CSPG Course - Geomechanics for Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Updated: Jan 21, 2021
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