Petroleum Geomechanics B - PTRL5101
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Petroleum Engineering
Course Outline: School
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: PTRL5100
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course advances the topics of Petroleum Geomechanics A and provides advanced aspects of geomechanics for petroleum engineers. It provides detailed and advanced knowledge of multi physics plasticity, including tight couplings with hydraulic, chemical and thermal processes. Dedicated applications are discussed, including reservoir operation, fault reactivation hydraulic fracturing, drill string analyses, borehole stability, mineralisation processes etc.
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