About Geomechanics Corner
Geomechanics Corner is a technical blog on petroleum geomechanics. The articles published in this blog are mainly chosen to address geomechanical problems in need of more attention from the industrial and scientific community due to their importance, complexity and ambiguity. The main intention of this blog is keeping the writing less complex, clear, and practical for the use of the readers with the minimal familiarity with the subject.
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About The Writer
Mehrdad Soltanzadeh is a senior geomechanics advisor with more than 14 years of academic and industrial experience in different fields of geomechanics such as geotechnical engineering, geomechanical characterization of unconventional plays, reservoir-scale thermo-poro-mechanical modeling, caprock integrity assessment, fracture modeling and well design and wellbore stability analysis. His background shows a strong interest in optimizing geomechanical workflows by implementing multi-disciplinary perspectives.
In addition to providing independent consulting services at PetroGem Inc., Mehrdad is currently a Petroskill‘s instructor and a geomechanics advisor to Integrity Insitu.
Selected Publications
Fox, A., Soltanzadeh H., Watson, N., Davies, G., 2015. The Link Between Lithology and Rock Fractures in the Duvernay, 2015 Gussow Conference: Fine-Grained Rocks: Resources to Reserves, October 13-15, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Soltanzadeh H., Fox, A., 2015, Fracture Re-orientation: The Impact on Completion and Production, Discovery Digest, Volume 4, September.
Soltanzadeh M., Fox A., Hawkes S.R., Hume D. 2015. A Regional Review of Geomechanical Drilling Experience and Problems in the Duvernay Formation in Alberta, to be presented at Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, SPE AAPG SEG, San Antonio, Texas.
Soltanzadeh M., Davies G., Fox A., Hume D., Rahim N. 2015. Application of Mechanical and Mineralogical Rock Properties to Identify Fracture Fabrics in the Devonian Duvernay Formation in Alberta , to be presented at Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, SPE AAPG SEG, San Antonio, Texas.
Soltanzadeh, M., Fox, A., Rahim, N. 2015. Application of an Integrated Approach for the Characterization of Mechanical Rock Properties in the Duvernay Formation, Geoconvention 2015: New Horizons, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Fox, A., Soltanzadeh, M., 2015. A Regional Geomechanical Study of the Duvernay Formation in Alberta, Canada, Geoconvention 2015: New Horizons, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Soltanzadeh M., Fockler M., Fox A. 2015. Duvernay Geomechanics, A Cracking Good Play. Discovery Digest, February.
Soltanzadeh M., Fox A. 2015. Methods for Determining Stress Orientations, Montney and Doig Examples, Discovery Digest, April.
Soltanzadeh H. 2013. A Log-Derived Database for Geomechanical Properties of Geological Formations in Alberta, Canada, Proceeding of 47th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, June 23-26.
Soltanzadeh H., Jafari, A. 2013. Thermo-Poro-Mechanical Analysis of the Effects of Low-Temperature CO2 Injection on Caprock Integrity, Proceeding of SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, Calgary, November 5-7.
Soltanzadeh H. 2013. Relations between Shear and Compressional Wave Velocities of Geological Formations in Alberta, Canada Based on a Log-derived Database, Proceeding of SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, Calgary, November 5-7.
Soltanzadeh H., Oldakowski K. 2012. Expanding Potential of SAGD Operations under Shallow Caprock – Assessment of Stresses at Failure Condition, Presented at AACI Research Program Technical Workshops, Calgary, November 5-8.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D. 2012. Evaluation of caprock integrity during pore pressure change using a probabilistic implementation of a closed-form poroelastic model. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Volume 7, pp. 30-38.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D. 2012. Geomechanical Response to CO2 injection for the Heartland Area Redwater Project (HARP), Proceeding of 21st Canadian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Edmonton, May 5-9.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D. McLellan P.J., Smith S.A., 2009. Poroelastic Modelling of Production and Injection-Induced Stress Changes in a Pinnacle Reef, Proceedings of RockEng09, Rock Engineering in Difficult Conditions, 3rd Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, May 9-14.
Soltanzadeh H. 2009. Caprock Integrity Assessment, PhD Thesis, University of Saskatchewan.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D. 2009. Induced Poroelastic and Thermoelastic Stress Changes within Reservoirs during Fluid Injection and Production In Porous Media: Heat and Mass Transfer, Transport and Mechanics, Nova Publishers.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D. 2008. Semi-analytical models for stress change and fault reactivation induced by reservoir production and injection, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 60, pp. 71-75.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D. 2008. Assessing fault reactivation tendency within and surrounding porous reservoirs during fluid production or injection, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science, Volume 46, Issue 1, pp. 1-7.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D. 2008. In-situ stress evolution and shear fracturing induced by fluid production and injection in porous reservoirs, presented at 3rd World Stress Map Conference, Potsdam, Germany, October 15-17.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D., Sharma J. 2007. Poroelastic Model for Production- and Injection-Induced Stresses in Reservoirs with Elastic Properties Different from the Surrounding Rock. International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE). Volume 7, Issue 5, pp. 353-361.
Soltanzadeh H., Hawkes C.D. 2007. A semi-analytical model for predicting fault reactivation tendency induced by pore pressure change, Proceeding of Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, May 27-31.
Soltanzadeh H., and Hawkes C.D. 2007. Predicting the stress changes induced by fluid production and injection in porous reservoirs, Proceeding of Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, May 27-31.
