Fully Coupled Geomechanics Approach to Determine Critical Wellbore Intervals

Abstract

A method to locate critical wellbore intervals during oilfield development is proposed in this article. A variant of fully coupled geomechanics approach is used. Geomechanical 3D modeling is performed on the same mesh that is used for reservoir simulation. The proposed algorithm uses Mohr-Coulomb criterion to locate critical wellbore intervals.