This 3-day course is a concise overview of basic rock mechanics and its application to many practical problems encountered in drilling, completion and stimulation. Participants will receive an up-to-date course manual with some of the latest technical innovations in the industry, a comprehensive list of references and internet resources, a spreadsheet program for analyzing basic wellbore stability and initiating hydraulic fractures, and a demonstration of advanced geomechanical software. Topics include:
 • In-situ stresses and formation pressures
 • Rock mechanical and acoustic properties
 • Wellbore stability and drillability
 • Casing integrity
 • Hydraulic fracturing and sand production
 • Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS)
 • Geomechanical reservoir monitoring

What you’ll learn in this course will add to your toolkit of techniques for planning complex wells in challenging geological environments.

This course is for drilling, completions, exploitation and production engineers and technologists. Reservoir engineers, petrophysicists and geologists, as well as subsurface engineering and geoscience managers will also benefit from this class.

Attendees must bring a laptop computer to class.

2.4 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for this 3-day course.

To receive a full refund, all cancellations must be received in writing no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Send cancellation requests by email to trainingcourses@spe.org; by fax to +1.866.460.3032 (US) or +1.972.852.9292 (outside US); or mail to SPE Registration, PO Box 833836, Richardson, TX 75083.

For more details, please contact us at trainingcourses@spe.org.

Pat McLellan, a principal consultant with McLellan Energy Advisors, has spent 30 years applying rock mechanics to drilling, completions, stimulation, and reservoir engineering problems. He was the founder of Advanced Geotechnology (now Weatherford Geomechanics Services), a petroleum geomechanics consulting and software group that served a worldwide clientele on a wide range of subjects from exploration through to well abandonment.

McLellan holds a BS in geological engineering from Queen’s University and an MS in civil engineering from the University of Alberta. He was previously employed in technical and supervisory roles with Petro-Canada, Shell Canada, and Shell Research. McLellan was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2002–2003, and he received the Distinguished Service Award from SPE in 2007.

• Introduction to Geomechanics for Unconventional Oil and Gas