312152 (v.1) Petroleum Geomechanics 401
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| Area: | Department of Petroleum Engineering |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
7031 (v.5)
Geology 101
or any previous version
AND 308802 (v.1) Strength of Materials 232 or any previous version OR 303146 (v.2) Mechanics of Solids 232 or any previous version |
| Syllabus: | Intorduction to applications of Geomechanics in oil and gas industry; stress/strain: estimation, transformation and Mohr circle representation; rock behaviour under stress; rock index properties; rock mechanics lab tests; in-situ stresses and effective stresses; calculation of induced stresses around a wellbore using Kirsh’s equations; mud weigh windows determination to mitigate wellbore failures; hydraulic fracturing. |
| Field of Education: | 030399 Process and Resources Engineering not elsewhere classified |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |
Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
