rocks; Determining if hydrocarbons can be recovered from in a given field, what is pay; The impact of drive mechanism: aquifer characterization, distribution, and mapping; Seismic applications in appraisal and development; Development drilling: How to optimize hydrocarbon recovery; Economic impact on field development; Subdividing the reservoir into working units; Reservoir pore space configurations and mapping; Building a static reservoir model using deterministic and stochastic techniques; Key factors affecting the development of Fractured Reservoirs; Steps in building a geologic reservoir model; Impact on barriers on field development; Secondary and tertiary field development; Rejuvenating mature and marginal fields

Overview of Data Management: Definition, History of data management, Trends, Data lifecycle, Importance and value of data management, Information orientation, Benefits of good data management, Business case aspects & barriers; Data Types: Definitions, Data types, Data models in E&P; Common Data Management Issues: Typical data issues (possible pitfalls), Causes of data issues, Data management best practices business impact; Data Management Framework: Data governance, Data architecture, Data security, Reference & master data management, Data quality management; Building and Sustaining the Data Management Framework: What to do, What not to do, Building consensus & engaging with the business

Introduction to rock mechanics and geomechanical principals; Basic mechanics: Stress and strain, elasticity - linear and non-linear effects, brittle and ductile rock behavior, poroelasticity, time-dependent-effects - consolidation and creep, normal and shear forces, hoop stresses, the Kirsch solution, 2-D and 3-D stress components, tensors, the stress ellipsoid, and basic rock failure (Mohr-Coulomb theory); Rock mechanical properties: Ability to bear stresses - compressive strength, tensile strength, deformation response to stresses - elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio; Pressure, stresses, and loads: Principal stresses, in-situ stress regime, total-stress and effective-stress, temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure; Geomechanics and structural geology: Faulting and folding, tectonics, regional structural analysis, regional and localized stress; Wellbore and field measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses: Stresses around boreholes, overburden stress, horizontal stresses, leakoff tests, mini-frac tests, formation testers, other pressure transient techniques, and tool deployment; Overview of common rock mechanics tests (lab demonstrations): unconfined compression, triaxial compression, hydrostatic compression, poly-axial, multi-stage triaxial, thick-walled cylinder, direct tensile strength, indirect (Brazilian) tensile strength, direct shear, uniaxial strain (compaction), and "quick look" (rock hardness) and "scratch" tests; Stress orientation techniques: Geological/mapping methods, wireline logging techniques, analastic strain recovery, differential strain curve analysis, acoustic anisotropy; Elastic, plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior: Deformation mechanisms and common models used in petroleum related rock mechanics; Borehole stability: Borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale characterization, review of borehole stability models, high angle and horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral wellbores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck pipe, and case histories (software demonstration); Sand control: Review of sand production mechanisms, completion techniques in unstable formations, gravel pack design, special liners and screens, and case histories; Fracture mechanics: Naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, stimulation options, and case history; Reservoir engineering applications: Compaction drive, reservoir compaction and compressibility, subsidence, casing shear, depletion and effective stress, and case history; Wireline log predicted mechanical properties: density logging, acoustic logging, Biot theory, dipole and multi-pole (dynamic) acoustic logging, seismic data and Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO), and shear- and compressional-wave anistropy (lab demonstration); Data integration

The nature of seismic data; What is wave propagation?; What causes seismic reflections and how they relate to rock properties including pore filling material; The wavelet in the seismic data and its limit of resolution; Seismic velocities as they relate to rock properties and the imaging process; The relationship between seismic velocities and pore pressure; Pore pressure prediction; Seismic data processing and seismic migration; Prestack, poststack, time and depth imaging; Direct hydrocarbon indicators and AVO; Seismic inversion for rock and fluid properties; Seismic attributes; Time lapse reservoir monitoring (4D seismic surveys); Recent developments in seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation

Geologic characteristics that impact field development; Appraisal: Determining recoverable hydrocarbons; Reservoir fluid properties and saturation; Influence of capillarity on hydrocarbon distribution and fluid contacts; Reserve and resource evaluation; Volumetric reserve estimation and calculation; Stratigraphic influence on field production; Depositional and digenetic controls on reservoir rock, barriers, and hydrocarbon distribution; Describing reservoir rock to understand reservoir behavior in carbonate and clastic rocks; Determining if hydrocarbons can be recovered from in a given field, what is pay; The impact of drive mechanism: aquifer characterization, distribution, and mapping; Seismic applications in appraisal and development; Development drilling: How to optimize hydrocarbon recovery; Economic impact on field development; Subdividing the reservoir into working units; Reservoir pore space configurations and mapping; Building a static reservoir model using deterministic and stochastic techniques; Key factors affecting the development of Fractured Reservoirs; Steps in building a geologic reservoir model; Impact on barriers on field development; Secondary and tertiary field development; Rejuvenating mature and marginal fields

Overview of Data Management: Definition, History of data management, Trends, Data lifecycle, Importance and value of data management, Information orientation, Benefits of good data management, Business case aspects & barriers; Data Types: Definitions, Data types, Data models in E&P; Common Data Management Issues: Typical data issues (possible pitfalls), Causes of data issues, Data management best practices business impact; Data Management Framework: Data governance, Data architecture, Data security, Reference & master data management, Data quality management; Building and Sustaining the Data Management Framework: What to do, What not to do, Building consensus & engaging with the business

Introduction to rock mechanics and geomechanical principals; Basic mechanics: Stress and strain, elasticity - linear and non-linear effects, brittle and ductile rock behavior, poroelasticity, time-dependent-effects - consolidation and creep, normal and shear forces, hoop stresses, the Kirsch solution, 2-D and 3-D stress components, tensors, the stress ellipsoid, and basic rock failure (Mohr-Coulomb theory); Rock mechanical properties: Ability to bear stresses - compressive strength, tensile strength, deformation response to stresses - elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio; Pressure, stresses, and loads: Principal stresses, in-situ stress regime, total-stress and effective-stress, temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure; Geomechanics and structural geology: Faulting and folding, tectonics, regional structural analysis, regional and localized stress; Wellbore and field measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses: Stresses around boreholes, overburden stress, horizontal stresses, leakoff tests, mini-frac tests, formation testers, other pressure transient techniques, and tool deployment; Overview of common rock mechanics tests (lab demonstrations): unconfined compression, triaxial compression, hydrostatic compression, poly-axial, multi-stage triaxial, thick-walled cylinder, direct tensile strength, indirect (Brazilian) tensile strength, direct shear, uniaxial strain (compaction), and "quick look" (rock hardness) and "scratch" tests; Stress orientation techniques: Geological/mapping methods, wireline logging techniques, analastic strain recovery, differential strain curve analysis, acoustic anisotropy; Elastic, plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior: Deformation mechanisms and common models used in petroleum related rock mechanics; Borehole stability: Borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale characterization, review of borehole stability models, high angle and horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral wellbores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck pipe, and case histories (software demonstration); Sand control: Review of sand production mechanisms, completion techniques in unstable formations, gravel pack design, special liners and screens, and case histories; Fracture mechanics: Naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, stimulation options, and case history; Reservoir engineering applications: Compaction drive, reservoir compaction and compressibility, subsidence, casing shear, depletion and effective stress, and case history; Wireline log predicted mechanical properties: density logging, acoustic logging, Biot theory, dipole and multi-pole (dynamic) acoustic logging, seismic data and Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO), and shear- and compressional-wave anistropy (lab demonstration); Data integration

The nature of seismic data; What is wave propagation?; What causes seismic reflections and how they relate to rock properties including pore filling material; The wavelet in the seismic data and its limit of resolution; Seismic...