CSPG Course - Geomechanics for Heavy Oil Reservoirs

PetroGem presents a one-day course on the geomechanics of heavy oil reservoirs on March 8 at Gussow conference 2021. Register here!

Overview:
 

This course will review:

 - Significance of geomechanics for heavy oil reservoirs

 - Basics of rock mechanics and reservoir geomechanics
 

- Geomechanical characteristics of oil sands
 

- Geomechanics principals for in-situ thermal operations
 

- Geomechanics principal for cold production in heavy oil reserves
 

- Concept of induced stress changes in thermal operations
 

- Coupled thermo-poro-mechanical modeling
 

- Principals of caprock integrity analysis
 

- Integrated workflow for reservoir containment assessment
 

Course Objective:

The participants attending this course will be able to:
 

- Recognize the importance of implementing geomechanics in heavy oil reservoirs
 

- Explain the fundamental concepts of rock mechanics and reservoir geomechanics
 

- Identify the specific characteristics of shallow oilsands and their differences with deep sedimentary rocks
 

- Explain the geomechanical behavior of in-situ thermal and cold production operations in heavy oil reservoirs
 

- Describe the concept of induced stress change in thermal and cold production operations
 

- Recognize different components of coupled thermo-poro-mechanical models
 

- Explain the principals of caprock integrity analysis workflows