Petroleum Rock Mechanics
Drilling Operations and Well Design
By- Bernt Aadnoy, Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
- Reza Looyeh, Lead Engineer, Chevron Limited, Pembroke Refinery, UK
Rock mechanics is a vital decision-making tool for insuring economic benefits in all phases of petroleum reservoir development. Petroleum Rock Mechanics introduces the fundamentals of solid mechanics and applies them to oil and gas related drilling and well operation and completion problems.
The books two part treatment starts with a clear and rigorous exposition of theory, followed by self-contained chapters concerning applications for understanding the stress, strain, and failure mechanics of rocks and their response to earth stresses. The role of rock mechanics in drilling operations and design are highlighted throughout. Details of practical in-situ stress changes and how they impact on wellbore and borehole behaviour are also included, making this the one of most unique books on the subject.
Paperback, 376 Pages
Published: May 2011
Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-12-385546-6
Contents
Preface
About the Authors
List of Symbols
PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF SOLID MECHANICSChapter 1: STRESS/STRAIN DEFINITIONS AND COMPONENTS
PART TWO - PETROLEUM ROCK MECHANICS
Chapter 2: STRESS AND STRAIN TRANSFORMATION
Chapter 3: PRINCIPAL AND DEVIATORIC STRESSES AND STRAINS
Chapter 4: THEORY OF ELASTICITY
Chapter 5: FAILURE CRITERIAChapter 6: INTRODUCTION TO PETROLEUM ROCK MECHANICS
APPENDIX A - MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS
Chapter 7: POROUS ROCKS AND EFFECTIVE STRESSES
Chapter 8: IN-SITU STRESS
Chapter 9: ROCK STRENGTH AND ROCK FAILURE
Chapter 10: STRESSES AROUND A WELLBORE
Chapter 11: WELLBORE INSTABILITY ANALYSIS
Chapter 12: WELLBORE INSTABILITY ANALYSIS USING INVERSION TECHNIQUE
Chapter 13: WELLBORE INSTABILITY ANALYSIS USING QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT
Chapter 14: THE EFFECT OF MUD LOSSES ON WELLBORE STABILITY
APPENDIX B - THE POISSONS EFFECT
APPENDIX C - A MODEL FOR STRESS BRIDGE
APPENDIX D - GLOSSARY OF TERMSSubject Index
