Geomechanics and Rock Mechanics for Drilling Optimization
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A focused program on using geomechanics to plan and execute safer, faster wells. Participants apply stress, pore pressure, and rock property models to stabilize wellbores, reduce NPT, and improve drilling performance across complex formations.
Workshop Objectives
• Build and calibrate 1D geomechanical models using logs, image data, and offset wells
• Define safe mud weight windows and trajectories to manage stability, losses, and kicks
• Optimize BHA and drilling parameters using rock strength and failure criteria
• Implement real-time surveillance to update models and prevent instability and stuck pipe
About the Presenter
Delivered by a senior geomechanics specialist with field and office experience across exploration, appraisal, and development drilling. Instruction emphasizes practical model building, defensible assumptions, and tools that translate subsurface understanding into stable, efficient well delivery.
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Machine Learning for Drilling Engineering with Python
Drilling generates huge amounts of data — but most of it sits unused. This hands-on workshop shows you how to turn that data into better decisions using Python and machine learning.Over the sessions, you'll work with real drilling datasets to build models that predict problems before they happen — stuck pipe, ROP optimization, bit wear, formation changes, and more. No heavy math theory. You write code, run it on actual data, and see the results.By the end, you'll have working Python scripts you can adapt to your own field data, plus a clear understanding of where ML adds value in drilling and where it doesn't.Built for drilling engineers, not data scientists. If you can read a drilling report, you can follow this course.