Geophysics Under Stress: Geomechanical Applications of Seismic and Borehole Acoustic Wave - Softcover

Colin Sayers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560802103 ISBN 13: 9781560802105

Publisher: Seociety of Exploration Geophysicists and EAGE, 2010

Synopsis

This title provides an overview of the sensitivity of elastic waves in the earth to in situ stress, pore pressure, and the anisotropy of the rock fabric resulting from the depositional and stress history of the rock and introduces several of the applications of that sensitivity. A variety of applications and real data examples is presented, and particular emphasis is placed on the rock-physics basis underlying the use of geophysical data for solving geomechanical problems. The book, which accompanies the 2010 SEG/EAGE Distinguished Instructor Short Course, provides the basis for applying geophysics and rock-physics solutions to geomechanical challenges in exploration, drilling, and production and is aimed at a broad range of geoscientists and engineers who work in the petroleum industry. The integrated nature of the material makes the book suitable for individuals from all subsurface disciplines, including geophysics, geomechanics, rock physics, petrophysics, geology, and geomodeling as well as drilling engineering, reservoir engineering, and petroleum engineering.

About this title

About the Author

Colin Sayers is a scientific advisor in the Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services Geomechanics Group in Houston, Texas, providing consultancy in geophysics, rock physics, drilling and reservoir geomechanics, and characterization of fractured reservoirs. He joined Shell's Exploration and Production Laboratory in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, in 1986 and moved to Schlumberger in 1991. His technical interests also include pore-pressure prediction, analysis of wellbore stability, analysis of production-induced reservoir stress changes, subsidence, fault reactivation, 3D mechanical earth modeling, sanding, fractured reservoir evaluation, borehole/seismic integration, stress-dependent acoustics, advanced sonic logging, AVAZ, and fluid flow in fractured reservoirs.

Sayers is a member of AGU, EAGE, SEG, and SPE, the SEG Research Committee, and the editorial boards of The Leading Edge and the International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science. He has a B.A. in physics from the University of Lancaster, U. K., and a D.I.C. in mathematical physics and Ph.D. in physics, both from Imperial College, London, U. K. He has published numerous papers and holds several patents.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seociety of Exploration Geophysicists and EAGE
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560802103
• ISBN 13: 9781560802105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152