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Pore Pressure & Wellbore Stability

Using Integrated Geomechanical Study to Resolve Expensive Wellbore Instability Problems While Drilling Through Zubair Shale/Sand Sequence of Kuwait: A Case Study, 2011: SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition, SPE-148049-MS.
Drilling Optimization Using 3D Geomechanical Modeling in the Llanos Orientales Basin, Colombia, 2010: SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, SPE-138752-MS.
Pore Pressure and Stress Regime in a Thick Extensional Basin with Active Shale Diapirism (Western Mediterranean), 2017: AAPG Bulletin, 101 (2), 233-264,
Borehole Stability in Shale: Beyond Mud Weight, 2020: IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference and Exhibition, SPE-199596-MS.
Assessment of Creep Potential of Gearle Formation for Griffin Field PP&A Planning, 2018: 52nd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA-2018-502.
Applied Wellbore Stability Analysis to Pyrenees Development Area: A Field Case, 2018: 52nd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA-2018-502.
Geomechanical Modeling Helps Designing the Wells in the Neuquen Basin, Argentina, 2009: SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, SPE-124982-MS.
Benefits of HT-Hostile Environments on Wellbore Stability: A Case Study from Geothermal Fields in Central Australia, 2009: Proceedings of the Indonesian Petroleum Association, 33rd Annual Convention and Exhibition, IPA09-E-57.
Risk Mitigation on Deepwater Drilling Based on 3D Geomechanics and Fit-for-Purpose Data Acquisition, 2017: Offshore Technology Conference, OTC-28160-MS.
Improving Sub Salt Wellbore Stability Predictions Using 3D Geomechanical Simulations, 2012: Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, SPE-162313-MS.

In Situ Stress

Direct constraints on in situ stress state from deep drilling into the Nankai subduction zone, Japan, 2022: Geology, v. 50, p. 1229-1233.
Present-day Stress Field in the Gibraltar Arc (Western Mediterranean), 2007: Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B8.
Present-day stress analysis of the St. Lawrence Lowlands sedimentary basin (Canada) and implications for caprock integrity during CO2 injection operations, 2012: Tectonophysics 518–521, pp 119–137.
Systematic Perturbations in Stress State in the Southern San Joaquin Valley and in the Vicinity of the White Wolf Fault: Implications for the Rupture Mechanics of the 1952 Ms 7.8 Kern County Earthquake and its Contemporary Seismicity, 1995: Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth, 100,6249–6264.
Systematic Variations in Stress State in the Southern San Joaquin Valley: Inferences based on Wellbore Data and Contemporary Seismicity, 1994: Am. Assoc. Petro. Geol., 78, 1257–1275.
Determination of stress orientation and magnitude in deep wells, 2003: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 40: 1049-1076.
Drilling-induced tensile wall fractures: implications for determination of in-situ stress orientation and magnitude, 1999: Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., Vol.36, p.191-215.
Estimation of the complete stress tensor to 8 km depth in the KTB scientific drill holes: implications for crustal strength, 1997: J. Geophys. Res., Vol.102, B8, p.18453-18475.

Fractured and Karst Reservoirs

Carbonate excess permeability in pressure transient analysis: A catalog of diagnostic signatures from the Brazil Pre-Salt, 2023: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 220, Part A, 111173.
The Properties of Faults in the Brazil Pre-Salt: A Reservoir Characterization Perspective, 2022: Marine and Petroleum Geology, 146, 105955.
Excess Permeability in the Brazil Pre-Salt: Non-matrix Types, Concepts, Diagnostic Indicators, and Reservoir Implications, 2022: AAPG Bulletin, v.106 (4).
A transient, perched aquifer model for banana hole formation: Evidence from San Salvador Island, Bahamas, 2022: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47 (2), 618-638.
Stress states of isolated carbonate platforms: Implications for development and reactivation of natural fractures post burial, 2021: Marine and Petroleum Geology, 128, 105039.
The preservation of water-table caves at depth: Observations from subsurface data and numerical modeling, 2021: AAPG Bulletin, 105, 135-155.
Characterization of non-matrix type and flow potential using lost circulation information, 2019: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 180, 89-95.
Integrated Carbonate Non-Matrix Characterization in Banyu Urip Field, 2019: Proceedings of the Indonesian Petroleum Association, 43rd Annual Convention and Exhibition, IPA19-G-35.
Integrating Borehole Image Logs with Core: A Method to Enhance Subsurface Fracture Characterization, 2018: AAPG Bulletin, v. 102.
Quantitative assessment of karst pore volume in carbonate reservoirs, 2019: AAPG Bulletin, 103 (5), 1111-1131.
Model for Fracture Stiffness Incorporating Surface Roughness Effects Based on Testing of Naturally Cemented Fractures, 2019: 2nd International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference, ARMA-DFNE-18-0571.
Predicting Pore Volume and Transmissibility Multipliers for Simulating Geomechanical Effects in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Stress-Sensitive Discrete Fracture Network Modeling, 2018: 2nd International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference, ARMA-DFNE-18-0429.
Using a Genetic-Based Approach to Enhance Natural Fracture Characterization in a Giant Carbonate Field, 2016: SPE Annual Caspian Technical Conference & Exhibition, SPE-182565-MS.

Fault Stability

Reducing Fault Reactivation Risk on Deepwater Drilling, 2017: SPE Latin America & Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, SPE-185619-MS.
3D Geomechanical Modeling for the Apiay and Suria Oil Fields, Llanos Orientales, Colombia: Insights on the Stability of Reservoir-Bounding Faults, 2010: SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, SPE-138869-MS.
Assessing Stability of Reservoir Bounding Faults while Drilling, 2012: SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, SPE-132826-MS.
State of stress in the Timor Sea area, based on deep wellbore observations and frictional failure criteria: Application to fault-trap integrity, 1998: The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia, PESA, 325.

Completions

Experimental Study on the Hydromechanical Behavior of a GoM Reservoir Sand Analogue at In Situ Conditions of Pressure and Temperature, 2019: 52nd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA-2018-1339.
Integrated Modelling of Formation Damage and Multiple Induced Hydraulic Fractures during Produced Water Reinjection, 2017: SPE Latin America & Caribbean Pet. Engineering Conference, SPE-185590-MS.
Mechanical modeling of shape memory polyurethane foam for applications as a sand management solution: 2011: SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, SPE-146650-MS.

Field Development & Optimization

Geomechanical Impacts and Characterization of Collapse Breccia Pipes in Brine Injection Operations, 2021: 55th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA-2021-2056.
Optimizing Drawdown Program for a Miocene Field by Applying Geomechanical Modelling to Quantify Casing Integrity Risk, 2019: 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA-2019-1793.
Field Development and Production Optimization Integrating Reservoir Compaction, Sand Production and Wellbore Stability Modeling: A Field Case Study, 2011: International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC-14730-MS.
The Legendre Field Development and Geomechanical Program: From Exploration to Drilling to Production, 2002: IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology, SPE 77255.
3D geomechanical modeling of complex salt structures, 2011: In SIMULIA customer conference (pp. 1-16).

Unconventional Reservoirs

One-Dimensional Closed-Form Solutions for Estimation of Thermo-Chemo-Hydraulic Parameters of Shales, 2012: 46th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA-2012-284
Geological and Geomechanical Modeling of the Haynesville Shale: A Full Loop for Unconventional Fractured Reservoirs, 2016: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, URTEC-2460295-MS.
Underbalanced drilling in tight gas reservoirs, 2010: In GEO 2010, pp. cp-248. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers.

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