PetE 520
Energy Rock Engineering
Description
Elements of rock mechanics, rock mechanical properties and their assessment from lab testing and sonic logs, in-situ stresses and their assessment, single and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, rock fracability, perforation for fracturing, stress shadow, wellbore stability during drilling, sand production, reservoir porosity and permeability evolution, caprock and wellbore integrity. Prerequisite: PET E 364 and PET E 365 or consent of instructor.Learning Outcomes
Understand basic concepts in rock mechanics;Understand how to assess mechanical rock properties from laboratory testing and well logs;
Understand the concept of in situ stress and its assessment;
Calculate stress distribution around boreholes;
Apply rock mechanics knowledge for wellbore engineering issues such as wellbore stability, sand production, hydraulic fracturing, and wellbore integrity;
Apply rock mechanics knowledge for reservoir and ground issues such as reservoir permeability and porosity evolution, caprock integrity, and land subsidence/heave in petroleum, geothermal and carbon storage engineering.
| Lecture | Seminar | Lab | Credits | Total AU |
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| 3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 3 | 37.8 |
| M % | NS % | CS % | ES % | ED % |
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Undergraduate Program(s)
Sections & Respective Instructors
| A1 - 2024/2025 - Fall - Alireza Nouri |