Houston, Texas, United States
7-8 June 2025
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the sensitivity of elastic waves in the earth to the in-situ stress, pore pressure, and anisotropy of the rock fabric resulting from the depositional and stress history of the rock, and to introduce some of the applications of this sensitivity. The course will provide the basis for applying geophysics and rock physics solutions to geomechanical challenges in exploration, drilling, and production. A variety of applications and real data examples will be presented. Emphasis will be placed on the rock physics basis underlying the use of geophysical data for solving geomechanical problems. Integration of seismic inversion with well data to predict pore pressure, in-situ stress, and fracture gradient in unconventional reservoirs will be illustrated using examples from North America and the Middle East.