GEOMECHANICS

APPLIED TO
DRILLING ENGINEERING
• Purpose of geomechanics in drilling

• Stress, pore pressure and effective stress

• Pore pressure prediction methods

• Balooning

• Leakoff test
Purpose of geomechanics in drilling

• to study the geological and tectonic effects that can impact the design
and completion of wells;

• to introduce methods to mitigate their effects.

Stress, pore pressure and effective stress
Pore pressure prediction methods

• Normal compactation trend

• Ratio method

• Equivalent depth method

• Drillig exponent method

Ratio method
Equivalent depth method
Balooning
Leakoff test