Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics

Engineers and geologists in the petroleum industry will find Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics, Third Edition, to be a powerful resource in providing a basis for rock mechanical knowledge, which can greatly assist in the understanding of field behavior, design of test programs, and the design of field operations. Not only does this text provide specific applications of rock mechanics used within the petroleum industry, it has a strong focus on basics like drilling, production, and reservoir engineering. Assessment of rock mechanical parameters is covered in depth, as is acoustic wave propagation in rocks, with possible link to 4D seismic as well as log interpretation.
Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics, Third Edition, is updated to include new topics such as formation barriers around cased wells, finite element analysis, multicomponent models, acoustic emissions and elliptical holes. It also includes updated and expanded coverage of shale reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, and carbon capture and sequestration.

List of contents

1. Elasticity
2. Failure mechanics
3. Geological aspects of petroleum related rock mechanics
4. Stresses round boreholes. Borehole failure criteria
5. Elastic wave propagation in rocks
6. Rock models
7. Mechanical properties and stress data from laboratory analysis
8. Mechanical properties and in situ stresses from field data
9. Stability during drilling
10. Solids production
11. Mechanics of hydraulic fracturing
12. Reservoir geomechanics

Product details

• Authors: Arne Marius Raaen, Erling Fjær, Rune Martin Holt, Per Horsrud, Arne Marius Raaen, Rune Martin Holt
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2021
• EAN: 9780128221952
• ISBN: 978-0-12-822195-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 35 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 1233 g
• Illustrations: 500 illustrations (250 in full color)
• Series: Developments in Petroleum Science
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Mining Industry, Geology & The Lithosphere, Petroleum technology, Energy industries and utilities