Geomechanics Corner Blog

Earthquakes in Alberta and their possible relationship to subsurface operations such as hydraulic fracturing and waste disposal have made...

By influencing the mechanical character of a field, production can result in one or some of the hazards shown below in red boxes. These...

ISIP values are favoured by many in the industry because they are accessible and relatively easy to measure. Nevertheless, there are...

At least in some regions, I like to think of the Duvernay Formation as a half-asleep mountain lion that wildly roars back with a steaming...

Recently, we reviewed about 90 geomechanical lab reports (from different labs, different formations, different producing companies)...

Synopsis: In many cases, reservoir containment and caprock integrity assessment is considered as a one-time requirement for proving the...

Read the first part of this series here. Read the second part of this series here. As discussed, the common concept of compressibility in...

Read the first part of this series here. Some Basics The Four Main Parameters: The common concept of compressibility in geomechanics has...

After encountering frequent misunderstandings of rock compressibility and its applications, I decided to write a series of posts on...

In this post, I will break an idealized pressure curve (like what is recorded during hydraulic fracturing or pressurize fracturing tests)...