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Petrophysics
Geomechanics for Heavy Oil
This course presents an integrated workflow for assessing caprock integrity and reservoir containment in thermal heavy oil developments such as steam-assisted recovery. It covers the essentials of petroleum rock mechanics, data gathering and geomechanical characterisation, and the construction of mechanical earth models, with particular attention to handling data uncertainty.
- Discipline
- Petrophysics
- Level
- Foundation
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Geoscientists and reservoir engineers working on heavy oil projects, particularly those involving thermal recovery.
What participants will be able to do
- Apply rock mechanics principles to thermal recovery operations
- Evaluate caprock integrity and reservoir containment
- Build mechanical earth models from multi-source data
- Account for uncertainty in geomechanical assessments
Topics covered
- Petroleum rock mechanics
- Caprock integrity
- Thermal recovery geomechanics
- Mechanical earth models
- Geomechanical characterisation
- Data uncertainty